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TIDES
Course Descriptions: Fall 2009 SPHU 110-02 Weapons of Mass Destruction
W 1:30-2:45pm
Maureen Lichtveld and Joseph Contiguglia. The events on September 11, 2001 brought to light the need to address the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) at many different levels- from security and law enforcement to mass casualties and infectious diseases. This course will use interactive strategies and case-based discussions to ascertain the threats posed by WMD and key public health strategies designed to address those threats. The course will demonstrate the multi- and cross disciplinary nature of public health preparedness and response and define the specific roles public health scientists fulfill in assuring community health protection. Topics discussed during the course include categories of WMD; analyses of past cases; natural and technological disasters; national and global implications of terrorism. Students will interact with experts in WMD and frontline responders.
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TIDB 101 More Than Just Business
M-F: 11:00am-12:15pm; 12:00-1:15pm; 5:00-6:15pm and 6:00-7:15pm
Michael Hogg, Nancy Kockott, Ashley Nelson, Vincent Ilustre, Rob Hailey, Amjad Ayoubi, Todd Schill, Travis Goff, Mary McGuire, Kelly Grant, Bentley Harris, Rhonda Coignet, Michael Wilson, Catherine Bishop, W. Reed Smith, Adria Merrill Townley, Brandon Macneill, Gregory Thurnher, Paul Olivier and Michael Britt.
The "More Than Just Business" TIDES class will help you explore business structures from dot coms to international finance, and, in the process, will help you figure out why people enjoy and experience success in business. We will introduce you to leaders from a variety of business occupations and professions. Is there a relationship between an individual's personality and success in a particular branch of the business world? The objective of this TIDE is to enable students to think critically and become more informed both about the business decision making process as well as the factors that lead to success in the contemporary business world. The economic, ethical, political, cultural, and regulatory factors that influence outcomes in business often differ radically in the various international market places. Furthermore, local and global forces are often at odds with one another. Often, the individual business leader is caught in the middle of these conflicting forces. Because business success requires navigation through these complex waters, this TIDE will explore the key facets of business decision-making that lead to successful outcomes by considering specific examples from the global and local economies. This TIDE offers students with an interest in a degree in business, economics, political economy, or philosophy, a unique opportunity to learn about the processes involved in successful business decision-making.
top TIDB 102-01-04 Law & Order
M 5:00-6:15pm (02); T 12:30-1:45pm (01) & 5:00-6:15pm (04) and
R 12:30-1:45pm (03)
Sanda Groome, Hans Liljeberg & Thomas Dunn. In Henry VI, Shakespeare wrote, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." However, "all the lawyers" have avoided being killed since that line was written. Why? From the largest corporate mergers to simple adoptions, and from public policy to the enactment of criminal laws, the need for lawyers is increasing because the law is a central part of our daily lives and the bedrock of a free society. Although occasionally the press might indicate otherwise, lawyers are members of a profession and they get respect, but is being a lawyer really like the popular portrayals on television shows such as Law and Order or in a John Grisham novel? This TIDE class will help you explore how one becomes a lawyer and what is it is like to be a lawyer. For example, what do lawyers do? Why do some lawyers go to court and others do not? Where do they work? What kind of skills do you need to have to be a successful lawyer? Do you want to take some interesting trips, such as sitting in on a trial, meeting a judge, or seeing a jail? If you want to find out answers to these questions and more, take the Law and Order TIDE class.
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TIDE 100-01 New Orleans Cities of the Dead:
Cemetery Architecture & Its Cultural Legacy
W 2:00-3:15pm
Heather Knight. Students will be introduced to the history and cultural folkways of New Orleans through the study of historic figures, cemetery architecture, monument construction and funerary symbolism reflected in stone and iron. Why are above-ground tombs more prevalent in New Orleans? What are the different tomb types and their architectural styles? Why do families in Louisiana visit cemeteries on All Saints Day? What symbolism does funerary art in stone and iron reveal? This TIDE will provide five informative field sessions to local cemeteries and five class lectures.
top TIDE 101-01-05 Leadership, Politics, Power and Change
T 5:00-6:15pm; M 5:00-6:15pm
James MacLaren, Ana Lopez, Cynthia Cherrey/Yvette Jones and Evette Castillo Clark. Are leaders born or bred? How do leaders and their leadership styles impact change? How does one develop the courage and wisdom to lead and promote change effectively? This TIDE provides an opportunity to examine the nature of leadership, its impact on the change process, and the underlying dynamics of power, politics, and conflict. Over the course of the academic year, this TIDE focuses on developing an interdisciplinary understanding of the theories and practices of organizational and community leadership. As a TIDE member, you will actively study the theories that emerge from a variety of fields and reflect on their practical, political, and ethical assumptions as well as on their implications in a variety of settings. Through readings, classroom discussions, interviews with local leaders, and a group initiative, you will gain a greater appreciation for the issues that affect leaders and the components of successful leadership. (Service Learning TIDES classes for: TIDE 101-01 and TIDE 101-05 with James MacLaren—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-21 and TIDE 189-22; TIDE 101-02 with Ana Lopez—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-16)
top TIDE 102-01 Cities and the Urban Environment
T 3:00-4:15pm
Marilyn Feldmeier. How are the streets of a city a reflection of the larger urban culture: What kind of a stage do streets provide for the actors of day-to-day life? Join us and explore the Urban Experience of New Orleans. This course is organized around alternating field trips and classroom discussions. We will visit "streets" both large (such as the Mississippi River, Canal Street and the I-10 Expressway) and small (neighborhood commercial, residential streets). Through these visits you will incorporate ideas introduced in the course readings with first hand observations...and along the route, you will be invited to see New Orleans in a new way.
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TIDE 103-01-06 The Music and Culture of New Orleans
W 4:30-5:45pm
John Baron, John Joyce, Bruce Podewell, Beverly Trask, Kevin Fontenot and John Doheny. "The Music and Culture of New Orleans" introduces the newcomer to New Orleans to the diversity of culture in the city and region. The 10-week course explores the music, literature, art, dance, architecture, and food that are unique to Southern Louisiana so that during your student years here you can fully enjoy them.
This TIDES course includes five general lectures by experts in the various aspects of the culture of New Orleans. Interspersed and alternating are five small sections where these experts converse directly with the freshmen, helping each individual explore the city. Students are directed to the most important music venues in the city, as well as to the best Creole and Cajun restaurants. In addition to the class meetings, each student is expected to join in at least two field trips to witness the culture first hand.
top TIDE 104-01 Our Religious Experiences
T 5:00-6:15pm
Brian Horowitz. From the influence of the religious right to the impact of gay marriage on the social fabric, religion is moving front and center in our culture. In fact, religion is playing an increasingly vital role in the electoral politics, in culture wars, and in the media. In this class we will discuss the relationship of religion and politics, looking at the media, popular and high culture. This will be a student-centered class, so come ready to share your thoughts.
top TIDE 107-01 Museums & Their Communities in the Crescent City (Spring 2010)
W 5:30-6:45pm
Holly Flora. Get to know New Orleans through an exploration of its museums, from art museums to contemporary galleries to house museums and beyond. Students will also gain hands-on museum experience by participating in a Service Learning via an educational outreach program at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Ideal for students considering majors in art history or history.
(Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-XX)
top TIDE 108-01 Disease and Healing in New Orleans
W 3:00-4:15pm
Christi Sumich. On May 28, 1853 a New Orleans paper carried the headline “Disease an Obsolete Idea.” That same day, the first victim of a devastating yellow fever epidemic died. Have you ever wondered what it was really like to live in nineteenth-century New Orleans, mosquitoes, raw sewerage and all? Are you interested in learning about how our ancestors responded to epidemics of disease that they could not explain or cure? This course will answer these questions. We will visit Lafayette Cemetery’s tombs of yellow fever victims, the old Ursuline convent, and the pharmacy museum to better understand disease and healing in nineteenth-century New Orleans.
top TIDE 109-01 Who Dat, Fan Up and Geaux: Sports & New Orleans
W 4:30-5:45pm
Craig Willie
Have you ever thought that you’d be excited to do “homework” if it focused solely on sports? This course examines hot topics in sports such as expansion teams, drug testing, and stadium financing from an intellectual perspective using the city of New Orleans and its sports teams as a natural backdrop for these topics and others, while also offering students an opportunity to directly contribute to the sports community here in New Orleans. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-19)
top TIDE 110-01 Society & Neuroscience
R 3:30-4:45pm
Jim Cronin. Advances in the Neurosciences provide an ever increasing understanding of the underlying biology of the brain and behavior. Questions such as how our thoughts, actions, and emotions originate get at the issue of what makes us who we are. This course will survey several areas of interest in Neuroscience and to discuss what societal and legal implications arise from brain biology. Each class will start with a brief presentation of the state of the science, and proceed into a group discussion with emphasis on how the science has or has not influenced society. For example, if an aberrant behavior can be tied to a biological disease, is the individual legally or criminally responsible? Emphasis will be on discussion of the impact of the science on our understanding of and relationship to ourselves.
top TIDE 111-01 No Child Left Behind: Public Education in New Orleans
R 5:00-6:15pm
Ana Lopez and Linda McKee. Students will learn about the public school
system in New Orleans – how and why it is consistently ranked as one of the lowest performing of US urban districts and what leaders, activists, and Tulane students are doing to change it. Student will lend a hand to renewal efforts by assisting in readying schools for classes. This will give them first hand access to what going to school is really like in New Orleans. This class will serve as excellent preparation for students who wish to volunteer in schools while at Tulane or who are interested in pursuing careers in education. (Service Learning TIDES class —In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-11)
top TIDE 112-01 Exploring Literary New Orleans
W 5:15-6:30pm
Thomas Moody. For over two centuries, New Orleans has provided an atmospheric setting for numerous works of fiction- from Kate Chopin’s stories of Creole life, to acclaimed novels by Walker Percy and John Kennedy Toole, to more recent bestsellers by Anne Rice and John Grisham. Whether you’re budding creative writer wanting to try your hand at on-location writing exercises, or a keen fiction reader eager to learn more about your new home and its literary luminaries, this course will get you reading, talking, and writing about New Orleans- as well as exploring some of its more storied corners during field trips.
top TIDE 113-01 Mardi Gras: Mystery, Mayhem and Myth
W 5:15-6:30pm
Paula Morris. Mardi Gras is this city’s rowdy, gaudy, feel-good, annual celebration, yet there’s much more to it than flung beads and drunken revelry. Carnival in New Orleans is an expression of our peculiar cultural heritage- our Creole roots, our musical traditions and our ties to the Caribbean and Latin American- but behind the joyful chaos of parades, masks and parties is a darker story of elitism, pride, arrogance, segregation…and of course commercialization. In this class we’ll explore the history and traditions of Mardi Gras, from the founding of krewes to the changing faces of the parades to the unique world of the Mardi Gras Indians, and compare it with sister celebrations in Rio and the Caribbean. The class will include a field trio to Mardi Gras world, two film screenings and visiting speakers. Students are expected to be keen readers, confident writers and active participants in class discussion.
top TIDE 114-01 The Dead Sea Scrolls
M 3:00-4:15pm
Galen Marquis. This course surveys the finds at Qumran and at other places in the Judean Desert, including the biblical scrolls, sectarian works, and other types of documents preserved in the dryness of the Judean Desert for more than 2000 years, including archaeological excavations, readings from sectarian compositions,
the importance of the biblical scrolls for the history of the text of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and the place of the Qumran sectarians in the context of the history of Second Temple Times.
top TIDE 117-01 Muffulettas, Mafia & Mardi Gras: The Italians in New Orleans
W 12:00-1:15pm
Dana Zartner. Did you know that during the period from 1850 to 1870, New Orleans was home to the largest number of Italian immigrants in the United States and in 1910 the French Quarter was 80% Italian? While often overshadowed by their French and Irish brethren, the
Italians who came to New Orleans have had a lasting and significant impact on the city. From some of the city’s most well-known foods such as Central Grocery’s Muffuletta to Angelo Brocato’s Italian ices, to the tradition of wearing masks during the carnival season, to having the distinction of being home to the United State’s first Mafia trial, New Orleans has a distinct Italian heritage. This course will explore this heritage through a series of lectures, discussions, and field trips.
top TIDE 120-01 New Orleans Neighborhoods
W 6:00-7:15pm
Yuki Kato. New to New Orleans? Curious about the city beyond the University and the French Quarter? This course will introduce students to various neighborhoods in New Orleans, and their unique histories, cultures, and landscapes. Each week, students will either read assigned materials or gather information on their own about a selection of neighborhoods to learn about their history, demography, and their recovery after Hurricane Katrina. The highlights of the course are four (mandatory) field trips we will make to the neighborhoods over weekends. The information gathered by students about the neighborhoods will be combined into a neighborhood guidebook at the end of the course. To gather information for this course assignment, we will visit the special collections at Tilton Library. Overall, this will be a good course for someone who is eager to see parts of New Orleans that are not typical tourist destinations.
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M 4:30-5:45pm
Jerry Shakov. Art and science: how much do they have in common? Maybe more than most people think. In both the arts and the sciences there’s the need for inspiration and hard work, the willingness to experiment, and the conviction that you are creating work that says something meaningful about the world or nature.
In this course we will discuss the mutual influence of arts and sciences, particularly physics, that goes well beyond the use of science as a raw material by artists, using examples from different art forms and historic periods.
top TIDE 122-01 New Orleans & Hurricanes: Past, Present and Future
W 3:00-4:15pm
Stephen Nelson. This course will explore the events leading up to Hurricane Katrina, from a geological and historical perspective and explore why New Orleans is at risk from future hurricanes and the steps being taken to protect the city from future events. Although sociological, cultural, and political aspects of the response to the Katrina disaster and recovery will touched upon, the main emphasis will be placed on historic, scientific and engineering aspects of Katrina and the systems designed to protect the city form hurricanes.
top TIDE 123-01 Latin American Infusion
T 10:00-11:15am
Edith Wolfe. The Maya, La Raza, Che Guevara, tequila, samba, divas, jungles, narcos, carnival, santos, and much more. Delve deeper into Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino popular culture using the resources and opportunities provided by Tulane and New Orleans! Drawing from literature, local cultural events, faculty, and special guests, we will sample and mix these and other modern themes to gain a greater appreciation for and understanding of the cultural stereotypes and expressions of the region within the context of historical, societal, and political frameworks. Students will have the opportunity to attend films, readings, art exhibitions, musical events, and performances by Latin Americans, and then to discuss their meanings with important Latin Americanists at Tulane and in New Orleans.
top TIDE 123-02 Maintaining Culture Through Food:
The Latin American Immigrant Experience in New Orleans
W 2:00-3:15pm
Stephanie Arnett and David Ortiz. After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans experienced a huge influx of Latin American workers who came to help rebuild the city. With these immigrants came their culture, and perhaps most importantly, their food! This course explores how Latin American immigrants in New Orleans use food to hold on to their culture and how these immigrants are influencing the food and culture of New Orleans. In it, you will come to appreciate a variety of authentic foods from Latin America, examine classic recipes from many countries, eat in restaurants and visit Latino groceries in New Orleans, and watch films that will complement readings and lectures on the cultural implications of Latino food in New Orleans.
