Academics
Butler University in Indianapolis is a relatively small liberal arts school that prides itself on its established history of providing a quality education while doing things differently. With just under 5,000 students and more than sixty-five majors spread across six academic colleges, the “student to faculty ratio is excellent” and teachers “are open to collaboration with students on research and professional endeavors.” The school is continually introducing “innovative technology into each of the classrooms” (such as wireless display devices and a Lightboard room), and its eight core course requirements “push students out of their comfort zones” and allow them to explore interests outside of their major, creating “an atmosphere of driven students.”
Professors are willing “to support student ideas and make modifications to lectures to support student interests,” and “always facilitate discussions in the classroom that create an intellectually stimulating experience.” They are “engaging, fun, and extremely knowledgeable about their areas of expertise” and “bring life to learning.” Students and teachers “interact multiple times a week and it is clear that both parties have a sincere desire to be there,” and teachers “put in time and effort to developing relationships and getting to know their students closely.”
As an added benefit, Butler offers more than 110 study abroad programs in seventy countries that “focus on the study abroad experience while keeping time and cost short.” Students are expected to almost be “learning on the job,” as much of the coursework provides real-life experiences and internships. Different majors have inventive requirements and classes: some science classes have “semester-long research projects”; one class participated in a “simulated village while studying modern China”; while the business school has a “Real Business Experience course,” in which students must “develop a business and sell a product/service during a typical semester” that is funded by a loan from the university.
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