This course introduces students to the business world by critically examining the art of management. The course focuses on the question: why do people work together and how? The objective of this class is to introduce students to basic business concepts and develop a plan for their field of study, while having fun in the process.
Various Saturday Service Activities
TIDB 1110
Business Leadership
Various
Our economic system and our society need leaders, but how are those leaders formed? Our youngest leaders matured in the glow of computer screens; our oldest matured in the shadow of the Depression and World War II. This class will examine how era and values shaped leaders from these two disparate groups, affectionately labeled geeks and geezers. During the journey, students will discover something more profound – the process through which leaders of any era emerge.
Various Saturday Service Activities
TIDE 1003
Happiness and Human Flourishing
Hans Gruenig
Students will combine traditional academic study, public service work, experiential inquiry, and reflective writing exercises to develop an understanding of key concepts in positive psychology.
Students tutored through the For The Children program.
TIDE 1040
Our Religious Experiences
Brian Horowitz
In this course students will examine how the religions of the world are portrayed in the American media. Students will discuss such issues as multiculturalism, political correctness, and religious tolerance and intolerance.
Students worked with partnering agencies to promote religious tolerance in the community: Hillel, Trinity Community Church, Catholic Charities.
TIDE 1070
Museums in NOLA
Holly Flora
Students will gain an understanding of the museum culture of New Orleans and how museums create connections within the community.
Students worked with NOMA to prepare installations and serve as tour guides.
TIDE 1090
Who Dat, Fan Up, and Geaux: Sports and New Orleans
Adam Beebe
In this course, students will explore general sports-related topics and examine actual case studies related to New Orleans’ sports scene.
Students worked with Soccer in the Streets, a local sports program. Students witnessed the political, economic, and social impacts of sports on a community firsthand while also assisting the organization and the program’s participants.
TIDE 1110
No Child Left Behind
Ana Lopez
Students will learn about the public school system in New Orleans – how and why it is consistently ranked as one of the United States’ lowest performing urban districts and what leaders, activists, and the Tulane community is doing to change it.
Students completed projects related to the beautification of local schools, such as painting murals and planting trees.
The students will have a close-up view of visual arts education through the Education Department of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. One goal of this class is to give students an overview of the visual arts scene in New Orleans, and to see an institution from the inside will give them a telling perspective.
Students represented the Ogden Museum at various arts markets around town, such as the Arts Market of New Orleans in Palmer Park, the Freret Street Market, and the Bywater Market. Students also lead hands-on workshops for children on Thursday nights at the Ogden Museum.
TIDE 1260
Environmental Literacy
Liz Davey
This course 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.
Students worked with the Gulf Restoration Network, offering movie screenings and presentations to various communities to raise awareness about the plight of the Gulf Coast.
TIDE 1265
Indian Tribes Down the Bayou
Laura Kelley
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the Native American influence in shaping Louisiana history.
Students will have the opportunity to learn about the history of Native Americans in southeastern Louisiana and to work with tribal members on a historic documentation project.
TIDE 1370
A Running Conversation
Samuel Landry
This course, conducted on the run, explores running from a variety of perspectives. In each class session, instructors and students will cover three to seven miles at a conversational pace. Guest speakers/runners will join the class regularly to share their expertise and experience on a variety of aspects of running—from physiological adaptations and the mythical (or not) “runner’s high,” to the philosophy and history of running.
Students volunteered at amateur races organized by the New Orleans Track Club (NOTC) and other non-profit organizations. They helped setup and tear-down the race facilities, man the aid stations, and assisted runners and organizers wherever needed.
TIDE 1395
Catholic in New Orleans
Jimmy Huck
At the end of the course, students should be able to identify the major Catholic institutions and actors in the city of New Orleans, some important historical events in New Orleans connected to the Catholic Community (i.e. the Papal visit in 1987, the controversial shuttering of Catholic Parishes and Churches after Hurricane Katrina, the role of the Catholic Church in New Orleans during the Civil Rights era and in the process of desegregation, etc.), Catholic cultural holidays (Day of the Dead/All Saints Day; St. Joseph Day Altars; etc.), the nature and variety of the Greater New Orleans Catholic parochial education system, and the New Orleans Catholic Community’s role in fostering inter-faith dialogue.
This course is a mandatory Service-Learning course partnered with the Good Shepherd School of New Orleans and will include helping out at their after-school enrichment program and planning, coordinating, and implementing a Saturday enrichment activity for the Good Shepherd School students at Tulane University. In the process of this Service-Learning assignment, you will get to know the social justice educational mission in the context of one Catholic institution and program, and you will have the chance to learn about the role of the Catholic Church in the complex and controversial educational context of New Orleans.
TIDE 1480
Greening the Media
Vicki Mayer
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.