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TIDE 124-01 Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll & Disease
M 6:00-7:15pm
Reginald Parquet. Over the course of the next year students will develop an understanding of why young adults engage in high-risk health behaviors. During the first semester attention will focus on the social processes thought to underlie young adults' uptake of behavior patterns which expose them to unnecessary health risks. Among the wide range of high risk behaviors to be covered over the course of the year will be drinking, drugging, smoking, eating, speeding, unsafe sex, and other risky choices. Participants will develop an understanding of how one's family, friends and peers come to shape high-risk health behavior patterns. New Orleans provides an excellent vantage point from which to scientifically explore a culture in which exhibiting high risk health behavior patterns is almost normative. Students will work up epidemiological comparisons between their hometowns and New Orleans based on a wide range of available Internet databases. Students do no direct observations or participation in any high-risk behavior patterns as part of the course.
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TIDE 125-01 Visual Arts of New Orleans
T 5:00-6:15pm
Laura Richens. This TIDES class has been put together by a team of university art professionals with the intention of introducing students to the breadth of the visual arts scene in contemporary New Orleans. The course will include field trips to and visits from artists, curators, critics, collectors, private gallery owners, and public museum professionals offering a behind-the-scenes look at the vibrant cultural life of the city. Ideally students will come away from the class with an appreciation of the richness of the visual arts in New Orleans, the ability to discuss and write about the visual arts, and some insights into the nuts-and-bolts activities of the individuals and institutions the define the visual arts in New Orleans. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-25)
top TIDE 126-01 Disasters, Diseases and Development: Global Health & the Big Easy
R 3:30-4:45pm
John Hembling. Have you ever used a leaf blower to collect mosquitoes in City Park and examine how they spread diseases such as malaria and West Nile Virus? Do this and more as we explore the New Orleans’ bayous and immigrant communities. From the yellow fever epidemics of the 19th century to the health impacts of Hurricane Katrina, the Crescent City provides a unique backdrop to examine today’s global health challenges. Through field trips, movies and debates, we will explore New Orleans and introduce you to critical global health issues, comparing and contrasting them to the challenges facing the Big Easy.
top TIDE 126-02 Environmental Literacy
T 5:00-6:15pm
Elizabeth Davey. What knowledge, what skills do you need to help create a more environmentally-sound, sustainable society? What courses, majors, service and student activities will help prepare you to meet the environmental challenges of the future, in your career and as a citizen? In this TIDE we will explore two major environmental issues that shape the long-term sustainability of New Orleans: global warming and the loss of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. This TIDE will brief you on these issues, get you out into the wetlands, and introduce you to people who are actively working on positive solutions. You will then have the opportunity to put your learning into practice by working on a team to develop ideas to help green our campus and reduce our climate impact.
top TIDE 127-01 Psychology in the Movies
T 5:00-6:15pm
Julie Alvarez and Carrie Wyland. How does Hollywood portray human behavior in the movies? Is the way attraction and dating represented in films accurate? Are therapy sessions really like they are in Woody Allen movies? This course discusses these and other questions about Hollywood’s depiction of social interactions and mental illness. We’ll see you at the movies!
top TIDE 128-01 Detecting Crime
W 5:30-6:45pm
Anna Duggar. Do you want to try your hand at being a CSI crime scene investigator? How about learning to investigate and solve crimes--common as well as genocidal? In this TIDES, taught by a forensic scientist and a sociological criminologist, we will investigate the realities and fictions, the scientific challenges and rewards, and the ethical and legal issues surrounding CSI forensics. Students will use deductive and inductive reasoning, employ laboratory techniques to discover and dissect evidence, and confront the ethical and legal issues surrounding forensics.
top TIDE 130-01 The Haunting of Louisiana
T 2:00-3:15pm
Alexandra Reuber. Interview with the Vampire, The Skeleton Key, and Voodoo Season are all fictional works which lead us into a world of darkness and suspense. The attraction to this world of magic, fear, and death also shows in people’s immense interest in Louisiana’s haunted homes and New Orleans’ voodoo, vampire, ghost, and cemetery tours. It seems as if this state and city will always be surrounded by this disturbing presence of otherness. But why has Louisiana become such a haunted state and New Orleans such a haunted city? Why is the beautiful antebellum home The Myrtles defined as one of America’s most haunted homes? What is the remaining attraction of Marie Laveau, New Orleans’ voodoo queen? How has Anne Rice kept New Orleans’ vampires alive? Are you ready to explore “The Haunting of Louisiana?”
top TIDE 131-01 College Women: Images in Film & Historical Realities
W 4:30-5:45pm
Charlotte Maheu. See yourself in the movies! Women represent over half the students in higher education, but how does Hollywood portray them? This course examines the history of women in higher education from the 1950s to the present, and how these women are seen in film. It also gives students an opportunity to learn about Newcomb College and the variety of incarnations it has had since its inception in 1886. Take advantage of this opportunity to examine the position of college women from several perspectives: the personal, the local, the historical and the global. Participants will come out of this fun and enlightening experience with a broad perspective that will serve them throughout their college years. Decide for your self whether you think the depictions of women are historically accurate or Hollywood glamour.
top TIDE 132-01 Design-it-Yourself NOLA
T 3:30-4:45pm
Emilie Taylor. From small scale urban farming collaboratives to large scale Mardi gras float making, hundreds of people in New Orleans are using their craft and creativity to shape the culture of this city. These grass root, do-it-yourself efforts create a city full of second lines, festivals, floats, and films that both celebrate and help to define this place. Design-it-Yourself NOLA is a sampling of the different crafts, traditions, and individuals that shape our culture. This course is designed for students looking to explore the city and learn about the people actively engaged in making, as well as their works.
top TIDE 132-02 The History & Chemistry of Food
W 4:00-5:45pm
Scott Grayson. Food is arguably the most essential need and basic desire for humans. This course will begin by providing a rudimentary scientific understanding of the chemistry of food and taste, and continue by tracing the history of human manipulation of food sources, through the domestication of animals and the agricultural revolution. This course will examine analytical tools for elucidating the archaeology of food, as well as put the subject into perspective by sampling some modern cuisine pertinent to the discussion.
