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Spring 2021

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.02

Spring 2021

Instructor: Tom Bogdan

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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 — MVO4301.03

Spring 2021

Instructor: Tom Bogdan

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Credits: 2

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Intersections in Black Feminist Movement and Research — PSY4272.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Özge Savas

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Credits: 4

Intersectionality has become a buzzword. But, what does it really mean? Where are the roots of intersectional thinking? How do we use it today? In this course, we will trace back the history of Intersectionality as a theory and practice within Black Feminist Thought and Movement, then learn how it traveled into psychology and how it is used in research today. In the first third

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Intro to Modular Soft Synths — MCO2247.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Sergei Tcherepnin

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Credits: 2

This class will focus on historical methods of electronic music composition through a contemporary lens. We will study synthesis in depth, and the development of early analog synthesizers, while learning how these techniques have influenced contemporary software design. While the class will focus on composing, students will be expected to learn how to use VCV Rack, and Madrona

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Introduction to 16mm — FV2312.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: John Crowe

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Credits: 2

An introduction to 16mm film techniques, students will shoot and edit analog 16mm film, as well as digital transfers of film to video. Through readings, avant-garde screenings, experiments and hands-on workshops students will learn about cinematography and the photochemical process. Taking advantage of the special tactile, tangible nature of analog film, material properties

Visual Arts

Introduction to Butoh - Being and Transformation — DAN2407.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Mina Nishimura

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Credits: 2

No previous experience in dance or movement practice is required. This course is open to any students who are interested in investigating a relationship between their impulses and movements, and the physical embodiment of transformation. By studying some principles and practices of butoh, which originated in Japan as a contemporary avant-garde dance form, we aim to liberate

Dance

Introduction to Computer Science — CS2126.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Jim Mahoney

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Credits: 4

A first class in computer programming and computing skills, and as such a foundation for further work in computer science. Much as a competency with English grammar is required for writing, an understanding of programming is required for nearly all intermediate and advanced work in computing. Topics include program design, boolean logic, input and output, object oriented

Science and Mathematics

Introduction to Drawing, 2D images and Prints: Sketchbook/Journal/Drypoint — PRI2211.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline

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Credits: 4

This course is an introduction to the study of visual language for artists. To begin this exploration, we will bind a journal/sketchbook. We will then proceed to study the fundamentals of looking and creating images within a two dimensional picture space. We will start a rigorous drawing practice based on observation of, the world around us, our own decision making processes

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Introduction to Japanese Film — JPN4802.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

This course introduces students to the history of Japanese cinema from the 1920s to the present. We will take a closer look at many of the most important and influential directors in Japanese cinema, including (but not limited to) the three greatest directors: Mizoguchi Kenji, Ozu Yasujirō, and Kurosawa Akira. These directors are unified in using the medium to investigate

Cultural Studies and Languages

Introduction to Sculpture: What is Sculpture? — SCU2101.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Jon Isherwood

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Credits: 4

How do we make it? How do we talk about it? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principals of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including plaster, wood, cardboard, Styrofoam and metal. Regular slide presentations compliment

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Introduction to Video — FV2303.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Jen Liu

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Credits: 4

This hybrid production course introduces in-person and remote students to the fundamentals of working in video and the language of film. 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

Visual Arts

Introductory Data Analysis: Environmental Sensors — ES2114.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Tim Schroeder

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Credits: 2

This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of quantitative data analysis using data gathered from various environmental sensors deployed around Bennington’s campus. We will use spreadsheets and basic python coding to compile descriptive statistics, combine data from multiple sources, produce visual graphics, and perform regression analysis to quantify

Science and Mathematics Environment

Investing in Futures: The Art of World-Building — APA4252.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 4

Futures studies—also known as futurology—has been used by businesses and the military as part of a strategic planning toolkit. But what about artists, changemakers, or revolutionaries? This framework of speculating about the future in systemic ways has been adopted by many contemporary artist collectives, in order to challenge assumptions of the present about outcomes in the

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Is This Land Made for You and Me? — APA2337.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 4

This course will address Land Use in Vermont through the perspectives of land as a geographical and historical resource, land as the policies and practices of management and stewardship of public and private property, and land as components of the built environment, specifically looking at the Bennington region and 51��. Issues of racial and economic justice, as

