Take advantage of everything Indiana University has to offer with the collaboration between the Hudson & Holland Scholars and the Intensive Freshman Seminars programs. As a Hudson & Holland Scholar you may be eligible to participate in a plethora of IFS courses designed with you and your Hudson & Holland requirements in mind. Hudson & Holland Scholars who participate in IFS will fulfill part of the HHSP Agreement completing a DEMA approved first-year seminar. Contact Hudson & Holland at HHSP@indiana.edu for further questions.
Get started at IU as a Hudson & Holland Scholar with IFS
Meet your scholar community
Scholars at IFS will have the unique opportunity to prepare for and transition to college life and college-level work before their fall semester coursework begins; create a support system of friends, faculty, and peer mentors; develop a sense of community with other Hudson & Holland Scholars; and take a three credit hour class with one of IU’s leading faculty members. You'll have all of these experiences and more as you take advantage of the combined resources of the IFS and Hudson & Holland Scholars programs.
The collaboration between Hudson & Holland and IFS offers incoming Hudson & Holland students the choice of unique courses. Each course has been designed by top faculty members with the success of Hudson & Holland Scholars in mind. Because IFS classes are small, Hudson & Holland Scholars have the unique opportunity to work individually with their professor, make personal relationships with faculty, connect with other Hudson & Holland Scholars, and learn more about campus resources before the fall semester begins.
2022 IFS Courses
Black Dance Is/Black Dance Ain't: Intro to African/African American Aesthetics
Instructor: Stafford C. Berry Jr
Fashion Consumption in a Climate Emergency
Instructor: Embry, Mary Christine
Language, Thinking, and Problem Solving
Instructor: Chien-Jer Charles Lin
Narrative Design: More than the story
Instructor: Richard (Rush) Swope
Political Analytics: “Without data, you're just another person with an opinion.”
Instructor: Bill Bianco
Popular Music as a History Book: Latin America in the 20th century
Instructor: Ospina Romero, Sergio
Rationality and Logic
Instructor: Leah Savion
Sex, Drugs, & Glock n’ Roll: Case Studies in Emotion and the Law
Instructor: Madeira, Jody Lynee
Social simulations: A computational exploration of social dilemmas
Instructor: Armando Razo
The Power of Stories: From Fairy Tales to Fake News
Instructor: Even, Susanne
We’ve been schooled: Rethinking the history of U.S. schooling, reimagining its future
Instructor: Vivek Vellanki
What is this CommUnity like?
Instructor: Carlene Quinn
What Makes Good Music?
Instructor: Kyle Adams
What's in a Word?
Instructor: Patricia Amaral
“JUST GO PLAY!”: The Importance of Play for Life
Instructor: Georgia Frey