top TIDE 133-01 A Cabinet of Curiosities:
Collections in New Orleanian & American Culture
T 12:30-1:45pm
Meghan Freeman. What is the difference between a valuable object and a collectible object? What kinds of psychological or emotional needs are satisfied by collecting, be it of butterflies or Bentleys? What kinds of ethical and political issues are raised when individuals or larger institutions (such as museums or galleries) try to amass a collection? This course asks these questions, among others, and encourages students to bring in their own ideas about collections. We will spend some time exploring New Orleans collecting culture, visiting museums and antique stores alike. Part of the class will also be devoted to viewing cinematic and televisual representations of collectors, from the stuffy appraisers of Antiques Roadshow, to the macabre collections of horror movie icons. Students are encouraged to share parts of their own collections with the class and to bring in recent news and entertainment items pertinent to the idea of collecting.
top TIDE 134-01 Making a Difference with Children and Adolescents
W 4:00-5:15pm
Carol Whelan and Jerome White. Do you like working with children and adolescents but are not sure how this might transfer into career opportunities? Are you interested in the arts, science or mathematics? Are you interested in making a difference in the lives of children? This TIDE class provides opportunities to explore many avenues of work with K-12 students and to meet with experts from a variety of fields including education, social work, and criminal justice. Field trips will include a visit to the French Quarter McDonough 15 Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) Charter School and Tulane’s Partner School Lusher Charter School Participants will develop an understanding of the many possibilities there are to make a difference in the lives of children. Students will participate in weekly electronic discussions on Blackboard and read current articles addressing the needs of children and adolescents. Students will also learn about opportunities to become a certified teacher through Tulane’s Teacher Certification Program.
top TIDE 135-01 Mysteries of the Quantum World
W 5:00-6:15pm
Dmitry Uskov and Lev Kaplan. How can a cat be simultaneously dead and alive? How do you build a quantum computer and break unbreakable codes? What is teleportation? Is reality composed of billions of parallel universes? Quantum mechanics has transformed our understanding of how the world works. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of quantum theory, learn to separate myth from reality, and discuss recent developments in this active area of research. The course is intended for any student with an interest in physics, computers, history of science, mathematics, or philosophy. A strong background in high school mathematics and a love of intellectual challenge are assumed.
top TIDE 137-01 Adventure, Discipline, Obsession: A Running Conversation
M 5:00-6:15pm
Sam Landry and Thomas Langston. Like to have class outside? Want to get off campus and see the city? Like to learn in unconventional ways? And, oh yes, do you run? Then run with us while we discuss a variety of aspects of life in motion, from the mythical (or not) “runner’s high” to running as a metaphor for life. (Why did Forrest Gump run? Why did he stop running?) All classes will start off campus, in locations such as Audubon Park, City Park (end of the streetcar line), and the French Quarter (end of the streetcar line in the other direction).
top TIDE 138-01 Media Cultures of New Orleans
T 5:00-6:15pm
Vicki Mayer and Teresa Parker Farris. This TIDES seminar explores how representations of New Orleans in audiovisual media reflect and help construct public perceptions of the city. Examining both historical and contemporary films, videos, music, and news accounts, we will ask how various media forms and contents provide us with materials for thinking about cultural identities, political and economic history, and social change. We will meet commercial and independent media producers to discuss the challenges and strategies for representing New Orleans, and work collaboratively to produce our own media representations of the city. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-14)
top TIDE 139-01 Africans in Film
W 4:00-5:15pm
Elisabeth McMahon. The continent of Africa has historically been presented in western films as an exotic location of adventures for Europeans, an alien landscape where nameless Africans suffer and struggle but rarely live. This course will move students away from the stereotypes of Africa found in western media to explore the ways in which Africans interpret their daily lives. We will explore a range of topics from issues of gender, modernity and religion to the individual struggles for people living through Apartheid in South Africa and coping with reconciliation in societies riven by war and segregation.
top TIDE 140-01 Being an Advocate for Women
W 4:00-5:15pm
Catherine Hancock.
The premise of this course is that anyone can "act like a lawyer" – and that no knowledge of law is required to do so. Every day may bring an opportunity to act as an advocate for another person who needs help, and we can think of "lawyering" activities as "actions taken by advocates for others." This course will focus on the needs of women in the legal system, especially abused women, as the subject for class discussions about the ways in which lawyers and non-lawyers alike can become agents of social change while serving as advocates for others. The reading material for the course will cover such topics as: 1) the difficulties that an abused woman may encounter in her effort to enforce various legal rights, such as her right to seek legal custody of her children and her right to obtain a judicial order of protection against her batterer, and 2) the difficulties that lawyers face in representing clients who are abused women when they become parties in civil or family court proceedings or defendants in criminal prosecutions. The teacher for this course is a law school professor who teaches courses related to criminal justice, constitutional law, and law and gender. During several class sessions she will be joined by guest speakers who are faculty members in the Tulane Law School Domestic Violence Clinic. These law teachers are experts on DV law, and their knowledge and courtroom experiences will add a real life perspective to the class discussions. This TIDES course will be valuable for students who are interested in the interdisciplinary connections among the fields of psychology, sociology, gender studies, civil rights history, social work, feminist theory, law, and the art of advocacy.
top TIDE 142-01 The Myth of Popular Culture
T 4:30-5:45pm
Todd Kennedy. The primary purpose of this course is to engage students in a lively debate about what exactly constitutes “culture”? Why does western society tend to value certain art forms over others? Does “popular” culture evolve from traditions that are somehow less learned? We will seek to answer these questions through an interdisciplinary approach to poetry, film, music, television, and the wide array of cultural artifacts that surround us in the cultural gumbo pot that is New Orleans. This class might appeal to students with a sincere interest in musical and/or filmic traditions, or students who have an interest in situating traditional “literature” in a broader cultural context.
top TIDE 143-01 Writing in New Orleans
W 5:00-6:15pm
Beau Boudreaux. A student adopts and inhabits a new city, becoming native. Keep a journal of New Orleans. Write it down! Take moments, ideas to reflect the experience among peers living in the Crescent City. Write letters, poems, and lyrics, discussed during workshops in class and on excursions in the city. Become thoughtful...listen, read, write, converse through language. A journal may recollect moments in tranquility (Wordsworth) or may take the form of day-to-day experience (Bosworth). During particular classes the student will be asked to write while on a streetcar, in Audubon Park, and on the levee by the Mississippi river. Students will keep a journal, participate in a writer’s workshop, give a class presentation, and write a research paper. Participation is a must. There are no examinations.
top TIDE 145-01 Grand Challenges in Science & Engineering
W 4:00-4:50pm
Cedric Walker. This TIDES class is highly recommended for students who are considering a major in the Sciences or Engineering, but haven't yet chosen a major. Faculty experts will share their views about the big and important research problems that need to be solved in a 25-year time frame, and they'll reveal efforts underway in Tulane labs to address some of these challenges. All of the faculty participants will be taking students to lunch so that every student can start to become acquainted with their future mentors while beginning to hone in on a potential major field of study. (This TIDES course is graded on an S/U basis. No letter grade is given.)
