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Insider Perspectives on the Francophone World II — FRE4224.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
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Credits: 4
Viewed from the outside, the French-speaking world has offered, for a long time, 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 insider's perspective on a cultural and communicative system whose
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Intermediate Painting: Scale, Process, and Presence — PAI4301.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: J Blackwell
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Credits: 4
This seminar-studio course will investigate painting from an historical perspective. Using the permanent collection of the College as a starting point, we will think through the strategies deployed by painters working in the context of Bennington from 1950-1980. We will study works by Helen Frankenthaler, Paul Feeley, Jules Olitski, Norman Bluhm, Ralph Humphrey, and Larry Poons
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Intermediate Violin/ Viola — MIN4232.01

Spring 2017
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Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading music in treble and /or alto cleft in basic keys. Hand position includes left hand sifting and fingerling will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with the bow will be developed in order for students to participate in simple ensemble performances by the end of term. Corequisite: Must participate and perform at least twice in Music
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Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.03; section 3

Spring 2017
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
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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
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Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.02; section 2

Spring 2017
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
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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
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Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.01; section 1

Spring 2017
Instructor: Tom Bogdan
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Credits: 2
The fundamental concepts of singing will be discussed and vocal production and physiology will be explored. Listening to important singers and creating a vocabulary to describe their voices and styles will be an introductory part of the class.  Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color,
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Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.04; section 4

Spring 2017
Instructor: Tom Bogdan
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Credits: 2
The fundamental concepts of singing will be discussed and vocal production and physiology will be explored. Listening to important singers and creating a vocabulary to describe their voices and styles will be an introductory part of the class.  Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color,
Music

International Human Rights — MOD2172.03

Spring 2017
Instructor: David Bond
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Credits: 1
Human rights are universal legal guarantees that protect individuals and groups against actions that interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. Under international human rights law, states have the responsibility to respect, protect and fulfill human rights for all. If these obligations are not met, international legal action can be taken. Based on the legal
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

Intersections Between Queer Theory and Psychological Research — PSY4102.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Ella Ben Hagai
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Credits: 4
In this class we will pursue cross-disciplinary entanglements. We will closely read key texts from poststructural feminist thought, and queer theory. We will juxtapose how feminist theory and queer theory frame gender, sexuality and desire with empirical socio-psychological research. We will further analyze more recent writing by queer theorists examining topics such as
Society Culture and Thought

Interventions in Virtual Spaces — DA2113.01

Spring 2017
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Credits: 4
This course aims to identify and address social problems and conflicts with virtual solutions that offer futures that are self-determined, inclusive, egalitarian, and radical. Students will utilize HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other web platforms to build interactive well researched projects that challenge social issues via the use of the internet. Students are asked to go beyond
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Intro to Maps and Geographic Information Systems — ES2110.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
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Credits: 2
This is an introductory course on the theory and practice of analyzing and displaying geo-spatial information. The methods that you will learn have wide-ranging applications in the natural and social sciences. Students will learn how to utilize mapping and spatial database software to analyze data and plot information on maps. Students will be expected to develop their own work
Science and Mathematics Environment

Introduction to Conducting — MPF4112.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Evan Williams, Kitty Brazelton
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Credits: 2
This course will introduce musicians to the art of conducting. The basics of pattern, gesture, and communication will be addressed, along with techniques and strategies for score analysis and study. Repertoire will be determined by the abilities of each conductor, but will include choral, orchestral, wind band, and chamber works. All class members are expected to play or sing
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Introduction to Contemporary African American Poetry — LIT2505.02

Spring 2017
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
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Credits: 2
African American poetry has a rich tradition that begins in the 1700s with Jupiter Hammon, moves through the early 1900s with the Harlem Renaissance, and finds itself in the radical politics of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) during the 1960s. We will explore this lyrical moment post the BAM Era in order to excavate current prosodic expressions of the human condition from
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Introduction to Intaglio: The Alchemist’s Print — PRI2111.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
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Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to copper plate Intaglio. We will explore various techniques to prepare our plates including hand working and acid etching with materials such as rosin resists and sugar lifts. By the end of term, we will be printing in color. Ultimately, the overall goal of our endeavors will be to begin a dialog about artistic production in a contemporary
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Introduction to Programming Paradigms — CS2109.01

Spring 2017
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Credits: 4
How do we get a computer to do what we want? How does information appear on a screen and respond to our input? How do we approach tackling an engineering problem and organize it into instructions? Through exercises and projects, students will gain an understanding of computer programming concepts such as variables, flow control, data structures, algorithm design, and APIs.
Science and Mathematics

Introduction to Video — FV2303.02

Spring 2017
Instructor: Kate Purdie
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Credits: 4
This production course introduces students to the fundamentals of working in video and the language of film form. Throughout the term we will screen a broad range of film and video works of genres both familiar and perhaps alien. We will address ideas and techniques spanning storytelling and non-narrative approaches, fiction and nonfiction, abstraction and representation.
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Introduction to Video — FV2303.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Ephraim Asili
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Credits: 4
This production course introduces students to the fundamentals of working in video and the language of film form. Drawing on the energy, intensity and criticality of avant-garde film and contemporary video art practices, students will complete a series of projects exploring dimensions of cinematography, mise-en-scène, editing and sound design before producing a final self
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Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
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Credits: 2
Weekly private instruction in jazz piano to be arranged with instructor. Explore and develop skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered: blues, reggae, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Create bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos.
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Language Through Film — SPA4223.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Sarah Harris
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Credits: 4
Students in this course will continue to learn the Spanish language through an examination of films. While there will be some necessary discussion about cinematographic components, the focus of discussion will be on historical and political moments present in the films. A consideration, for instance, of national and regional identity, political violence, border crossing,
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Latin American and Caribbean Feminisms in Perspective — ANT4106.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Eileen Scully
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Credits: 4
This course will explore feminisms from Latin America through theoretical, analytical, methodological, testimonial and ethnographic literature. The course will weave contemporary writing from Latin America and the Caribbean with decolonized/global South/women of color feminist theory and critique. Specifically, we will explore the growing recognition of localized, yet
Society Culture and Thought

Laura Gilpin & The Platinum Print — PHO4251.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
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Credits: 4
This intermediate/advanced course will explore the life and work of the American photographer Laura Gilpin, (1891-1979), and culminate in a class-curated exhibition in Usdan Gallery. Her work will be situated within the context of 20th century photography movements of the Photo Secessionists, Pictorialism, and Modernism. Students will also learn the platinum/palladium process
Visual Arts

Leadership in Diverse Groups — MOD2260.01

Spring 2017
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Credits: 1
This module will examine the components of leadership in groups. Coverage will be given to empirical work that focuses on different styles of leadership and their intersection with group elements such as composition and diversity, negotiation, intra- and intergroup relations, and social justice. Key outcome dimensions to be considered include performance, interpersonal
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Library City: Practicing Curiosity — VA4113.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Mary Lum
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Credits: 4
This course will inhabit the library as a 21st century city of knowledge. After introductory lectures and readings about cities and libraries, students will spend the term mapping highly individual paths of research through the collections of Crossett Library. Intensive directed reading and looking, will result in the creation of written and visual essays, through which
Visual Arts

Life and Death: Buddhism in Modern Japanese films — JPN4401.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
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Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine how Buddhism influenced Japanese thought on the after-life and analyze how Japanese views on the relationship between life and death are depicted in recent Japanese films.  In the first seven weeks of the course, students will examine and discuss the history, beliefs, and deities of Buddhism and their influences on society.  In
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