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The University

Celebrating more than 150 years of superior academics, Butler University has a proud tradition of excellence and innovation. Challenging and enabling students to meet their personal and professional goals has guided the University since 1855. Today, Butler is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian university with a total undergraduate enrollment of more than 3,900 students. Butler is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Butler students represent almost every state in the nation and sixty-three countries, reflecting a diversity of cultures, interests, aspirations, personalities, and experiences. Students can choose from a number of housing options, including a newly built upperclassman residential apartment village, an apartment-style residence hall, one all-women residence hall with an optional living-learning center, two coeducational residence halls with optional living-learning centers, fraternities, and sororities. A health and recreation complex is equipped with recreation courts, an indoor jogging track, an aquatics area, a weight and fitness space, a lounge, and a juice bar. Since opening in 2006, the complex has also won two national awards, including one for innovative architecture and design and one for its outstanding indoor sports facilities.

There are more than 100 student organizations, fifteen Greek organizations, and nineteen DivisionI varsity athletic teams. Students take advantage of Broadway shows at Butlers Clowes Memorial Hall, the citys premier performing arts center. Basketball fans cheer on the Bulldogs at the 11,000-seat historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, where the final game in the movie Hoosiers was filmed.

Located near the center of campus, Atherton Union serves as a natural gathering space for students. Atherton Union has numerous amenities, including e-mail stations, wireless capabilities, a 24-hour computer lab, Starbucks coffee shop, bookstore, food court, dining hall, and convenience store.

Graduate programs include the M.B.A., the M.S. in school counseling, the M.S. in educational administration, the M.S. in education, the M.A. in English, the M.A. in history, and the M.M. in composition, conducting, music education, music history, performance, and piano pedagogy and theory. In addition, Butler offers a dual Pharm.D./M.B.A. program, which allows pharmacy students to develop management skills and entrepreneurial capabilities in conjunction with pharmacy experience while earning both a Pharm.D. and an M.B.A. in six years.

Location

Butler University is located on 290 acres of Indianapolis historic Butler-Tarkington neighborhood, which is also home to Indianas governor. The campus maintains its heritage with centuries-old trees; open, landscaped malls; curving sidewalks; and fountains. Most of the Universitys full-time students live on campus and enjoy a nature preserve, prairie, historical canal, formal botanical garden, an observatory, and jogging paths.

Just 6 miles from downtown Indianapolis, Butlers urban location offers internship opportunities that provide excellent graduate school and career preparation. Indianapolis, Indianas state capital and the thirteenth-largest city in the nation, boasts a variety of cultural activities, including the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Indianapolis Museum of Art (just two blocks from campus), the Eiteljorg Museum, the Indiana State Museum, and the worlds largest childrens museum.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the anchor of Indianapolis professional sports, while basketball, football, hockey, and baseball have homes in three major sports arenas. Indianapolis is home to the NCAA headquarters, its Hall of Champions, and the mens and womens Big Ten basketball championships. Butler has been the proud cohost of the NCAA Final Four championship in 1991, 1997, 2000, and 2006.

Majors and Degrees

As a comprehensive university with a strong liberal arts and sciences tradition, Butler is committed to graduating students who have a well-rounded yet focused education. A core curriculum affords students the opportunity to gain knowledge in the humanities, the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics.

Baccalaureate degrees are offered through Butlers five colleges. Unique programs include the engineering dual-degree program, offered jointly by Butler University and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indianapolis. Students receive both a Butler Bachelor of Science degree in a selected liberal arts and sciences major (biology, chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, physics or science, technology and society) and a Purdue Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical computer, electrical, or mechanical engineering.

For students who are undecided about their major field of study, there is an Exploratory Studies Program, where students develop a personalized academic plan to help choose the major that best suits their interests and abilities.

The College of Education is dedicated to preparing outstanding teachers. The administration and the faculty and staff members of the College of Education are committed to providing the best possible learning experience for students. For the past seven years, the College has experienced a 99percent (or above) placement rate for its students, an indicator that Butler students place first in education. Majors offered through the College are early and middle childhood (kindergarten to grade6), early adolescence generalist (middle school only)/early adolescence and adolescence young adult (middle and high school)/adolescence young adult (high school only), and early and middle childhood/early adolescence/adolescence young adult (K12).

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences creates lifelong learners. The College affirms the central role of liberal arts education while offering opportunities for specialization. Majors include actuarial science, actuarial science/management (five-year B.S./M.B.A.), anthropology, biological sciences, chemistry, communication disorders (speech language pathology), communication studies, computer science, economics, English, exploratory (humanities, natural sciences, social sciences), French, French and business studies, German, German and business studies, Greek, history, international studies, journalism, , mathematics, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, public and corporate communications, religion, science technology and society, sociology, sociology and criminal justice, software engineering, Spanish, Spanish and business studies, and urban studies.

The College of Business Administration prepares students to be tomorrows business leaders through classroom work and two required semester-long cooperative education experiences. A new initiative in the Collegethe Butler Business Acceleratorwill allow students to serve as consultants for central Indiana businesses. Majors in the College include accounting, economics, exploratory (business), finance, international management, management information systems, and marketing.

The Jordan College of Fine Arts integrates intensive conservatory training with broad objectives and a strong academic curriculum. The College is well respected for its tradition of educating students as emerging professionals in the arts. Majors offered are arts administration (general, dance, music, theater), dance pedagogy, dance performance, exploratory (fine arts), media artsBachelor of Arts (electronic media, multimedia studies, recording industry studies), musicBachelor of Arts (concentration in jazz studies and lyric theater; emphases in applied music, composition, music history, and piano pedagogy), musicBachelor of Music (composition, music education, performance, and piano pedagogy), and theater.