top TIDE 148-01 Greening the Media: Environmentalism, Media & Spin
M 4:30-5:45pm
Vicki Mayer and James Mackin. This course explores the ways that we communicate about the environment. What is good information and what is just spin? Complicated terminologies, political agendas, and market forces sometimes make it hard to answer this question. This TIDES class examines these issues and makes them accessible by creating an environmental newsletter for Bayou keepers, a grassroots nonprofit in Louisiana. Learn about the effects of wetlands loss on the environment and local communities and then learn skills to communicate these issues to a larger public. This course requires travel to Lafitte and Baritaria and work on a newsletter to satisfy your first service learning component at Tulane. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-12)
top TIDE 149-01 Religion in a Free Society
T 2:00-3:15pm
Bruce Brower. In the last few years, a Danish cartoon of Mohammed led to Islamic riots, Christian conservatives called for prayers and crosses in public buildings, national leaders and a major movie actor made anti-Semitic remarks, an American city council permitted Orthodox Jews to erect a religious boundary, and Islamic girls have been prevented from wearing headscarves to school in France. This course considers these issues and more by examining the nature of religious freedom and the role religion should play in free democratic societies. To ensure our discussion makes contact with the real world, we will meet with local representatives from several religions.
top TIDE 150-01 Irish in New Orleans
T 3:30-4:45pm
Laura Kelley. The Irish Channel, Parasol’s Restaurant and Bar, New Basin Canal, the Downtown Irish Club and St. Patrick’s Cathedral- Welcome to Irish New Orleans! All of these Irish institutions shaped New Orleans. Learn about and experience first hand the tremendous impact of the Irish in New Orleans while also considering how life was different for these Irish who came south. Did living in a predominantly Catholic port city appeal to these newly arrived immigrants? Overcoming hunger, disease, economic hardship, and discrimination, the Irish in New Orleans are a compelling testimony to the limitless possibilities of the American dream. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-15)
top TIDE 151-01 Mathematics in the Media
W 5:30-6:45pm
Michelle Lacey. The public's perception of mathematicians and mathematical concepts is shaped by the ways in which they are presented in the news and entertainment media. The portrayal of mathematics in the media raises many questions: What level of mathematical detail is deemed acceptable for the general public? What makes mathematics newsworthy? How are mathematicians portrayed in films, novels, and television programs? In this interdisciplinary course, students will explore the techniques used by reporters, writers, and filmmakers to illuminate abstract ideas for a general audience while gaining a deeper understanding of the underlying mathematical theory. Topics will include mathematical newsworthiness, media stereotypes of mathematicians, and the entertainment value of mathematical ideas as well as the various ways in which the news and entertainment media presents mathematical ideas to general audiences through the study of newspaper and journal articles, novels, television programs, and films. This TIDE is appropriate for students interested in mathematics, communications, or literature.
top TIDE 152-01 Medieval New Orleans
R 2:00-3:15pm
Michael Kuczynski. This TIDES Seminar will explore, largely by way of class trips around campus and the city and discussions based on selected readings, the influence and ongoing presence of medieval material culture and medieval ideas and attitudes in New Orleans (and, to some extent, in Southern culture in general). We'll be looking at--and handling--real medieval manuscripts housed in the Rare Books Room, Jones Hall, discussing medieval architectural styles revived in Tulane buildings, experiencing medieval music by New Orleans' Musica de Camera in the setting of faux medieval chapel, pilgrimaging around the city in search of actual relics (the bones of saints), and delving into medieval influences on pre-Lenten festivals such as Mardi Gras and on such distinctively New Orleanian foodstuffs as gumbo and "turduckin." We'll also read excerpts from two novels that, respectively, "recovered" the Middle Ages in the 19th c. and then satirized the influence of romantic ideas about the period on Southern culture: Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. And if we have time, we'll watch films of these two novels, which suggest how America Hollywood-ized medieval experience, to bring it in line with the kind of 19th c. survivals of the Middle Ages typical of New Orleans itself. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-20)
top TIDE 153-01 Folk Traditions of New Orleans
M 5:00-6:15pm
Teresa Parker Farris. The Louisiana Folklife Program defines folk traditions as those behaviors that are “currently practiced and passed along by word of mouth, imitation, and observation over time and space within groups, such as family, ethnic, social class, regional, and others.” Through this course, students will gain an appreciation for New Orleans’ cultural diversity by examining the aesthetics, meaning and values inherent in folk traditions. We will discuss the nature of folk traditions and explore the differences between folk, popular, and elite cultural expressions. As the study of folklife draws from both the humanities and social sciences, students will gain methodologies that may be applied to other fields such as English, anthropology, American studies, art history, and musicology.
top TIDE 154-01 New Orleans Architecture & the Movies:
The City, Architecture & Film
W 5:30-6:45pm
Ginette Bone. How did you first 'see' New Orleans? Medieval Europe? The Death Star? Was it conjured in text? A photograph? Or, most likely, a Motion Picture? Our favorite movies usually haunt us with their sense of architectural space and place. From an early age we reference scenery, culture and environments beyond our physical experience, both geographical and temporal. Places at the other side of the world, universe, or century become familiar, imbibed with a particular personality. The mood of a scene is reinforced, even suggested by its setting while, conversely, the emoted character can become pervasive. Students will discuss the ideas suggested in this quote from Jeff Hopkins " The power of the film image to (mis) represent the material and social world lies in its ability to blur the boundaries of space and time, reproduction and simulation, reality and fantasy . . . " This Tide will explore the relationship between the built environment and movies. Through film and architectural design we will study the authority of an image to signify time, place and society. Students will critique the screen portrayal of New Orleans and the South, investigate the cinematographic aspects of specific buildings and experience set design and art direction in "Hollywood South".
top TIDE 155-01 The Good Life
W 6:30-7:45pm
Chris Surprenant. What would it mean to live in a world where we got whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted? Is such a world possible? Is it desirable? What is required for human flourishing? Why, if at all, it is better to live in the real world than to live in a virtual world or utopia where all of our needs and desires are satisfied? What kind of society provides us the opportunity to build good lives? These and related questions will be considered by examining works of philosophy, literature, and film.
top TIDE 156-01 Nobel Laureates & the Behavioral Sciences
M 5:30-6:45pm
Terry Christenson. Designed to introduce important contributions in the scientific study and understanding of behavior through an examination of seminal work by Nobel Laureates in the fields of Physiology & Medicine and Economics. Contributions to be explored: the neuro-scientific bases of behavior, including neuron doctrine, ionic hypothesis and the theory of synaptic transmission; cerebral hemispheric interaction and complex human behavior; visual perception; memory; treatment of psychopathology; ethology; game theory and human decision making; and human decision making under complex, uncertain conditions. Readings, discussions, guest lectures and trips to local laboratories and zoo.
top TIDE 157-01 Going Green in New Orleans
T 11:00am-12:15pm
Linda Baynham. Why is Brad Pitt on the news in New Orleans so much? Because he’s “Going Green in New Orleans!” Find out why solar is sexy, and what other resources are realistically and cost-effectively available in the U.S. and New Orleans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the environment. This class will cover renewable energy resources for electricity production across the U.S. (wind, solar, hydroelectricity), with special emphasis on New Orleans resources (solar). Construction of green homes will also be included in the class, with field trips to solar installations and green building resources in New Orleans. The Brad Pitt “Design Competition” LEED certified home being built in the devastated 9th ward will be included in the tour, so students will have an opportunity to see an area affected by Katrina and the rebuilding efforts that are helping it to “go green.”
