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Dance Workshop — DAN2000.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Dana Reitz
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Credits: 1
Dance Workshop has been held at Ź College since its beginning in 1932. It is a meeting place for all dance students, dance faculty, and staff. Here, students of all levels, undergraduate through graduate, show and discuss works in progress. All of the participants practice articulating and refining their own processes, and all are involved in learning how to see and
Dance

Design Collaboration: Visualizing the Script — DRA2307.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
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Credits: 2
Even before the pandemic, directors and designers working on productions at resident theaters around America commonly began their collaborative processes by sharing visual materials remotely, and meeting through video or phone conferencing. Whether on campus or working remotely, students in this course will develop work using this collaborative approach. Following an
Drama

Digital Life — MS2104.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: bmurphy@bennington.edu
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Credits: 4
Digital technology is changing our understanding of what it means to be human, and rewriting our definitions of life, the body, love, death, and other concepts and embodied experiences. Through engaging contemporary narratives like Black Mirror, we will explore the theory of technogenesis—the idea that humans have always coevolved with their tools. We will read key works in
Society Culture and Thought

Digital Materiality — MS4101.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: bmurphy@bennington.edu
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Credits: 4
“The cloud” is not in the sky, but is comprised of thousands of securitized data centers and fiber optic networks that span continents. Undersea cables still carry nearly all internet traffic that travels across oceans. How can we critically analyze these massive systems that are often either invisible or too large to see all at once? This course will explore the materiality of
Environment Society Culture and Thought

Dining Culture in Taiwan and China — CHI2131.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Ginger Lin
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Credits: 4
“Have you eaten yet?” This common Chinese greeting is just one of many common phrases that shows the centrality of food to Taiwanese and Chinese culture. In this course we will focus on the theme of Chinese and Taiwanese food and dining culture as an entrée into the study of Chinese language and culture. As Chinese grammar is very simple with no verb conjugation, no plural, no
Cultural Studies and Languages

Directed Projects — PHO4247.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: JKline@bennington.edu
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Credits: 4
This 4000 level course offers advanced students in photography the opportunity to develop and deepen a creative inquiry and present a solid portfolio of work by the end of the term. Emphasis will be placed on facilitating a constructive learning space to critique each other's work. Occasional reading/writing assignments, creative project prompts, and artist research
Visual Arts

Directing II — DRA4376.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
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Credits: 4
We will address the process of discerning a text’s dramatic potential and realizing that potential in performance by developing and implementing a directorial approach through analysis and rehearsal techniques. While technically a second 7 week intensive, there will be at least three class meetings (time TBD) in September, followed by individual consultations. These tutorial
Drama

Earth Requiem — MIN2346.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: joanforsyth@bennington.edu
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Credits: 1
Opportunity to workshop a new piece, Earth Requiem, with music by 4 different composers: Eve Beglarian, Jeff Beal, Errollyn Wallen and Sophy Him. It was commissioned by the artist Diana Wege, to be presented with a series of her paintings. It is for community and student choirs - from different parts of the country to present the premier in New York City, late spring 2021. The
Music

Economic Inequality — PEC4124.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
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Credits: 4
The questions of inequality and distributive justice are central to any study of the economy. In this seminar, we will investigate the nature and sources of economic inequality, and explore various approaches to redistribution and distributive justice. Inequality can be examined as unevenness in the distribution of income and wealth in a population, as well as that of non
Society Culture and Thought

Educational Software Design — CS2277.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: justinvasselli@bennington.edu
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Credits: 2
The fundamental goal of educational software is to teach or reinforce the user’s knowledge in a specific domain.  The system must be able to adapt to user needs and current level of domain knowledge to be truly effective. In this class, we will be using language learning as the primary domain for exploring the concepts of educational software design. Designing software
Science and Mathematics Cultural Studies and Languages

Embodying Shakespeare's Language — DRA4403.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
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Credits: 4
We will engage in an investigation of textual analysis for performance of Shakespeare: scansion, rhythm, sense stress, image work, phonetic phraseology, etc. We will study the structure of the verse and the elements of rhetoric as the primary source for an actor’s investigation and performance of a role. We will explore techniques for enlivening that analysis in the performer’s
Drama

Environmental Political Theory: Climate, Coronavirus, and the Commons — POL4258.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: John Hultgren
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Credits: 4
What is nature? Who gets to speak for nature? What is the institutional arrangement, political economic system, and form of political community best suited to cultivating a more sustainable relationship with the more-than-human realm? These questions are most effectively grappled with by putting political theory into conversation with environmental studies. The first half of
Environment Society Culture and Thought

Evolution: Making Sense Of Aging, Sex, Sociality, Families, and Disease — BIO4318.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: KWoods@bennington.edu
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Credits: 4
Evolution provides conceptual unity for biology. Darwin’s basic concept, supplemented by 150 years of refinement and additional understanding, informs every area of life science, often in ways that are surprisingly different from the popular understanding (or misunderstanding) of evolutionary theory. This course will establish deep grounding in basic evolutionary theory with
Science and Mathematics Environment

