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 IFS courses designed with you and your Hudson & Holland requirements in mind. Hudson & Holland Scholars who participate in IFS will fulfill their Hudson & Holland L.E.A.D. (Leadership, Engagement, Academics, Diversity) requirement.
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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.
2021 Hudson & Holland IFS Courses
Black Dance Is/Black Dance Ain't: Intro to African/African American Aesthetics
Instructor: Stafford C. Berry Jr
Dystopia and Society: Learning About the World We Want by Studying the World We Don’t
Instructor: Andrew Chupp
Exploring "Otherness"
Instructor: Carissa Carman
Fashion Consumption in a Climate Emergency
Instructor: Embry, Mary Christine
Food for Thought: Food Policy from Local to Global
Instructor: Andrew Libby
Narrative Design: More than the story
Instructor: Richard (Rush) Swope
Rockets and People
Instructor: Bill Bianco
Social & Criminal Injustice: Consequences and Local Resiliency Efforts
Instructor: Carlene Quinn
Soundtrack to Revolution: Music and Social Movements
Instructor: David McDonald
Statistics in Society: Examining Cases from Spotify and in Sports Analytics
Instructors: ; Julie Lorah
The Psychology of College Life: Stress and Wellness, Risk and Resilience
Instructor: Lisa Thomassen
Thinking, Writing, and Talking about Music
Instructor: Kyle Adams
Tracing Past, Present and Future Literacy Journeys Through the Study of Picture Books
Instructor: Carmen Medina
We’ve been schooled: Rethinking the history of U.S. schooling, reimagining its future
Instructor: Vivek Vellanki
What is America?: Finding The Wire - Two Americas
Instructor: Rasul Mowatt
What's in a Word?
Instructor: Patricia Amaral
“JUST GO PLAY!”: The Importance of Play for Life
Instructor: Georgia Frey