Butler University

Date: Dec 21 2014
Major: Music Education (This Major's Salary over time)
After passing every single class required for my Major, I was informed that I would not be considered for graduation within my department, regardless of any future efforts sway this decision. I'd had several disagreements with my department head for my entire time at Butler, and not all were professional issues. This is a university with an extremely small faculty. Students are forced to "play the game" in order to be passed by professors who are in complete control of a required section of academia. There are literally classes that only one professor may teach once a year (and in some cases every other year). "Play the game" is exactly what I was told to do by my adviser when I asked for help during the situation with my department head. I don't know about any departments other than those within the music school, but I felt that some of the faculty members I worked with were very unprofessional at times. Members of the band were cursed at openly during rehearsals, some students received racist and extremely unprofessional comments during private lessons, and drama between faculty members disrupted students' activities on a regular basis. I was informed a week before graduation that I would not be receiving a degree in my field of study, but what's almost worse is that I received my first request from the school for donations a week before I was given the news of my faculty head's decision. I would like to note that there are many amazing and talented teachers at Butler. My experience was not completely horrid, but I do not recommend this school to music students because it simply was not worth the amount of money and stress that a Butler degree requires. Thank you for reading.