Students created an environmental newsletter for Bayoukeepers, a grassroots non-profit in Louisiana.
TIDE 1500
Irish in New Orleans
Laura Kelley
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the Irish influence in shaping New Orleans development as well as character.
Students completed research in traditional venues such as archives and spent time at local cemeteries taking notes, photographs, and mapping. The students used their gathered information to create a component in the educational program at SOC.
TIDE 1520
Medieval New Orleans
Mike Kuczynski
This course is designed to encourage students to explore ways in which medieval culture and attitudes towards it continue to influence American urban life in the 21st century, particularly in the South and in New Orleans.
Students worked with a non-profit early music consort based at Tulane, New Orleans' Musica da Camera, by helping with preliminary work on grant applications by Musica da Camera, assisting with maintenance of Musica da Camera's community-accessible library on Laurel St.; and assisting with organization and public relations efforts for Musica da Camera's scheduled frequent free- public concerts and educational seminars conducted throughout the greater New Orleans community.
TIDE 1620
Flora and Fauna of Louisiana: Landscape and Identity Formation in the South
Agnieszka Nance
Students will become aware of the value of the native environment of New Orleans and Louisiana and how it has influenced local culture throughout history by studying critical texts, readings, and cultural artifacts pertaining to the region, as well as presentations by local cultural representatives.
Students participated in a hands-on project related to the Gulf Restoration Network's Save Our Cypress Campaign (organize a Day of Action event) or assisted with the monthly Parkway Partner’s Urban Tree Project (planting native trees such as oaks, crepe myrtles, hollies, magnolias and red buds).
TIDE 1730
Women and Literature in New Orleans
Bea Calvert
This class will examine women writers’ contributions to literature set in the Crescent City, as well as their contributions to the literary scene. Students will also have the opportunity to meet women writers brought to campus such as the Florie Gale Arons Poet, Marie Howe, and the Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence, Antoyna Nelson. Students will also explore the places in the French Quarter where women have made an impact on the city via a walking tour, the Great Women of New Orleans.
Students served as reading buddies with For the Children at Benjamin Banneker Middle School.
TIDE 1740
Citizenship & Healthy Communities
Christopher Lane
The goal of this course is to expose students to concepts and experiences of citizenship which are new and thought-provoking to them as young adults. This course uses concepts of citizenship and human health as background material for students to reflect upon while completing a service-learning project in a New Orleans neighborhood.
Students served as data collectors for LPHI's Healthy Neighborhoods New Orleans program (HNNO).
TIDE 1760
Digital Storytelling/ Narratives of NOLA
Mike Griffin
This course will focus on exposing incoming Tulane students to the larger community of New Orleans and helping them chronicle their exploration of the city through new media narratives.
The Tulane students assisted the MediaNOLA project in the collection and organization of material relevant to the history of media sites around the New Orleans area.
TIDE 1810
Non-profit Organizations and Katrina Recovery
Dennis Kehoe
This course will help students better understand the role that non-profit organizations play in combating the effects of poverty in New Orleans. Students will specifically analyze non-profits assistance after Hurricane Katrina by examining their contributions to such efforts as building houses, providing health care, and supporting education.
Students worked with Habitat for Humanity on construction projects.
TIDE 1830
Loot, Plunder, & Pillage: Ethics in Archaeology and the Art Market
Susann Lusnia
In this course, students will explore topics such as the definition of cultural property and how the illicit antiquities trade affects the work of archaeologists. Students will also debate the issues surrounding the repatriation of cultural artifacts.
Students worked on projects under the direction of the New Orleans Regional Archaeologist based in the UNO Archaeology Lab.
TIDE 1960
Architecture and Disaster
Carey Clouse
This class will look at lessons learned from disaster design around the world, while simultaneously referring back to the context of New Orleans. In order to really understand the impact of post-disaster design at the local level, class sessions will be based around field trips. Every other class will involve a trip to a different part of the city, and often will include service work or interviews with practitioners and community members on location.
Students built design elements on an urban farm in the 7th ward of New Orleans. The New Orleans Food and Farm Network shared their guidance and post-Katrina rebuilding experiences with students.
TIDE 2220
Women and Literature in New Orleans
Bea Calvert
Students will learn to read texts critically through a feminist lens in order to gain perspective on the importance of women writers in the local literary community; develop an understanding of the integral part fiction plays in the art and culture of New Orleans; and be able to reflect on how women writers depict New Orleans and how the depiction shapes the way others view the city and its history.
A love of reading can be a contagious and through For the Children’s Reading Buddy program, you will be able to instill the love you have for reading in the hearts and minds of local grade school children at Benjamin Banneker School. The 20 hour commitment to these children will become a collaboration that will empower them to read more and become comfortable with communicating with young adults. Tulane students will also offer tutorial services to the students who are struggling to read.
