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Fall 2015

Chocolat — FRE4223.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Noelle Rouxel-Cubberly

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

Introduced in France after a complex trajectory from the New World, chocolate constituted, when it arrived in Paris, a medical and cultural catalyst on French seventeenth-century aristocracy and haute-bourgeoisie. In this course, students will explore the economic, historical, social, political, artistic and cultural legacy of chocolate production and consumption in French

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Choice and Consequence: Alternative History — DRA2277.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Sherry Kramer

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

“The theater is the place where we learn how to be. At its best, it is a rehearsal for the great moments of our life, including our happinesses. Love, death, we see it on stage and it prepares us for our life.” —John Guare A play is a metaphoric and empathic art form that seduces us into imaginatively making choices and suffering consequences along with the characters on stage

Drama

Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval Spain — HIS2143.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Stephen Higa

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

In the Middle Ages, the Iberian peninsula was a fascinating confluence of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures. At times antagonistic, at times cooperative, at times positively cozy, the chemistry between these three cultures was red-hot, gorgeous, and endlessly creative. In this course, we will use a variety of primary sources to examine the development

Society Culture and Thought

Chromophilia: Explorations in Color — VA4215.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Ann Pibal

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

Chromophilia, a term coined by contemporary aesthetic philosopher David Batchelor, refers to intense passion and love for color. What is it about color that has the power to induce reverie, and conversely to manipulate, or disgust? How de we understand and respond to color from philosophical, phenomenological, and cultural vantage points? How as artists can we become the master

Visual Arts

Civil Society in Conflict Resolution — POL4248.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Civil society or the arena of autonomous associational organization and activity has been credited with promoting various virtuous outcomes, including democratization, development, and social peace. This course critically surveys civil societies’ roles in peacemaking and peace building. It will explore theoretical controversies on the nature and roles of civil society as well

CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Bruce Williamson

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Co-requisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm).

Music

Clay Formulation — CANCELLED

Fall 2015

Instructor: David Katz

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

In this course students will gain a fundamental understanding of the basic ceramic materials and their uses in the formulation of clay recipes and slip surfaces. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on experimentation students will investigate the raw materials that serve as components of clay and the role each plays in the formulation of this plastic material.

Visual Arts

Cognition: How People Think — PSY2208.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Harlan Fichtenholtz

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This course is intended to provide students with an overview of cognition. We will study various cognitive processes and principles and actively observe them in ourselves and in others. How do we pay attention to and perceive the outside world? How do we remember our experiences? How do we learn, communicate, solve problems, and make judgments? We will address such questions

Society Culture and Thought

Composing with Sound — MUS2254.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Sam Pluta

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This class presents an open environment for creativity and expression through electronic music composition. Students will create music with sounds recorded in the real world, while studying electronic music techniques from the rich experimental and popular traditions of the past half century. We will cover the theory and practice of digital signal processing for audio and

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Conflict Resolution: Theory Practice — MED2116.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Michael M. Cohen

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, Pax Europa, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also be a focus

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Crafting a Foreign Policy Agenda: The case of US-India relations — MOD2157.03

Fall 2015

Instructor: Mariko Silver

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 1

This summer and into the fall President Silver served on a CFR Task Force on the future of U.S. relations with India. The group is comprised of people with academic, business, and policy making expertise and is tasked with making a set of policy recommendations regarding United States Government relations with India. This course will explore the components of a U.S. foreign

Modules: Transferable Approaches

Cultural Identity in Modern Italian Novel (in English Translation) — ITA2115.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

How is Italy, and its cultures, reflected in its literature? How have Italian writers positioned themselves vis à vis the history of their country? How much of it all can we grasp in translation? These are some of the questions that will guide us in our exploration of Modern Italian fiction. We will read in English a few Italian masterpieces that went on to win

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Culture, Conflict, and Memory in Southeast Asia — ANT2122.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Timothy Karis

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

Southeast Asia is a region with rich cultural diversity as well as an eventful political-economic history over the past century, its residents experiencing European colonialism, protracted wars, and tumultuous experiments with communism. Targeting the tensions and conflicts that have accompanied nation-building in Southeast Asia, this course uses ethnography, film, and

Society Culture and Thought

Dance Improvisation Ensemble — DAN4311.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Terry Creach

