Programs Offered

Butler University offers over 60 majors within 5 academic colleges: Business, Education, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Pharmacy & Health Sciences. We also offer an Exploratory Studies program for undecided students interested in investigating all their options. The following majors were last updated on June 1, 2006

Exploratory Studies Program

Exploratory Studies
  • Business
  • Education
  • Generalist
  • Natural Sciences

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Accounting
Economics
Finance
International Management
Marketing
Management Information Systems

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Elementary Education (K-6)
  • Special Education – Mild Intervention
  • Reading Teacher
Middle/Secondary Education (4-9 or 5-12 or 9-12)
  • English
  • Foreign Languages: French, German, Latin, Spanish
  • Mathematics
  • Science: Life Sciences/ Biology, Chemistry, Physics
  • Social Studies
All Grade (K-12)
  • Music Education
  • Physical Education/ Health

JORDAN COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

Majors within the Jordan College of Fine Arts also require an application to the college as well as an audition, interview or video.
Arts Administration
  • General
  • Dance
  • Music
  • Theatre
Dance
  • Pedagogy
  • Performance
Media Arts
  • Electronic Media: Video/Audio Production, Electronic Journalism or Media Studies
  • Digital Media Production
  • Recording Industry Studies
Music
  • Composition
  • Jazz Studies
  • Music Education
  • Instrumental Performance
  • Voice Performance
Theatre

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

Actuarial Science
Actuarial Science/ Management (5-year BS/ MBA)
Anthropology
Biology
Chemistry
Communication Disorders
Communication Studies
Computer Science
Engineering (Dual Degree Program)*
Please choose one major from each of the two categories:
  • Biomedical Engineering (pair with Chemistry only)
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

    • AND
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Exploratory Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Science, Technology & Society
English
  • Literature
  • Writing
French
French and Business Studies
German
German and Business Studies
Greek
History
International Studies
Journalism
  • Integrated Communication: Public Relations and Advertising
  • News Editorial
  • Public Relations
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public and Corporate Communication
Religion
Science, Technology & Society
Sociology
  • Social Work and Social Policy
Sociology and Criminal Justice
Software Engineering
Spanish
Spanish and Business Studies
Urban Affairs

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Pharmacy (PharmD)
Physician Assistant (BSHS/MSHS)
Pre-Pharmacy (MUST apply by Nov 15)
Pre-Physician Assistant

Pre-Professional Options
In addition to declaring a major, students may indicate a pre-professional program of interest. Pre-professional programs supplement a major and are designed to better prepare students for graduate school placement.
Pre-Dentistry
Pre-Law
Pre-Medicine
Pre-Optometry
Pre-Physical Therapy
Pre-Seminary
Pre-Veterinary Medicine

*The Engineering Dual Degree Program (EDDP) is a 5 year program that offers students a Bachelor of Science from both Butler University and Purdue University’s School of Engineering and Technology in Indianapolis.