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Oklahoma Baptist University

Oklahoma Baptist University
500 West University
Shawnee, OK 74804

Official telephone: (405) 585-5000
Toll-free telephone: (800) 654-3285
Fax number: (405) 585-5017
Website: www.okbu.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August and late January.
Calendar system: 4-1-4 system (two semesters & one-month January interterm)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in August.
Number and length of summer sessions: Two summer sessions of four weeks each.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Majors with the highest enrollment: religion/Bible, nursing, elementary education
Majors with the lowest enrollment: social entrepreneurship, leisure services, sociology
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 77%
Student:Faculty ratio: 13:1
Total faculty: 108 men, 79 women
Full-time faculty: 80 men, 47 women
Part-time faculty: 28 men, 32 women

Oklahoma Baptist University
REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes
Minor requirements: required of some for graduation
Physical education is required: yes
There are religious requirements for graduation: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, pass/fail grading option, internships
Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered:
Minors offered in anthropology, business administration, church recreation, creative writing, graphic design, Latin American studies, teacher education, and teaching English as a second language.
Preprofessional programs offered:
pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-veterinary science, pre-dentistry, engineering, physical therapy, occupational therapy
Education certifications are offered: yes
Education certifications:
early childhood, elementary, middle/junior high, secondary, special education
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Cooperative education programs:
art, business, computer science, education, health professions, social/behavioral science, religion/ministry
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: yes
Domestic off-campus semester-away programs: American Studies Program (Washington, D.C.), China, Japan, Latin American, London, Middle East, and Russian studies programs.
Study abroad opportunities:
Study abroad in Australia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Japan, Russia, Spain, Uganda, and the United Kingdom.
Other special or unique academic programs:
Summer Institute of Journalism, Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Oxford).
Army ROTC: not offered
Navy ROTC: not offered
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus at U of Oklahoma.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Christian Studies
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Bible
  • Biblical Languages
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Biology Education
  • Chemistry
  • Chemistry Education
  • Children's Ministries
  • Christian Studies
  • Church Business Administration
  • Church Music
  • Communication/Theatre Arts Education
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • Cross-Cultural Ministry
  • Data Management
  • Digital Media Arts
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Educational Ministries
  • Elementary Education
  • English
  • English Education
  • Ethics/Religion
  • Exercise Science
  • Family Development
  • Family/Community Services
  • Finance
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Global Studies
  • Graphic Design
  • Health/Physical Education/Recreation
  • History
  • History of Religion
  • Humanities
  • Instrumental Music
  • Instrumental Music Education
  • Interdisciplinary Major
  • International Business
  • Interpersonal/Public Communications
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Mathematics
  • Missions
  • Multilingual Communication
  • Music Theatre
  • Music Theory/Composition
  • Musical Arts
  • Natural Sciences
  • Nursing
  • Pastoral Ministries
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Physics Education
  • Piano Pedagogy
  • Piano Performance
  • Political Science
  • Pre-Physical Therapy
  • Psychology
  • Recreation Administration
  • Science Education
  • Social Sciences Education
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Special Education
  • Strategic Communications
  • Studio Art
  • Telecommunications
  • Theatre
  • Theology
  • Voice Education
  • Voice Performance
  • Worship Arts
  • Worship Ministry
  • Youth Ministries
Master's Degrees

  • Business Administration
  • Christian Studies
  • Intercultural Studies
  • Marriage/Family Therapy
  • Nursing Education

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 3 or higher)
  • placement for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for Regents College Exams (RCE)
  • neither credit nor placement for ACT PEP
  • credit for DANTES
  • neither credit nor placement for school's own challenge exams
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant military experience
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant life experience
  • credit for international baccalaureate
Other credit/placement programs:
ACT PEP Exam.

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