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 1

***TIME CHANGE*** The goal of this class is to develop and extend both solo and ensemble improvisational practices. Working toward the performance of improvisation, we will determine appropriate settings and situations to extend our research outside the classroom. We’ll research the roots of improvisation in performance starting with the Judson Dance Theater, and look

Dance

Designing "Daughters of Io" — DRA4118.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This is a production class that will be centered on designing the costumes for "Daughters of Io" a new play by Quincy Long, directed by faculty member Kathleen Dimmick. Students will work on the design elements of the costumes and the realization of the costume design. Activities will include conception, rendering, sourcing, shopping, fitting and working closely with the

Drama

Designing a Light Plot — DRA2235.02

Fall 2015

Instructor: Michael Giannitti

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

As a follow-up to the course Working With Light, students in this class will learn how to integrate lighting design ideas with the parameters found in theater spaces, as well as deal with the challenges of scenery and performance of lighting equipment. Design drafting will be emphasized in this course. In one major project, students will synthesize and apply material covered to

Dance Drama

Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and Public Action — MOD2136.04

Fall 2015

Instructor: Brooke Allen; Alison Dennis

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 1

Since its publication in 1843, Charles Dickens’ allegorical tale about a miserly businessman has never gone out of print. While the novella’s holiday-themed story is widely known, a close reading of the original text reveals sharp criticism of industrial capitalism and its devastating impact on social welfare. In this module we will read A Christmas Carol aloud together and

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Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems — MAT4108.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Kathryn Montovan

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

Differential equations are the most powerful and most pervasive mathematical tool in the sciences and are fundamental in pure mathematics as well. Almost every system whose components interact continuously over time can be modeled by a differential equation, for example: planets, stars, fluids, electric circuits, predator and prey populations, epidemics, and economics. We will

Science Mathematics and Computing

Digital Morphology/Rhino 3D Modeling — VA2208.02; second seven weeks

Fall 2015

Instructor: Michael Stradley

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Digital Morphology is a foundation course in Rhinoceros modeling software. Rhinoceros is an industry standard 3D modelling program used by architects, designers, and artists. This course will cover a range of digital techniques from basic 2D drawing to complex NURBS surface modelling. Across several small projects that focus on exotic form, generative diagramming, and rapid

Visual Arts

Digital Morphology/Rhino 3D Modeling — VA2208.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Michael Stradley

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Visual Arts

Directing II — DRA4376.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Kirk Jackson

Days & Time: TBA

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 director's approach through analysis and rehearsal techniques. The term is divided between exercises and rehearsal of individual projects. The work of the course will culminate in a director's approach essay, a rehearsal log, and an

Drama

Drawing Excess: the Low Pleasures of Decoration — DRW4260.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Josh Blackwell

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

“The modern man who tattoos himself is either a criminal or a degenerate.” —Adolf Loos, Ornament and Crime To decorate is to adorn, embellish, ornament, trim, garnish, furnish, enhance, grace, brighten, festoon, burnish, gild, bedazzle or prettify. This studio course will consider the charged relationship between modernism and ornament, exploring decoration as a formal,

Visual Arts

Ecological Research: Taconic Landscape — BIO4107.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Kerry Woods

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

An advanced, research-driven course in ecology, focusing on the the communities and landscapes of the Taconics Mountains surrounding Bennington. The course will revolve around reading and discussion of the primary literature and the development and implementation of individual and group research projects. Students will learn both field techniques and

Science Mathematics and Computing Environment

Economics of Growth and Technological Change — PEC4123.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Mohammad Moeini Feizabadi

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This course explores the tendencies and causes of economic growth in capitalism, with a focus on the role of technology. Students will investigate a variety of ways of understanding technology’s relation to economic growth, notable among these being four major paradigms and traditions in economic theory: Neoclassical, Schumpeterian, Endogenous Growth, and Marxian. Examining

Society Culture and Thought

Edo to Meiji: Isolation to Modernization — JPN4168.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

During the Edo period (1600-1867), Japan closed its doors to other countries for about two hundred fifty years, and this isolation helped Japan develop its own unique culture. However, it ended in 1867 when Japanese culture was introduced to the Western world at an International Exposition in Paris. Contrary to the Edo period, the next era—the Meiji—brought rapid westernization

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