Political Science

Study the systems, institutions, and leaders that cause social change.

As a Political Science major at Butler, you will learn how to effect positive social change as an active and responsible citizen of your community, country, and world.
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Pursue positive social change.

As a Political Science major at Butler, you will learn how to effect positive social change as an active and responsible citizen of your community, country, and world. Through internships, research, and community-based service learning, you will gain practical experience and empathetic understanding, working with organizations focused on policymaking, social justice, legal and human rights, poverty, and more.

You can immerse yourself in the culture and politics of other countries, during study abroad tours and fieldwork led by our faculty. You even have the option of completing your degree in three years.

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Creative, Comprehensive Curriculum

Along with foundational courses covering U.S. and international politics, you can take innovative courses on community mediation, civil rights, peace and conflict, gender, geopolitical hotspots like China and the Middle East, even politics through the lens of humor or The Hunger Games.

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Experiential Learning

U.S. Capitol

Washington, DC, Learning Semester

The White House, State Department, Amnesty International, and numerous other sites. Participants also take for-credit classes in foreign policy and the history and public art of Washington.

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Center for Citizenship and Community

All Butler undergraduates take at least one service-learning course involving active engagement with Indianapolis neighborhoods and community organizations. Our Center for Citizenship and Community (CCC) helps identify community partners, design courses, and foster student growth in civic mindedness.

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Political Science Internships

We encourage students to undertake internships during their time at Butler. Our location in Indiana’s capital offers you a wide range of internship opportunities in the State House and in political/social justice activism. Students have interned with the Democratic and Republican party caucuses in the Indiana legislature; the Mayor’s Office and more.

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Political Science

Jordan Hall, Room 347
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46208

317-940-9872

Administrative Specialist

Linda Cooley