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Fall 2017

Comparative Political Corruption — POL4102.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

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Credits: 2

Political corruption is broadly understood to involve the exploitation of public office for private gain. It is a longstanding problem, and it persists more or less in every society, including old democracies and developing countries. This course explores the definitions, drivers, patterns, effects and control of political corruption from a global perspective. Key topics

Society Culture and Thought

Cross-cultural Psychology — PSY2289.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Ella Ben Hagai

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Credits: 4

In this course, we will carefully consider the ways in which certain cultural practices and ideologies shape individual psychology. Using a comparative lens, we will explore how people’s sense of self and identity differ in individualistic compared to collectivist cultures. How do differences in cultural codes associate with differences in thinking styles, emotional expression,

Society Culture and Thought

Cut/Copy: Masking and Compositing Digital Images — PHO4125.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Elizabeth White

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Credits: 2

Designed for students who have completed Foundations of Photography, this 2-credit course teaches advanced, non-destructive Photoshop techniques for adding and removing content, and invites the remaking of existing images. Working with a range of tools for selections and masking, multiple adjustment layers, and blending modes, students will learn to make bold modifications,

Visual Arts

Database Management Systems — CS4311.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Andrew Cencini

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Credits: 4

In the age of “Big Data”, the problem of storing, managing and gaining insight from data is more pressing than ever. Additionally, the world of data management has exploded, with more products and services on offer than ever before. In this class, we will explore the problem of storing, managing and querying structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data by learning how

Science and Mathematics

Designing a Light Plot — DRA2235.02

Fall 2017

Instructor: Michael Giannitti

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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 architectural parameters of theater spaces, and deal with the challenges and opportunities imposed by scenery and various light sources. Design drafting will be emphasized in this course, beginning with hand drafting and moving on to Vectorworks CAD

Drama

Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems — MAT4108.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Kathryn Montovan

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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

Environment Science and Mathematics

Digital Books — PHO4242.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Jonathan Kline

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Credits: 4

This course investigates the rich history of great photography books from the 20th century, many of which we have in our own Crossett Library. Students will explore the photo-based artist book as a vehicle for self-expression. A variety of international approaches to the photo book will be introduced through a mix of readings, presentations, assignments, and

Visual Arts

Digital Morphology/Rhino 3D Modeling — VA2208.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Michael Stradley

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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 Technique for Architects — ARC2206.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Michael Stradley

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Credits: 2

Digital Technique for Architects is a 2-credit co-requisite of Prof Donald Sherefkin’s course Bennington Campus: Real and Imagined. This lab-based course will cover a range of digital techniques specific to architectural practice, from 2D drafting and the production of scaled drawing sets, to 3D NURBS surface modelling and 3D printing. Dovetailing with the assignments given in

Visual Arts

Dining Culture in China — CHI2117.01

Fall 2017

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 Chinese culture. In this course we will focus on the theme of Chinese 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 gender, no articles or

Languages

Directing II — DRA4376.01

Fall 2017

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. 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

Distributed Systems (with Lab) — CS4280.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Andrew Cencini

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Credits: 4

In this class, we will, as a group, build a working distributed system from scratch, such as a web search engine, distributed file system, blockchain/distributed ledger, or peer-to-peer network. By building such a system, students will learn about key theoretical and practical fundamentals related to distributed systems and software engineering, such as concurrency, replication

Science and Mathematics

Documentary Video Production – Experimental, Personal and Political — FV4108.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Kate Purdie

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Credits: 4

This course explores documentary possibilities through screenings and video projects. The class will look at and consider non-fiction techniques from early cinema verite films to recent attempts to address point of view and outsider status in documentary and experimental video work. In collaborative and individual projects, the class will take a hands-on approach to documentary

Visual Arts

Dress Up, Drag, and Fashion — VA4219.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Josh Blackwell