top TIDE 158-01 Donnie Darko and Philosophy
M 6:00-7:15pm
John Howard. 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end. At least, that’s what Frank says. Who is Frank? You can find out in “Donnie Darko and Philosophy”, a philosophical exploration of the cult film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Richard Kelly. Do all creatures on this earth die alone? Do you believe time travel is possible? Who is Donnie Darko? Discover all this and more in this extended and exhaustive exploration of one of the most challenging, entertaining, moving, and engrossing films of all time.
top TIDE 159-01 Introduction to Research:
What Your Professors Are Doing When They Are Not Teaching Class
T 5:00-6:15pm
Gary Talarchek. This class is centered on the research enterprise. What is it? How can you get involved? Why should you get involved at this stage of your academic career? Research varies tremendously by discipline. In fact, some disciplines may not even call it research; they will call it scholarship. We will consider the search for new knowledge in diverse disciplines. You will meet a variety of Tulane researchers in their labs and centers, learn about their research through reading and discussion, and learn what it is like to conduct research. This class will serve as an excellent introduction for students who wish to pursue a career in research, medicine, public service or teaching.
top TIDE 160-01 Introduction to Clinical Medicine
W 6:00-7:15pm
Jagan and Neel Gupta. Are you interested in the field of medicine? Are you fed up with the post-Katrina healthcare model? Do you want to help save our health care system? Are you interested in having a fun and vibrant seminar under the tutelage of a dynamic group of teachers? Pro-life vs. Pro-choice? – Then this seminar is for you. Be adventurous and sign up. Come voice your opinions and be heard.
top TIDE 161-01 Understanding the Persistence of Social Problems in America
M 11:00-12:15pm
Fred Buttell.Why have we spent 3 trillion dollars on poverty programs in the United States and yet we still have poverty? The purpose of this class is to help students understand that social problems like poverty and drug use tend to co-exist in the same families. Consequently, simple solutions like giving money to poor people are inadequate and have failed as social programs because they misunderstand the problem. This course will examine the reality of working with poor people in the United States.
top TIDE 162-01 Flora & Fauna of Louisiana:
Landscape and Identity Formation in the South
T 3:30-4:45pm
Agnieszka Nance and Sarah Andert. How did the crawfish become Louisiana’s poster child? Why are there oak-lined corridors in almost every neighborhood of New Orleans? Ask anyone to describe Louisiana’s landscape and you’ll likely get a response that includes crawfish, alligators, oaks and Spanish moss. Such iconographic flora and fauna are often used by tourism and related industries to represent the unique beauty of the South. But these native plants and animals have also played a major role in the formation of a cultural identity specific to New Orleans and the surrounding region. This TIDES class will explore the connection between landscape and local identity, how people and place interact in dynamic ways. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-26)
top TIDE 165-01 Life of a Child in New Orleans
R 3:30-4:45pm
Marva Lewis. The goal of this course is to expose students to the diverse sociocultural contexts that young children live and grow up in the urban setting of the city of New Orleans. We will examine the lives of children who live in intense poverty, and children who live in comfort and wealth. We will observe children in their naturalistic settings which include very difficult circumstances as well as rich cultural practices. The course will focus on learning an ecological, relationship-based approach to children’s development, and provide the student with an opportunity to reflect on their own childhood experiences using these concepts. The balance of the semester will be spent observing young children in the natural settings of their distinct sociocultural developmental niches. The course will then focus on observation of the educational, medical and social settings of diverse children’s development and reflect on the published policies and practices associated with each of these settings. The course will be taught using naturalistic observational methods, reflective journaling, guest speakers and videos. The students will be required to sign-up for one TIDES sponsored field observation trip.
top TIDE 166-01 The Literary Architecture of New Orleans
M 7:00-8:15pm
Elizabeth Burns Gamard. Voodoo, jazz, ghosts, decadence, pathos: New Orleans is a muse for various and sundry writers. Architecture frames the settings and scenes of many of these experiences. Narratives-scenes of events-surrounding New Orleans often remark on the architecture of the city. The writing of architecture-describing a place, a vision, a set of rooms, a landscape--can be a way to give life to these experiences. Students in the course will read numerous articles and stories about New Orleans, its founding, location and the various episodes that make up both the larger atmosphere and the smaller experiences of the city and its former and current inhabitants. Readings will be approached from an architectural point of view--foundational narratives, landscape, buildings, streets, neighborhoods and cityscapes-but will also entail eclectic subject matter such as mystery, romance, surrealism and prose poetry as well. As noted by many, New Orleans is a unique city with a unique identity, one in which writers from the 18th- through the 21st centuries regard as their muse. Through these rich voices, students will gain added insight into what makes the City of New Orleans such an exceptional place to get to know. Course books will include New Orleans Stories by Andrei Codrescu and John Miller and French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia by James Nolan and Joshua Clark. Through reading and creative writing about spatial and temporal events-architectural scenes-students bring their own views of the city to life.
top TIDE 167-01 The Omega Point Theory: Integrating Science & Religion
M 5:00-6:15pm
Frank Tipler. The future evolution and final state of the universe in modern cosmology. Penrose's completion of spacetime: the Omega Point. The Mind-as-Computer-Program idea and the Turing Test of personhood. The universe as a computer simulation. Why is there something rather than nothing? What is "free will" and is it consistent with physics? Resurrection vs. soul immortality in religious eschatology. Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory as a "virtual reality" in the computers of the far future. A personal God and individual immortality as implications of reductionist scientific materialism.
top TIDE 168-01 The Role of the Commissioner in Professional Sports
T 6:00-7:15pm
Gabe Feldman. This course will explore the authority of commissioners in the major professional sports leagues to discipline players, owners, coaches, and others for conduct deemed injurious to the interests of the league or the sport. Students will explore the origin and evolution of the office of the commissioner, tracing the development of the position from Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis to Bud Selig, Paul Tagliabue, and David Stern. Students will focus on and discuss actions taken by commissioners in specific cases involving gambling, performance enhancing and recreational drug use, brawling during games, mistreating game officials and opposing players, and other types of misconduct both on and off the playing field. Students will be asked to think critically about the scope of the commissioner's power to act in these situations and the propriety of the actions taken by the commissioner. The course will also analyze the commissioner's regulatory authority to take action "in the best interests of the game," and will look at notable cases where this authority was challenged by players and owners.
top TIDE 169-01 Community Engagement in Urban Design
M 11:00am-12:15pm
Grover Mouton and Nick Jenisch. Do you ever wonder what forces shape the built world around you? Urban Design is a dynamic field of study that engages a number of intellectual subjects, including city & building design, politics, policy, social engagement, and community building. We will examine local and regional projects such as the Dew Drop Jazz Hall in Mandeville, LA and the Forks of the Road Slave Market Site in Natchez, MS, engaging with the community and local government officials to see what it takes to preserve historic buildings and develop new ones to tell stories from the past. We will also look at exploding development in China and compare the vastly different scales of development through the local and international work of the Tulane Regional Urban Design Center.
