Baylor BIC: Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
BIC 1323: World of Rhetoric II
3 credit hours · 9 sections · 135 open seats · David Justice, Lauren Seitz, Danielle Sanchez, Sam Perry and 2 more
Prerequisite(s): BIC 1313. Focuses on the continued development of critical reading, thinking, and writing skills by building on the instruction and content of BIC 1313, The World of Rhetoric I: Writing and Speaking. Throughout the course students will engage…
BIC 1324: World Cultures II
3 credit hours · 9 sections · 146 open seats · Davide Zori, Colleen Zori, Ivo Novakovic, Paul Larson and 3 more
Prerequisite(s): BIC 1314. A study organized around several major themes including the medieval world and its ideals, both in the West and East, and the new technological, scientific, and social forces that emerged to challenge these ideals. The first theme e…
BIC 2340: Social World II
3 credit hours · 10 sections · 160 open seats · Candi Cann, David Justice, Ivo Novakovic, Alejandro Castrillon and 4 more
Prerequisite(s): BIC 2330. This course studies classic modern works of western social and political thought that have played a formative role in the rise of modern political life and contemporary social conscience. In works by Hobbes and Locke, for example, we…
BIC 2344: World Cultures IV
3 credit hours · 10 sections · 170 open seats · Sam Perry, Stacey Hibbs, Alejandro Castrillon, Al Beck and 5 more
Prerequisite(s): BIC 2334. Concentrates on the United States and on its experience within the broader global framework. The focus will be the historical development of the nation, including its origins, its regional traditions, its spread westward, its moveme…
BIC 2447: Natural World II:Global Sci Is
4 credit hours · 6 sections · 66 open seats · Colleen Zori, Malcolm Macleod
A continuation of The Natural World I. Courses can be taken out of sequence.
BIC 3358: Biblical Heritage/Contem Ethic
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 40 open seats · Ivo Novakovic, Eric Brewer
Prerequisite(s): BIC 2340 and 2344. In-depth study of selected texts from the Old and New Testaments and examination of the approaches and resources used today and throughout Christian history in such study. Biblical perspectives on such ethical issues as huma…
BIC 4389: How to Human
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 14 open seats · Brittany Tausen, Lenore Wright
Prerequisite(s): BIC 3358. Synthesizes learning in two or more disciplines, or in some way connects modes or areas of learning not normally connected. This capstone course represents the culmination both of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core experience and of …