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Statistics for the Social Sciences — SOC4103.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Debbie Warnock
Credits: 4
In this course students will learn to harness social statistics as a powerful tool for answering social science research questions, while becoming more educated consumers of statistical analyses presented in research and news sources. Using nationally representative data sets we will employ various inferential statistics techniques, such as confidence intervals, t-tests, chi
Sociology

Steal This Book: Literature of the 60s and 70s — LIT2248.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The 1960s and 70s have been so thoroughly trivialized by the culture wars that Timothy Leary’s mantra ‘Turn on, tune in and drop out’ has become the era’s defining slogan. But the counter-culture helped produce some of the most genre-breaking literature we have, and this course will dive into the alternative canon for a long, strange trip among the famous, the forgotten, and
Literature

Still + Moving Image — PHO2156.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Credits: 4
In this remote course we will explore the rich terrain between photography and film from the early 20th century to the present moment. Through weekly screenings, pdfs of published texts, and synchronous small discussion groups, we will study the still/moving image work of Moholy-Nagy, Helen Levitt, Gordon Parks, Mary Ellen Mark, RaMell Ross, and others. Written responses will
Visual Arts

Stimulus, Sensation, and the Brain: Psychophysical Investigations of Perception — BIO4126.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: David Edelman
Credits: 4
How do animals extract information that is critical for survival from an often complex and ambiguous world? When an octopus sees a crab, what features and behaviors of that crab are capturing the octopus attention? How can we investigate sensory percepts in animals that cant report those percepts to us via natural language? What are the neural correlates of perception? In this
Science Mathematics and Computing

Storytelling with Lights — DRA2316.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
In this course, we will explore the idea and process of telling stories with light, and examine how the meaning and experience of a story may be changed by lighting choices, which influence our perception of time, space, mood, composition, focus and story content. Our source material will include illustrations, books, movies, and performing art pieces. We will use the
Drama

Strategic thinking and social interactions — PEC2271.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This course explores strategic thinking in social interactions, analyzing these interactions in a game-theoretic framework. We will textually explore the fundamental concepts of the course, employing case studies to provide evidential support for our arguments. Our emphasis will be on the core ideas and intuitions behind the theory rather than their mathematical expressions,
Society Culture and Thought

Strategies for Sustainability: Living Life as an Artist — DAN4143.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Elena Demyanenko
Credits: 4
We have consistently seen that artists are lacking certain skill sets, tools and resources that would empower and strengthen their ability to create work, develop personal stability and envision longevity in a realistic way. How can we approach these issues in a holistic way that addresses the person and well as the artist? This course covers a range of topics that addresses
Dance

Strategies of Display (The Museum as Muse) — PHO4102.01

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 2
This course will present a history of art exhibitions, that artists and curators have embarked upon that have shifted the way we think about exhibitions today. We will look closely at artist-driven exhibitions, and how these displays have impacted artistic production and institutions that exhibit Art. Students will be doing self-directed 
Visual Arts

Stravinsky — MHI2101.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
In this course we will explore the musical, intellectual and artistic world of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), one of the most exciting artists of the 20th century, and a composer whose range of interests and influences connected him to five hundred years of music and to many of the dominant artistic figures of his own time. We will watch videos of his principal operas and some of
Music

Stravinsky Seminar — MTH4103.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 2
Stravinsky Seminar will meet for the first seven weeks of the term to focus on four musical works from different phases of Igor Stravinsky’s long creative life. In the class we will analyze, discuss, listen to and, in the case of the ballet scores and the oratorio, watch, Le Sacre du Printemps (1913), Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920), Oedipus Rex (1927), and Agon (1957).
Dance Music

String Chamber Ensemble — MPF4235.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: kaori washiyama
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Music for string ensemble to be selected according to number and level of participants. Students must have significant previous instrumental training and previous experience. Corequisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
Music

String Chamber Ensemble — MPF4235.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
An intensive, performance-oriented exploration of the chamber music literature . Qualified students wishing to form a chamber music group should contact a supervising faculty member to propose a specific group of players and determine the repertoire. Co-requisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tues. 6:30pm-8pm)
Music

String Chamber Ensemble — MPF4235.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 2
Music for string ensemble to be selected according to number and level of participants. Students must have significant previous instrumental training and previous experience. Corequisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30-8pm).
Music

Structural Geology and Field Methods — ES4104.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 4
Students in this course will learn to visualize and analyze the three-dimensional, dynamic complexity of the solid Earth. Understanding how our planet works requires knowing how to extrapolate limited surface data downward to unseen depths using geometric tools and logical abstractions. The class includes a significant field component to learn data collection techniques. In
Science and Mathematics Environment

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs — CS4380.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Jim Mahoney
Credits: 4
A classic computer science textbook, SICP (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, also known as "the wizard book") is a deep examination of some of the core ideas of programming and computer science, including an introduction to functional programming, mutable state, register machines, and building a compiler from first principles. This course will work through its
Science and Mathematics

Structures of Power in Society — ANT2210.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: MPrazak@bennington.edu
Credits: 4
Behind any social scene, mundane or extraordinary, lie structures of power. The goals of anthropology include unmasking these structures--the deep complexities of how humans organize themselves in groups. In this course we will explore the structures of gender, kinship, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class to learn and develop analytical tools to navigate carefully, see deeply
Society Culture and Thought

Structures of Power in Society — ANT2210.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Miroslava Prazak
Credits: 4
Behind any social scene, mundane or extraordinary, lie structures of power. The goals of anthropology include unmasking these structures–the deep complexities of how humans organize themselves in groups. In this course we will explore the structures of gender, kinship, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class to learn and develop analytical tools to navigate carefully, see deeply
Society Culture and Thought

Student to Student: A College Access Mentoring Program at Mount Anthony Union High School — APA4132.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Debbie Warnock
Credits: 2
In this course, college student mentors will work with high school student mentees to develop college aspirations and contribute to mentees’ knowledge about the college application process. Each week college students will travel to Mount Anthony Union High School to meet with their college student mentees for an hour. We will then return to ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø College campus for the
CAPA

Student to Student: A College Access Mentoring Program at Mount Anthony Union High School — APA4132.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Debbie Warnock
Credits: 2
In this course college student mentors will work with high school student mentees to develop college aspirations and contribute to mentees’ knowledge about the college application process. Each week college students will meet with the instructor for the first two hour block on the ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø College campus in which we will discuss literature about mentoring and college access,
CAPA

Studies in American Music History — MHI4103.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Credits: 4
Citizens of ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø College make music---and listen to music---in America. What does that mean? Obscure corners of the American past still ring in the music we make, but we play on unaware. Why do we like this music but not that? How are our tastes shaped by a heritage we know little or nothing about? The dark sins of minstrel music that tracked into Broadway and Hollywood
Music