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Baylor University Course Analysis

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on March 20, 2012

INTRODUCTION


Baylor University is a prestigious private Baptist college located in Waco, Texas.  Baylor offers a strong liberal arts program with an honors college.  It also offers schools for social work, business, engineering/computer science, special studies, international program, music, seminary, nursing, education, graduate programs in multiple disciplines, and a law school.

GENERAL

School: Baylor University, Waco, TX
Population of Students: 12,575 undergraduates, 2,620 post graduate students

Status:  Private (Religious-Baptist)

Cost: $33,716

FINDINGS

This analysis found the Social Work and Civic Education and Community Service departments to contain the highest percentage of liberal courses.

Aside these two disciplines, no other department evaluated within the analysis registered more than 6.6% of courses with a liberal agenda.

The Religion, History, Philosophy, and Anthropology departments were all completely free of any courses that contained a liberal agenda.

Of the courses evaluated in this study 4.19% of them contained a liberal agenda.


Course List

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on March 20, 2012

Anthropology 0/18

American Studies 2/39

1. AMS 3311 Race, Class Gender
2.  AMS 3320 Minority/Ethnic Politics

Civic Education and Community Service 3/14=21.4
1. 1100 Gender and Community
2. 1100 Christian Social Action
3. Multiculturalism and the College Experience

English 1/53

1. 5376 Religion and Literature Seminar

Student Senate Passes Bill, Encourages Baylor University to Lobby for DREAM Act

By Tony Listi, on March 13, 2012

Last week, the Student Senate at Baylor University passed a divisive, controversial, and politically-charged bill calling upon the administration to publicly advocate in favor of the DREAM Act. The vote margin was a narrow 25-20.

Hispanic Conservatives Denounce Baylor-Sponsored DREAM Act Event

By Tony Listi, on November 14, 2011

Hispanic leaders in Texas are joining a student's fight against a political culture they say pigeon-holes minorities as reliably liberal.

Daniel Cervera, a senior at Baylor University, filed legislation at his school's student government in response to what he describes as selective enforcement of university policy: "The school essentially sponsored a speaking platform to an illegal immigrant enrolled in our law school, who then used that platform to speak in favor of civil unrest to push a political agenda."

Baylor U Promotes Illegal Immigration & DREAM Act, Young Conservatives Protest

By Daniel Cervera, on November 10, 2011

On Thursday, November 3, Baylor University's Student Senate will vote on a bill calling on University officials to "cease promotion and/or sponsorship of any events or guest speakers which advocate violent rebellion and illegal resistance to the laws of the state and nation or the rules of the University."

VIDEO: "Save the Easy Bake Oven!" by Baylor YCT

By Daniel Cervera, on September 27, 2011

Editor's Note: This post was written by Daniel Cervera, a senior and the chapter chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas at Baylor.

VIDEO: President of Student Ambassadors for Middle East Diplomacy

By Tony Listi, on September 01, 2011

Reginald Shaw, senior political science major at Baylor University, is the president of Student Ambassadors for Middle East Diplomacy, a pro-Israel group with branches at Baylor University and the University of Texas at Dallas.

In the video below, he explains the mission of the group, why he and other students feel very passionately about this issue, and what kinds of activism the group engages in, including a multi-campus newsletter.

Are you also concerned about America's national security, terrorist enemies, and our alliance with Israel?


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