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It's Gonna Be Epic! — LIT2419.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Manuel Gonzales

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Credits: 2

Starting with The Epic of Gilgamesh, the earliest surviving great work of literature, and then moving through both The Iliad and The Odyssey, hanging a left to catch up with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, before finally returning once again to modern times with Anne Carson's The Autobiography of Red, we will explore the tradition of epic poetry in order to discover what makes

Literature

Jazz Vocal Workshop — MPF4273.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Bruce Williamson Kerry Ryer-Parke

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Credits: 4

Students will gain a better understanding of jazz vocal styles by listening to recordings and studying the backgrounds of influential jazz singers. Students will learn and perform jazz vocal literature while receiving guidance from two faculty members, jazz pianist Bruce Williamson and vocal coach Kerry Ryer-Parke. Musical styles covered will include ballads, swing, blues

Music

Kansai Dialect and Culture — JPN4170.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 1

Kansai is a bustling region of Japan on the western half of the main island of Honshu. The people of Kansai are loud and jovial, and take great pride in a special brand of humor only found in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and the surrounding area. The Japanese spoken in this region is a bit different from what you'll find in a standard textbook. Everything from casual speech

Cultural Studies and Languages

Kiln Design — CER2318.01) (cancelled

Spring 2021

Instructor: Joshua Primmer

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Credits: 2

The focus of this course will be to foster an understanding of and fluency with kiln design. Specifically, we will be exploring combustion fired kilns, mainly gas and wood. We will be using two distinct methodologies to investigate this subject: inquiry and hands on practice. We will be researching the materials, specifications, construction, and chemical and physical science

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Language through Film — SPA4721.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher

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Credits: 4

Students with burgeoning linguistic skills will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American and Spanish film in the second half of this full-year introduction to the Spanish-speaking world. While there will be some discussion of more common tactics such as stylistic nuances, script-writing, acting, dubbing, and directors’ biographies, it is expected that we will

Cultural Studies and Languages

Language: The Endangerment Concept — LIN2102.02

Spring 2021

Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere

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Credits: 2

The 21st century represents a watershed moment in the history of the world’s languages, as expert estimates predict that anywhere from 40-80% of their 7,000+ number may cease to be spoken within the next hundred years. Awareness of this state of affairs is rapidly increasing, and public and scholarly sentiment have been dramatically captured by the identification of these

Society Culture and Thought

Language: The Evolution Concept — LIN2102.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere

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Credits: 2

Human language systems never stop changing, and this change is frequently cast -- by experts on nonexperts alike, as far back as Darwin -- in terms borrowed from understandings of biological reproduction and evolution: languages are "born", they have "ancestors" and "family trees", and their "traits" are altered as they "evolve" and "adapt" to shifting circumstances. Why,

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Lexicon of Forced Migration — APA2170.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: John Hultgren

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Credits: 4

The course is intended to provide students an introduction to foundational concepts of migration studies. The course will navigate this complex topic through four thematic anchors: (1) Time and Space, which will explore the history of migration from a global perspective, emphasizing the uneven development, colonial encounters, and environmental pressures that give rise to

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Life Drawing Lab — DRW2118.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

Drawing Lab provides an opportunity for student artists of all experience levels to further develop their skills with observationally-based drawing. Working primarily with the human figure, students build increased understanding of the poetic, dynamic, and inherently abstract nature of drawing, while paying close attention to the potential of formal elements such as shape, line

Visual Arts

Linear Algebra — MAT2482.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Carly Briggs

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Credits: 4

Together with calculus, linear algebra is one of the foundations of higher-level mathematics and its applications. This course is necessary for students concentrating in mathematics, is strongly recommended for students intending to study computer science, physics, or geology, and may be useful for students in economics or biology. This course is a prerequisite for

Science and Mathematics

Listening and Making — APA2340.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 2

This class, for makers in any discipline, explores sound as a resource for creative practice. In our sessions we will engage in specific listening protocols and respond through writing, drawing, recording, moving, and experimental forms of notation. We will gather a wide variety of sounds as source material: reading texts aloud to each other, listening to field recordings,

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