<p>Almost all of them are in the Fall. With a maximum of 15 per course and 1500 or so freshman, in the Fall there must be over 100 offerings. There are a few stragglers in the Spring (5 offerings in the current semester), I guess for transfer students or other miscellaneous reasons. But even so they are less than half full. 75 maximum seats and 41 still available. Interestingly, Dean MacLaren is doing a TIDE on leadership, politics, power and change that is almost full, and there is one about Food and Drink in NOLA that is similarly attended. The other 3 are fairly sparse, one of them being the running TIDE. I suspect that one is nearly full in the Fall.</p>
<p>Anyway, I am not sure you are even allowed to take more than one TIDE course, and it would be unusual in any case. I know, they sound so great! A lot of students say the same thing, that they would like to take more than one. They are graded, but they are only one credit and as long as you attend regularly, you will get an A. They aren’t really intended to be “academic” for the most part, although some are clearly more so than others. They are for acclimation, fun, discussion…very relaxed. For the ones later in the day or early evening, pizza is quite common.</p>