top TIDE 170-01 Cocktails, Cayenne & Creoles:
The Myths & Realities of New Orleans Food & Drink
T 3:30-4:45pm
Amy George-Hirons and Todd Price. New Orleans is a tourist town, and food and drink are two of the ways the city markets itself to the world. What effect do celebrity and media have on the creation of a local identity? What does that tell us about how the media creates the reality of a place for outsiders? Is the early history of sophisticated drinking responsible for the nightly daiquiri-fueled bacchanal on Bourbon Street? How did the city of New Orleans become synonymous with Cajun food? How did gumbo earn a place on every table in the city, from the humblest lunch joint to the most elegant restaurant? In this course, we explore the myths and realities of three iconic elements of the New Orleans marketing machine: cocktails, Cajun cuisine and gumbo.
top TIDE 172-01 The Military in American Society
W 3:00-4:15pm
Captain Colin Chisholm and Lieutenant Michael Goldston. We will explore the role of the United States military in the society it serves. Students will trace the evolution of the military, learn the jobs of each branch in the international strategic picture, and debate the executive use of military power in current and future policy. We will also discover the life of an individual service member, how we are trained, how we work and how we deploy overseas.
*Students enrolled in any ROTC programs SHOULD NOT enroll in this course without permission*
top TIDE 173-01 Reading & Writing Women: Zale Writer-in-Residence Program
M 4:00-5:15pm
Crystal Kile and Charlotte D'Ooge. Have you imagined your college self sitting around in conversation with brilliant novelists and poets over afternoon tea? The Reading/Writing Women TIDE sponsored by the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women gives students who love contemporary fiction and poetry-- and who may be nurturing literary ambitions of their own -- the opportunity to read and meet with famous women writers visiting campus, and to learn how to plug into the lively literary cultures on campus and in New Orleans. Writers featured in the 2007-2008 program include Michelle Tea, the 23rd Zale Writer-in-Residence and the 11th Florie Gale Arons Poet (TBA). Students will have the opportunity to become involved in the committees of students, staff, and faculty who host the Zale and Arons Programs at Newcomb.
top TIDE 174-01 Citizenship & Healthy Communities
R 5:00-6:15pm
Christopher Lane. What does citizenship mean to you? Does it mean something more than the power to vote? Are there possibilities of civic engagement which come along with the benefits of citizenship? How can being a good citizen help keep our communities healthy? We’ll examine these questions while getting to know a local school, where we’ll be engaged in a service project with school children. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-17)
top TIDE 175-01 The Culture of Money
W 3:30-4:45pm
Dwight D. Codr. What makes Donald Trump a hero to so many Americans? What makes a 6 x 2 inch scrap of paper worth anywhere from one to ten-thousand dollars? How do we go about drawing a distinction between ambition and greed? Or, we might ask, to what extent do our cultural productions depend upon the haziness of this distinction? In a nation ruled by "the almighty dollar" it is no surprise that we often approach money as though it were an inscrutable and even reverential entity.
top Money is, for many of us, a taboo subject of conversation(we refrain from sharing our incomes or the incomes of our families with others), a mysterious element of daily life (few can say what exactly entitles the bearer of currency to the commodities we buy with it), the end towards which our lives are directed (the so-called American Dream); and, the most prominent votaries of the dollar are heroic in the most epic sense of the word(is it not his triumph on the financial battlefield that entitles "The Donald" to a definite article?). This course will explore how money is approached in our culture: how we represent it in film, literature, and the visual arts, the places and times we encounter it in our everyday lives (from electronic banks to piggy banks), and how we talk about it with friends, parents, and investors.
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TIDE 176-01 Narratives of New Orleans: A Storytelling Project
M 3:00-4:15pm
Mike Griffith. Participants in this TIDES course, which includes a mandatory public service component, will work with students from Banneker Elementary School to create a digital storytelling collection. The story web will include the Banneker students’ personal narratives as well as images and audio slide shows. We will take a tour of the city’s neighborhoods and sample New Orleans music and food. We will work with a non-profit agency, the Kedila Family Learning Center, which provides enrichment and tutoring services for the school. A staff member from Tulane’s Innovative Learning Center will assist in giving the TIDES students a primer in digital production before the project begins. Students will collaborate in groups of three, with each Tulane student paired with a Banneker student to produce a web of their written stories and audio slide shows of photos and oral storytelling. This TIDES course satisfies the first part of the graduation requirement in public service and the course content should appeal to students interested in literature, history, sociology, anthropology, communication, education, creative writing, and digital media design. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-27)
top TIDE 177-01 LIVE: Performance Culture in New Orleans
T 2:00-3:15pm
Betsy Weiss. According to author Elizabeth C. Fine, “Performance is basic to humanity, and nowhere is it more highly patterned and charged than in the ritual.” Much of what makes New Orleans unique is its thriving culture which bolsters its citizens in their efforts to reemerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The ritual of performance here surfaces in numerous art forms and venues, including live music, theater, performance art and spoken word poetry, performed in churches, bars, restaurants, private homes, art galleries, on the sidewalk and in the streets. This course will introduce students to the live performance culture that makes this city so special. In addition to reading about music, theater, performance art and spoken word performances in the city, students will visit music venues, see live theater and spoken word performances, as well as attend a musical interfaith church service at Saint Augustine's Church. Students will also earn service learning credit by volunteering at The Big Top, the performance space for 3 Ring Circus Productions, a non-profit (and smoke free, all ages) organization which has many live music, theater, and spoken word performances each month. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-29)
top TIDE 179-01 An Introduction to Akira Kurosawa Cinema
W 4:00-5:15pm
Antony Sandoval. The “An Introduction to Akira Kurosawa Cinema” course will be an investigation of the cinema of fame Japanese Movie Director Akira Kursoawa via research on his work and his life. It will be achieved by watching some of his movies reading about his life and looking at his impact on the world.
top TIDE 180-01 The Sweet Life
R 5:30-6:45pm
Michelle Kohler. Is there such a thing as a regional sweet tooth? Is New Orleans Candyland? Does any other city love sugar as much? This course looks at the political, historical, cultural and culinary ties that bind sugar and New Orleans.
top TIDE 181-01 Non-Profit Organizations and Katrina Recovery
W 4:00-5:15pm
Dennis Kehoe. In this course, we will come to a better understanding of the recovery from Hurricane Katrina by examining the role that non-profit organizations have played in such efforts as building houses, providing health care, and supporting education. We will also examine the interactions of non-profits and state and local governments. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-14)
top TIDE 182-01 Socrates and You
T 4:00-5:15pm
Jane Carter. How do you decide what you ought to do? When two courses of action both seem “right,” how do you decide which is best? Are there times when there is no “right” solution? The ancient Greek philosopher Plato gave much thought to such questions and explored them by writing conversations between his teacher Socrates and Socrates’ contemporaries. We will examine ethical difficulties from our own lives using first the Socratic Method and then discussing sample ethical problems from our own lives with ethical thinkers (modern philosophers, religious leaders, politicians) from the New Orleans community.
