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Fall 2023

History of Science: From Aristotle to Newton — HIS2254.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carol Pal

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Credits: 4

History tells us that humans have always wondered about the natural world. For thousands of years, our ancestors gazed in wonder at the heavens, experimented with plants and medicines, and tried to comprehend their own mortality. But when did “science” actually begin to be its own field, separate from philosophy, astrology, or faith? Beginning with human origins and prehistoric

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History of the Book — HIS4109.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carol Pal

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Credits: 4

The aim of this course is to think about books. Not just books as objects, but books as the signifiers of a wealth of relationships – between reading and writing, between people and ideas, between people and people, between technologies and desires. For centuries, our ideas have been shaped by the rhythms and hierarchies inherent in the nature of print. But the nature of the

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History of Theater I — DRA2156.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Maya Cantu

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Credits: 4

This course offers an introduction to the history and development of world theater and drama. We will experience the dynamic pageant of theater history through an exploration of its conventions and aesthetics, as well as its social and cultural functions. We will study theater history from antiquity through the nineteenth century, reading representative plays ranging from Greek

Drama

Horror Writing and the (Postcolonial) Afterlife — LIT2538.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: An Duplan

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Credits: 4

It’s one thing to feel scared when we watch scary movies, and it’s another to feel that same fear as we read books. After all, in books, there’s no eerie music, nor the possibility of being jolted by a sudden jump scare. Yet still, horror writing abounds and writers throughout history have found ways of communicating dread, terror, paranoia, and anguish through the written word

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How to Build a Forest — BIO2131.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

Bennington’s campus supports beautiful examples of temperate deciduous mixed hardwood forests. This class is a deep dive into forest ecology, land use change, and forest succession at a local scale. Students will explore the local forest community composition, structure, and function over the last 15,000 years and discuss the environmental conditions, disturbance dynamics, and

Science and Mathematics

Human Rights in Global Politics — POL2111.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

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Credits: 4

Human rights are universal in principle, but often they are systematically violated in practice, especially in developing countries of the global south. This introductory course explores the international politics of human rights, with a particular focus on the developing world. Topics to be examined in lectures, written assignments, discussions, presentations, simulations and

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Hyper Body! - Anarchic Ballet to Water Movement to African Dance to Floor Ninja to Body Architecture to Shining Zombie to Unknown Transformation….. — DAN4423.01) (cancelled 8/2/2023

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

This course is designed for students who have dance experience or equivalent physical training in any movement form. We welcome anyone who would like to recultivate, reactivate, improve, deepen, expand, develop or disrupt their relationship to their own knowledge and experience of physical movements and commit to consistent physical

Dance

Hyper Body! – Anarchic Ballet to Water Movement to African Dance to Floor Ninja to Body Architecture to Shining Zombie to Unknown Transformation….. — DAN2156.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

This intermediate-level movement practice course is designed for students who have dance experience or equivalent physical training in any movement form. We welcome anyone who would like to recultivate, reactivate, improve, deepen, expand, develop or disrupt their relationship to their own knowledge and experience of physical movements

Dance

In conversation with the exhibit Connected Diaspora: Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media — VA2238.01) (cancelled 5/30/2023

Fall 2023

Instructor: Veronica Melendez

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Credits: 2

This course will provide time and space for students to engage with the art and artists from the exhibit Connected Diaspora (on view in Usdan Gallery Fall 2023). Through lectures, workshops, and readings students will gain knowledge of established, mid career, and emerging artists from the Central American diaspora. Coursework will consist of creatively and critically

Visual Arts

In Sickness and In Health: An Introduction to Medical Anthropology — ANT4149.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Miroslava Prazak

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Credits: 4

In this course we will explore the social dimensions of medicine, the body, illness, health, healing, medical care and biotechnologies across societies and times from comparative, cross-cultural, ethnographic perspectives. We will examine the role of cultural differences in defining and dealing with health and illness and investigate health related factors that link humanity

