Oklahoma Baptist University is offering a broad range of summer courses at a rate of $350 per credit hour, half the regular tuition rate, to assist students in affordably earning credits they need between the spring and fall semesters. Most courses will be offered online.
OBU’s reduced summer tuition rates are where accessibility and affordability meet.
“By lowering the summer tuition rate, we believe we are giving more students access to the high-quality education we offer at OBU,” Dr. Larinee Dennis, OBU co-provost and dean of business, health, science, and education, said. “We have committed to offer more online courses to try and meet the various needs of both current and incoming students.”
This also eliminates the hassle of applying to another college and transferring credits back to OBU.
Core and supportive core classes will be emphasized, but academic divisions also will offer strategic courses that are needed for their students. A full list of summer 2025 courses has been published and registration is open.
OBU will offer a diverse selection of courses during Summer 2025, providing students with opportunities to advance their academic progress or explore new subjects. The summer schedule includes two main sessions: Summer 1 (May 2-June 26) and Summer 2 (June 27-August 19).
Students can choose from courses in the arts, sciences, humanities, and professional fields, such as Arts and Western Culture, Personal Finance, Speech, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Computing with C++, Introduction to Philosophy, Composition and Classical Literature, Exposition and Argument, Christian Theology and Ethics, and Introduction to Christian Scripture.
Additional courses include Issues in Biology, American Literature I, Modern History, Wellness Lifestyle, Basic Statistics, Calculus I and II, College Algebra, Vocation and Calling, Moral Theology, IAM3 Leadership, European History, Evangelism, European Literature, and Spiritual Formation. The entire list can be seen at okbu.edu/events/summer-classes/index.html.
Full-summer options include Camp Administration, Cornerstone, Pathophysiology, and Supervised Field Experience, offering students flexible scheduling to meet their educational needs.
All of the courses listed here are full summer, with the exception of Nursing Cornerstone, which will meet the first eight weeks of the summer term.
“One of the biggest advantages of taking summer courses through OBU is the faith-integration for which the school has always been known,” said Dr. Micah Meek, associate dean for online, nontraditional and graduate education. “Students often take summer courses through community colleges, and while these are still great classes, they are not taught from a Christian worldview. A large number of our students come to OBU for faith integration, and now they don’t have to compromise on that distinction during the summer.”
These courses can be used to retake classes (also known as credit recovery) and to meet prerequisites for programs. They are also an opportunity to get ahead, allowing a student to possibly take fewer credit hours during the fall or spring semesters or to graduate early.