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences graduates serve society as caring, ethical health professionals and community leaders. The Colleges professional programs combine intensive classroom education with clinical experiences in the professional phases of the degrees. Majors offered are exploratory (pharmacy and health sciences), pharmacy (Pharm.D.), and physician assistant studies. In fall 2005, the College launched a five-year (eleven semesters) Master of Physician Assistant Studies (M.P.A.S.) program.

Butler offers preprofessional programs in dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, physical therapy, seminary, and veterinary medicine.

Academic Programs

All candidates for the baccalaureate degree must complete the University core requirements and at least 45 semester hours of work. At least 30 of the 45 hours must be in the college granting the degree. Eligible students may participate in the honors program. By the end of the sophomore year, honors course work is generally completed. Students then begin the next phase, an independent study to help them research, write, and eventually present their honors thesis. Butler is a sponsoring institution for the National Merit Scholarship Program. Butler also offers advanced placement with appropriate academic credit in most subjects covered by either the AP examinations or the CLEP tests. Students may choose to enroll in Air Force and Army ROTC programs.

Butler students have the chance to originate research projects and participate in them with faculty members and then develop these projects into professional presentations and publications. Hundreds of Butler students present their projects at the Undergraduate Research Conference, hosted by Butler every April. In addition, the Butler Summer Institute awards accepted students a $2000 grant plus housing while they work on summer research projects with faculty members.

Off-Campus Programs

Students may choose to study in one of more than 110 study-abroad programs through Butlers Center for Global Education. Butler students have studied in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. Students may also select their overseas study opportunity from programs offered by fifteen other colleges, universities, and well-respected study-abroad organizations.

Academic Facilities

Butler has incorporated state-of-the-art technologies throughout its campus. These include Mac and PC computers, two Ethernet connections per residence hall room, eighteen networked computer labs, electronic and multimedia classrooms, Internet access and e-mail service, wireless capabilities, student home pages, language labs, international studies center, telephone systems with free voicemail, and 24-hour computer labs in Atherton Student Union and each residence hall.

The Richard M. Fairbanks Center for Communication and Technology includes state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories, conference rooms, television studios, graphics production and editing facilities, recording studios, student newspaper offices, online magazine production space, and speaker labs.

Many student performances, including theater, dance, and music, can be seen in Butlers 2,200-seat Clowes Memorial Hall and the 140-seat Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall. The Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium houses the largest telescope in the state of Indiana, a 38-inch Cassegrain reflector. Butlers libraries house approximately 250,000 monograph volumes, 110,000 government documents, 1,500 current journal subscriptions, 14,000 audiovisual materials, and more than 17,000 musical scores. The library system also features a searchable computer database, rare books collection, archives, online catalog access, and research tools.

Costs

For the 200708 academic year, tuition was $26,070 for full-time undergraduate students. Average room and board were $8735 per year. Books are estimated at $800 per semester, and other fees are estimated at $736. Tuition for the professional pharmacy program was $26,070 and $31,210 for the sixth year. Tuition for the professional physician assistant program was $26,070 and $31,640 for the fifth year.

Financial Aid

Butler University offers a variety of financial assistance programs based on the demonstration of academic excellence, performance talent, or financial need. Butler awards merit-based academic scholarships to students who have displayed outstanding high school achievement and have excelled in leadership and community service. Performance awards are available in the areas of music, dance, theater, and athletics. Academic departments offer scholarships for students in selected majors. On-campus employment and work-study programs are also available. All students who seek need-based financial assistance are required to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

The University offers National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Recognition Program scholarships. Semifinalists in these programs are guaranteed a minimum Freshman Academic Scholarship. However, based on academic screening, these students may qualify for a higher award. Finalists in these programs who designate Butler as their sponsor and file their FAFSA by March1 are eligible for an additional award that ranges from $750 to $2000.

The University also offers Dr. John Morton-Finney Leadership Program Awards to students who exhibit leadership and a commitment to diversity in their high schools and communities. Awards are based on class rank, SAT/ACT scores, and leadership roles in school and the community. These awards include an expectation of continued campus and community leadership while at Butler.

Faculty

Teaching is the top priority for Butlers 291 full-time faculty members; 85percent hold the highest (terminal) degree in their fields. Many are active in national research programs, write for publications, counsel in government and business, and participate in the arts. With a comfortable teaching load, Butlers faculty members have time to work with students individually. The student-faculty ratio is 12:1. All classes are taught by professors; there are no teaching assistants.

Student Government

As the official student governing body, Student Government Association (SGA) is the liaison between faculty and administration members. The organization is also responsible for budgeting funds from the student activity fee. These funds promote SGAs Program Board activities, including the film series, concerts, and all campus special events as well as the purchase of the Butler yearbook, The Drift.

Admission Requirements

Applicants are expected to complete a minimum of 17 academic units in high school, including 4 years of English, 3 years each of laboratory sciences and mathematics, 2 years each of history or social studies, and 2 years of the same foreign language. A candidate for admission typically ranks in the upper third of his or her high school class and should submit satisfactory results of the SAT or the ACT, including the optional Writing Test. The Jordan College of Fine Arts requires an audition. In addition to these factors, the Admission Committee considers the applicants leadership skills, motivation, and writing sample. Students who wish to transfer from another regionally accredited college or university are considered if they are in good standing and have a grade point average of 2.0 or better in their previous academic work. Transfer students must submit official transcripts of all college work.

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