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Advanced Improvisation for an Age of Uncertainty — APA4212.01

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This is an advanced improvisation class for students from all disciplines. We will learn the concepts of complexity and advance our skills in pattern recognition, self-organization, emergent structuring, and development of movement, verbal, visual and design vocabularies. Collaborative processes will be explored to further different forms of creative practices, both to

DeltasUNite: The United Nations Convention on Saving the River Deltas — APA2192.01

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

This class will examine the current diplomacy and process of a new Convention for the United Nations on Conserving the River Deltas. We will hear from some of the lead partners on the project: The Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN), co-founded by CAPA and the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security at the University of Vermont, and the African

Environment and Public Action — APA2122.01

Instructor: David Bond
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

Today it is clear that the environment matters. In activism and scholarship and public policy, the environment has become a potent (if sometimes obligatory) point of reference. Less attention, however, has focused on the emergence of the environment itself as a converging field of action for advocacy, science, and statecraft. In this seminar, we

Foundations of Global Politics — POL2103.01

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Days & Time: TU,FR 8:30am-10:20am
Credits: 4

In this wide-ranging introduction to the study of international politics, we will be exploring how states and non-state actors negotiate their interactions in an increasingly interconnected, interdependent and globalized world. Core themes will include: contending theoretical approaches to international relations (realism, liberalism/idealism, constructivism,

GANAS — APA4154.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

In terms of public action, Ganas remains a community-driven, cross-cultural association that offers students volunteer opportunities to engage with the predominantly undocumented Latine migrant worker population. We maintain relationships with local organizations and members while developing new ones, along with more conventional classes and readings.

Intro to International Law — APA2020.03

Instructor: Andy Galindo
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 1

This is an introductory course to international public law and its relevance in today鈥檚 complex and interconnected world. 

International law can be considered as the law governing the relations between States, but it also includes relations with international

Meditation Among Us — APA2193.01

Instructor: Dor Ben-Amotz
Days & Time: TH 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 2

In this class we will explore the practice of meditation as a physical and mental training exercise. In class meditation and discussion, as well as outside reading and writing assignments, will explore Eastern and Western persepctives on ourselves and the world. Discussions will focus on the relationship between meditation, Buddhist philosophy and scientific

Sankofa & memoria: Archiving - Finding your history in order to go forward — DAN4381.01

Instructor: Kaolack Ndiaye
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am & WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

In this course, we will be uncovering, re-positioning, and affirming historical legacies and traditions that stand the risk of being lost forever, and explore how to use them to fight discrimination, racism and hate today. We will do so using Sankofa, a quest for knowledge through critical examination, patient investigation, and learning

Seminar in Comparative Democratization — SCT4101.01

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

Against a background of what is often described as a worldwide democratic recession or regression, this advanced seminar surveys current theoretical debates, empirical analyses, and policy conversations on the emergence, survival, challenges, breakdowns, and prospects of global democratization. Themes to be explored include:

Solving the Impossible: Mediation, Negotiation and Complex Systems — APA2191.01

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

This class will examine contemporary challenges through the lens of complex systems. The class will include a training in Mediation and Negotiation skills. Through readings, discussion, exercises and role-plays, the class will examine and deconstruct the complexities of current democratic and environmental issues related to local, national and global governance, We will

Sustainable Agriculture, Building Regenerative and Resilient Communities — APA2348.01

Instructor: Kelie Bowman
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

Climate change, poverty, and food access are all compelling and urgent issues confronting our society. Growing local food is one significant way we can respond. Having received the Bennington Fair Food Initiative Grant with the mission to develop educational training programs in agriculture/food system workforce development and to create small business, this class will be

Sustainable Development Goals — APA2357.02

Instructor: Andy Galindo
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

Sustainable development has been defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It calls for concerted efforts towards building an inclusive, sustainable, and resilient future for people and planet. For sustainable development to be achieved, it is