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The mission of the Tulane InterDisciplinary Experience Seminars (TIDES) Program is to offer incoming freshmen a valuable opportunity to get to know some of our most distinguished faculty and their fellow students both as scholars and friends while exploring an academic topic with an interdisciplinary approach. TIDES faculty are drawn from all of the different divisions and schools from within the university, and the TIDES topics focus on issues of social and academic relevance.
Each TIDES course includes a series of seminars whose aim is to foster intellectual discussions in small groups of around 15 students. In addition there are recommended classes, invited speakers, special programs, films, field trips, social events, and electronic bulletin boards, that all tie in with the TIDES topic. Participation in these group activities help students get to know their professor and classmates through more casual and social interaction. Exposure to campus resources and assets in the community helps new students learn more about their new home at Tulane University and in New Orleans.
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- Every first-year student must participate in a TIDES course in the Fall semester as a requirement of the undergraduate core curriculum.
- TIDES courses are not required for transfer students.
- Due to space limitations, each student is allowed to take ONLY ONE (1) TIDES course.
- Most TIDES courses offer 1 credit hour. The reading and writing assignments as well as projects and co-curricular activities are aligned accordingly. More Than Just Business is a 1.5 credit hour class with a Service Learning Component. In conjunction with the Center for Public Service, several TIDES classes for the Fall of 2008 will be 2-credit hour courses, which will satisfy your first unit of Service Learning for the Public Service Graduation Requirement. (http://tulane.edu/cps/about/graduation-requirement.cfm)
- As of Fall 2008, all TIDES classes will no longer be satisfactory/unsatisfactory. You will receive a letter grade that will factor into your GPA. Each professor determines the standards and expectations for satisfactory completion of assigned work.
- Most TIDES meet for 75 minutes per week for the first 10-12 weeks of the semester.
- There are no final exams in TIDES courses.
- Attendance is critical in TIDES classes since the classes meet only 10 times and class participation is usually factored into the final grade. Students who have more than 2 unexcused absences may be given a non passing grade.
- Students register for TIDES through TOUR (Tulane Online University Records) like any other class. The TIDES courses are found in the Newcomb-Tulane College section of the Registrar website.
- After the first week of class, a student may only add a TIDES course with the permission of the instructor.
- TIDES classes learning experiences are enriched through interaction with guest presenters, field trip guides and site visit hosts from the greater New Orleans community. TIDES students are expected to behave maturely and respectfully, being mindful to be a positive representative of Tulane University. At all official TIDES events, both on and off-campus, students are subject to the University Code of Student Conduct.