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TIDE 183-01 Loot, Plunder & Pillage: Ethics in Archaeology & the Art Markets
T 11:00am-12:15pm
Susann Lusnia. Each day, all over the world, priceless examples of cultural heritage are stolen or destroyed. War, the trafficking in illicit antiquities, and unregulated development wreak havoc on archaeological sites. Learn why Indiana Jones is no hero as we explore the definition of cultural property, examine the casualties of the illicit art trade, and debate the repatriation of cultural artifacts. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-13)
top TIDE 184-01 Object-Oriented Programming Through Video Games
T 5:00-6:15pm
Harry Howard. Today’s students have grown up in a multimedia world – and to motivate them, instructors must relate students’ classroom experience to that world. Alice is a teaching tool for such students. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to teach introductory object-oriented computer programming with a more engaging, less frustrating experience. It makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web.
top TIDE 185-01 The Interpretation of Dreams
W 2:00-3:15pm
Thomas Hebert. Throughout history humans have searched for the meaning of dreams. In this course students get to learn about the history of dream interpretation from the time of the ancients to what current research tells us about dreams. Discussion topics include sleep temples, psychological interpretations of dreams, biological basis of dreaming, daydreaming, and sex differences in dreams. Students maintain a dream log in which they note the incidence of themes that have been historically associated with dreaming.
top TIDE 187-01 World Dance
W 2:00-3:15pm
John Allen. This course will expose the student to various folk dance forms throughout the world both in theory and in practice, though mostly in practice. It will be designed to heighten the students’ awareness and appreciation of the many different cultures of the world, through the experience of those cultures’ dances.
top TIDE 188-01 Martial Arts for the Performing Arts
T 4:30-5:45pm
Lorenzo Gonzales-Fontes and Kyriakos Papadopoulos. Successful fight scenes have always played a role in many theater, film, and dance performances. Through this course Tulane students will be exposed to martial-art techniques that can be used for staging combat. They will practice drills, read selected passages and watch film clips that will aid them to stage a small fight performance along with their classmates by the end of the semester.
top TIDE 190-01 The Metaphor of Chess
W 3:00-4:15pm
David Kaufmann. How about a game of chess? The popular image of chess – played by eccentrics, geniuses, computers gone wild – overlooks how much chess affects our perceptions and informs our metaphors. In this class we’ll explore how chess is more than a game, sort of a sport, and just how much life imitates chess.
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TIDE 191-01 Soviet Comedy Movies of the 1960s and 1970s
M 3:00-4:15pm
Alexandra Raskina. Can humor be revolutionary? Can satire bring down a dictatorship? This course looks at the role of satiric films in bringing about the collapse of the Soviet Union. We’ll watch movies, talk big, and have fun. Maybe some food, too.
top TIDE 192-01 Chinese Linguistic Politeness
W 1:00-2:15pm
Huimin Xie. Feel unappreciated when you are presenting the best of yourself to a friend from a different culture? For these who have a different heritage but living in English speaking American culture, do you feel lost as to what is the most proper way in interacting with your friends native to this culture even though you are speaking perfect English? What is considered polite in the eyes of a friend from a different culture? How can you conduct cross-cultural communication without getting too frustrated? This TIDES course will help you gain a fresh new perspective on these issues.
top TIDE 193-01 Reality Journalism
R 5:00-6:15pm
Steve Majors. From Anchorman to Broadcast News to The Paper, most people get a Hollywood perception of what life is like working at television station or newspaper. Reality Journalism will first expose students to the fictional view of journalism through in-class movies and clips. Then students will get the opportunity to learn the facts about working in journalism through guest speakers and field trips.
top TIDE 195-01 ¡Salsa!
R 3:30-4:45pm
Javier Olondo. Salsa! is an in depth look at the evolution of Cuban music as it travels between Cuba, Cali, Colombia, Puerto Rico, the United States and Japan. Through readings, discussions, class presentations and short writing assignments, students will have the opportunity to explore the historical development and change that have led to the creation of salsa music. Students will also focus on some key examples of salsa lyrics in an attempt to look at the thematic breadth of the genre. Finally, a preeminent dance music, students will have the opportunity to take four dance workshops designed to engage their bodies as well as their minds.
top TIDE 196-01 The Ecology of Absence
W 6:00-7:15pm
Carey Clouse.
New Orleans has become a testing ground for new and innovative design tactics, and the post-Katrina landscape offers a unique set of geographic, cultural and physical conditions for these efforts. Architects who work in this landscape must understand the issues that specifically affect shrinking cities, and the impact of this population loss on the environment, community, and built landscape. This class will look at lessons learned from the shrinking cities of Detroit, Cleveland, East Germany and Manchester through readings, while simultaneously referring back to the context of New Orleans. In order to really understand the impact of a shrinking city at the local level, class sessions will be based around field trips. Every class will involve a trip to a different part of the city, and often will include interviews with practitioners or community members on location. (Service Learning TIDES class—In addition, students need to register for TIDE 189-28)
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TIDE 197-01 Simple, Effective, Clear and Inspired: Songwriting for an Audience
M 5:30-6:45pm
Mark Carson. Are you a songwriter, or someone who is interested in songwriting? In this course students will read articles on songwriting by the songwriters themselves, listen to and analyze successful songs, use techniques that the pros use, and collaborate with each other. By the end of the course students will have written an original song and had it critiqued by the other students. Musical ability will be welcome, but will not be required.
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topTIDE 198-01 Culture & Copyright in the City of New Orleans:
Art, Music, Food, Parades & More
W 3:00-4:15pm
Elizabeth Townsend-Gard. Interested in seeing what law school might be like? Want to learn more about Mardi Gras floats, jazz music, Mardi Gras Indians, beautiful architecture, and now, post-Katrina art? This course provides an introduction to the structure of law (and a glimpse into the law school experience) through the study of intellectual property law within the context of New Orleans culture. Students will learn to read law cases and statutes in the environment of the law school, to interact with law students, and to discover the culture of New Orleans and the ways in which that culture interacts with law. The course discussions will include conversations with local artists and lawyers, and will give students first-hand experience in how to legally protect artistic works. Fields that relate to this course include history, art, communications, anthropology, English, and any other fields connected to the arts and culture. The course will be taught by a law professor whose scholarship is focused on copyright issues, and she will be assisted by a 3L (senior) law student. Students will complete a project on some aspect of culture around the city—for example, the Sculpture Gardens, the Streetcar Art Initiative, Commander’s Palace, or even a local band could each become the focus of student projects. The final projects will be posted online and become part of the Tulane Center for Intellectual Property Law and Culture, thereby providing a writing/resume credit for each student.
top TIDE 199-01 Energy & the Environment:
Meeting Future Energy Needs Locally & Globally
R 4:00-5:15pm
Russ Schmehl. Does the status quo for energy production really affect the environment? Can't we just easily switch to solar or wind energy? How much energy are we really going to need 30 years from now? These are some of the questions we will tackle in the course Energy and the Environment: Meeting Future Energy Needs Locally and Globally
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Timothy Schuler. From the swooping bend of the pitched curveball to the nearly instantaneous collision between the ball and bat, baseball provides many examples of phenomena which can be colorfully described through basic examples in classical physics. Mathematics also plays a key role in baseball, through describing player abilities via statistics or the probability found in “playing the odds” by both players and coaches. This course will discuss the physics and mathematics behind the “Great American Pastime”, providing insight into the application of basic scientific concepts to everyday events through the frame of baseball.
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