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First Year Program (TIDES)

The Tulane Interdisciplinary Experience Seminar (TIDES) program provides students the opportunity to make meaningful connections with a small groups of students and some of our best faculty. Active learning, intellectual challenges and social co-curricular activities define the TIDES experience.

To promote interdisciplinary scholarship, all undergraduates participate in a TIDES seminar during their first year at Tulane. These courses bring together small groups of students and faculty to explore significant issues from multiple perspectives.

With a choice of over 60 topics, from More Than Just Business to Music and Culture of New Orleans to Confronting our Capacity for Evil and beyond, their is a course to peak every type of student's interest. Your TIDES seminar will involve learning by interaction and will be driven by intellectual curiosity. For a list of upcoming courses, please visit: http://tides.tulane.edu/coursedescriptions.html.