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Credits: 4

Dress up parties, masquerade balls, nightclubs, fashion shows, and parades have offered artists the opportunity to go against the grain of dominant culture. As outsiders, radicals, and nonconformists, artists used their marginal status to subvert expectations, challenge authority, and thwart convention. This course will examine the ways costume has been deployed to interrogate

Visual Arts

Drumming: An Extension of Language — MIN2120.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Michael Wimberly

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Credits: 2

This course serves as an introduction to rhythms, chants and songs from Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, and the African Diaspora. Using indigenous percussion instruments, students will experience basic hand and stick drumming patterns along with techniques associated with rhythms from these regions. Performances are presented at music workshop, music festival, Southwestern Vermont

Music

Ecology and Design in Electronic Music — MCO4168.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Suzanne Thorpe

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Credits: 4

This class will explore incorporating logics of ecology into compositional designs, from interrelatedness with a particular environment or place, to expression of a system of nature in musicking. We will explore a variety of investigative practices including deep listening and somatic techniques, data research, dérives, psychogeography, and narrative gathering. The expression

Music

Economy and Ecology — PEC2253.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee

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Credits: 2

This seminar will explore how human economies and natural ecosystems interact and evolve over time and space. We will examine the dynamics of human relationship with ‘nature’, and the response they evoke to environmental issues. We will ask: how is human behavior connected to changes in hydrological, nutrient or carbon cycles? How do changes in climate and hydrology bring about

Environment Society Culture and Thought

Economy and Polity — PEC2252.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee

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Credits: 4

Polity (Latin polītīa Greek polīteía) denotes citizenship and forms of government, while economy (Latin oeconomia Greek oikonomíā) denotes how a nation’s resources are managed and organized. In this seminar, we will explore how resources are put to use in a country and how goods and services are produced, consumed and distributed amongst its people. We

Society Culture and Thought

Embodying Structure: Construction of the Corset — DRA2213.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Richard MacPike

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Credits: 2

In order to construct a historical costume accurately one often needs to start with the foundation garments of that period. This course will examine how corsets and their construction play a role in re-creating period silhouettes. Students will learn how to reproduce period corset patterns as well as construct the corsets with all their structural elements. Particular attention

Drama

Energy and the Environment — ENV2207.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Chelsea Corr

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Credits: 4

Access to cheap fossil fuels has fueled advancements that have improved reliable access to food, medicine, and shelter, drastically improving the quality of life for humankind over the past century. Our fossil-fueled society, however, not come without repercussions. The extraction, processing, and burning of fossil fuels has degraded water and air quality, reduced biodiversity

Science and Mathematics Environment

Entry to Mathematics — MAT2100.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Josef Mundt

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Credits: 4

Mathematics is inherent across all disciplines and undertakings. It is necessary for building structures, assessing risk in everyday life, mixing paint for specific shades, creating business models of growth and decay, setting traffic lights, and can even help assess the correct time to propose. This course will show how math has evolved from counting to the combination of

Science and Mathematics

Environment and Public Action — APA2122.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: David Bond

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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 will reflect not only on what we

CAPA Environment

Environmental Political Theory — POL4240.01

Fall 2017

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 best grappled with by putting political theory into conversation with environmental studies. In cultivating this

Environment Society Culture and Thought

Evolution — BIO4104.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Kerry Woods

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Credits: 4

Evolutionary theory provides conceptual unity for biology; Darwin’s concept and its derivatives inform every area of life science, from paleontology to molecular biology to physiology to plant and animal behavior to human nature. This course will establish deep grounding in basic evolutionary theory with particular focus on selective processes and life-history theory.

Science and Mathematics Environment

Experimental Sound for Visual Media — MSR2122.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: David Baron

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Credits: 2

How far can we stretch ourselves into creating sonic landscapes for visuals? We will work create sound design and score from scratch to accompany quicktime movies. Extraordinary sound sources, experimental music techniques, extreme sound design, time compression-expansion will all be covered. What do buzzing bees sound like stretched to be one-thousand times slow - will

Music