Experimental Biology: Behavioral Physiology — BIO4312.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Amie McClellan
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Credits: 4
Learn how science is conducted and participate in biological research. Students will learn how to develop, conduct, and present biological research while exploring physiological systems that mediate behavioral responses in animals. During the first half of the semester, students will gain valuable research skills, such as hypothesis formation, experimental design, statistical
Science and Mathematics

Experimental Sound Practices Goes Remote — MSR2123.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: senempirler@bennington.edu
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Credits: 2
In this introductory course, students will expand their understanding of electroacoustic music by creating their own sonic narratives. The topics will include but are not limited to: soundscape composition, beat-making practices, and electromagnetic and binaural field listening. We will look at recent music-making experiments during the time of COVID-19 and explore the creative
Music

First-Year Dance Intensive — DAN2403.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Elena Demyanenko
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Credits: 4
Primarily for first-years, but for any student who has a serious interest in dance, whether or not they have previous dance experience. We will consider many aspects of dance making, embodiment, and performance. We will work towards constantly evolving ways to be one’s own teacher, by recognizing the patterns, heightening awareness of observation and selecting easier, more
Dance

Form to Function: The Chair — SCU2303.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: jisherwood@bennington.edu
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Credits: 4
Think of all the chairs you have used in your life, from the high chair you sat in as a baby to the one you are probably using right now. How many of those chairs truly provided support for the actions you were attempting in those moments? How many of them were useful, comfortable, and even beautiful as they fulfilled their purpose? Is there a chair you could never live without
Visual Arts

Foundations of Photography: Digital Practice — PHO2153.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Liz White
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Credits: 4
This course offers an overview of foundational tools and techniques in digital photographic practice and aims to help students find new sources of inspiration, deepen their creative work, and enhance their ability to present it. Students will learn to shoot with digital SLR cameras using manual settings, manage, process, and manipulate digital image files, produce digital
Visual Arts

French Through Films: On connait la chanson and Vers la tendresse — FRE4153.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
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Credits: 2
In this course, French films are used as linguistic and cultural textbooks. While honing their language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing), students will focus their critical skills on selected cultural topics (food, clothes, history, gestures, etc.). Students will create film trailers that reflect their understanding of the French linguistic and cultural
Visual Arts Cultural Studies and Languages

French Through Films: Rue Cases-Nègres and Au revoir les enfants — FRE4152.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
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Credits: 2
In this course, French films are used as linguistic and cultural textbooks. While honing their language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing), students will focus their critical skills on selected cultural topics (food, clothes, history, gestures, etc.). Students will create film trailers that reflect their understanding of the French linguistic and cultural
Visual Arts Cultural Studies and Languages

Frequency Rhythmic Assimilation: Drum Set Study with Will Calhoun — MIN4356.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
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Credits: 2
Will Calhoun, a multi-Grammy award winning drummer from the legendary rock group “Living Color”, will offer Intermediate and advanced individual lessons on the drum set. The material presented in these lessons, Frequency Rhythmic Assimilation (FRA), are aimed to be universally applicable while geared toward developing each student’s individual ability. These lessons focus on
Music

From Job to Adventure - Designing New Normals in a Post Covid19 World — APA2321.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: RRansick@bennington.edu
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Credits: 2
One of the realities that Covid19 has quickly exposed is how many of us live from paycheck to paycheck at best. This profound pause that we have been asked to endure has produced over 26 million unemployed in the U.S. alone. Up until this strange moment, we have been asked to accept this social arrangements as “normal.” Now activists, philosophers and the like are demanding the
CAPA

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2394.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
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Credits: 4
In this class, we will begin by investigating sound, music, image, and form in poetry and how these poetic elements are presented in fiction. From fiction, we will study narrative, character, plot, and setting. Finally, we will progress towards personal nonfiction, fusing the elements of our poetry and fiction investigations. Students will read a variety of texts, both
Literature

Future of Work: Alternative Organizations — APA2248.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: RRansick@bennington.edu
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Credits: 1
This course introduces organizations conceived to support human flourishing through readings (primarily Frederic Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations), case studies, and research projects. We will explore how the purpose, structure, and power dynamics of organizations have changed over time and continue to evolve to meet new challenges. A particular focus of the course will be
CAPA

Future of Work: Individual Capacity — APA2281.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: RRansick@bennington.edu
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Credits: 1
To enable the potential of new ways of organizing, we need to unlearn assumptions about the workplace and build individual capacity to create alternatives. This wide-ranging course will explore elements of complexity theory, mindset, critical discernment and decision-making, as well as the practice of interpersonal communication and managing personal change. Highly practice
CAPA