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Infinity — MAT2109.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Andrew McIntyre

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Credits: 1

A large part of modern mathematics has to do with how we conceptualize and manage the idea of infinity. This occurs in different places: the infinity of the horizon line that appeared with the development of perspective drawing, the infinitely small and infinitely many quantities of calculus, the infinite depth of fractals, the potentially infinite size of sets. This class will

Science and Mathematics

Insider Perspectives on the Francophone World I — FRE2103.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly

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Credits: 5

Viewed from the outside, the French-speaking world offers enticing images of beauty, pleasure, and freedom. From the inside, however, it is a complicated, often contradictory world where implicit codes and values shape the most basic aspects of daily life. This course will give you an insiderʹs perspective on a cultural and communicative system whose ideas, customs, and belief

Cultural Studies and Languages

Instrument Building — MUS2229.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 2

A course on modern instrument building, focusing on acoustic experimental instruments and unheard-of sounds. A survey will introduce students to the innovations of Partch, new gamelans, circuit bending, and interfaced instruments. Students are required to design, construct, and perform on at least one instrument of significant complexity during the term. Students will be asked

Music

Intermediate Guitar — MIN4025.01) (new faculty 9/4/2023

Fall 2023

Instructor: Hui Cox

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Credits: 2

Instrumental Study on Guitar. Continued studies from Beginning Guitar. Advanced study in fret-board harmony and theory.

Music

Intermediate Painting: From Practice to Discovery — PAI4405.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: J Blackwell

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Credits: 4

This course is intended for the student who is looking specifically to build a robust studio practice as well as the capacity to work independently on self-directed projects.. Experimenting with materials, techniques, and styles in painting will be encouraged in order to develop an artistic sensibility while instituting regular work habits. Assigned projects and independent

Visual Arts

Intermediate Video: Sensorium — FV4324.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Mariam Ghani

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Credits: 4

Intermediate Video builds on the concepts and technical skills introduced in Intro to Video, and has a different theme each term. This semester of Intermediate Video will be focused on the following thematic, conceptual and formal questions. Video (etymology: I see) has historically been a medium dominated by the visual. What other senses can be evoked through moving images?

Visual Arts

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.03, section 3

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional

Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.04, section 4

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.02, section 2

Fall 2023

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke

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Credits: 2

Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.01, section 1

Fall 2023

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Music

Intro to Animation — MA2106.01, section 1

Fall 2023

Instructor: Sue Rees

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Credits: 4

This course will begin with essential animation techniques that have lasted more than a century: key frames, movement arcs, and easing. With hand drawn animation, we will design phenakistiscopes and weaving loops in order to get acquainted with the mechanics of animation. Examples of different techniques will be discussed in class for inspiration. Through weekly assignments,

Visual Arts

Intro to Animation — MA2106.02, section 2

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

Visual Arts

Intro to VR — MA2128.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: John Crowe

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Credits: 2

Introduction to VR will cover the basics of VR hardware, 360 image acquisition, and content production for 3D environments. No experience is required; we will evaluate VR experiences, and design and test our created experiences. Unity, Blender, and Adobe software will be used to build prototype immersive experiences. While not focusing on game development, this course will

Visual Arts

Introduction to Harmony — MTH2128.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 4

A nuts-and-bolts overview of tonal harmony, from scales and chords to voice leading. At first we'll focus on the harmonic practices of Classical and Baroque music, later broadening our focus to a variety of pop, jazz, and contemporary music. Emphasis will be placed on creative work, and students will be asked to compose (and perform) pieces in a variety of harmonic styles. Ear

Music

Introduction to International Law — APA2020.03

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 1

This is an introductory course to international public law and its relevance in today’s complex and interconnected world. International law can be considered as the law governing the relations between States, but it also includes relations with international organizations, corporations, and civil society organizations. It is also the foundation for International Human Rights

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