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Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians — MPF4357.02

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
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Credits: 2
This course will actively explore sound creation concepts and practices with special attention given to the investigation of sonorities and rhythms, which can then be manipulated and developed into open form composition. Students will explore and develop sound using graphic notation, text, and non-traditional notation approaches while exploring basic conduction techniques
Music

In the Box: Tools and Techniques for Working with Digital Audio — MSR4111.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
This course offers a thorough overview of digital audio tools, how they work, and techniques for putting them to use. Students will be guided through digital audio theory, compositional strategies and modern audio workflows covering digital synthesis, sample manipulation and impulse response design. Our focus will be on VST and VSTi plugins, impulse response based reverb and
Music

Insider Perspectives on the Francophone World II — FRE4224.01) (faculty updated as of 11/2/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
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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

Intergroup Dialogue: The Art and Practice of Having Difficult Conversations Across the Lines of Difference — APA2024.02

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 1
This course is designed to teach basic facilitation skills that are integral to having constructive conversations about differing political and cultural perspectives, as well as difficult conversations about communicating from diverse identity standpoints. Facilitation skills are also crucial for being an effective leader in or of a group, crucial for being an advocate for
CAPA

Intermediate Drawing: Beyond Representation — DRW4103.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Beverly Acha
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Credits: 4
In this intermediate drawing course you will expand on basic drawing skills and be invited to investigate the ways drawing is interdisciplinary, intersecting with painting, sculpture, printmaking, and performance. Together we will explore diverse processes and conceptual frameworks for art making. This course invites you to investigate how drawing might influence, support, and
Visual Arts

Intermediate Ear Training — MTH4284.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
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Credits: 4
In this course, students will develop skills in aural perception, learning to visualize, sing, and notate music through melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic exercises. Students will learn to identify key signatures, intervals, 7th chords, triads, key relationships, common cadences and phrase structures, larger forms, tempo markings, and more. Classwork will include singing melodies
Music

Intermediate Painting: Facture — PAI4106.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: J Blackwell
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Credits: 4
“Facture refers to the manner in which a painting, drawing, or object is made. It is the combination of brushstrokes, marks, material, and the texture of the surface. Facture is critical to the success of any object. Much of the fascination that accrues to all manual media comes from what can be observed at close range. That distance reveals the foundation, the touch, the
Visual Arts

Intermediate Potter's Wheel: Implementation for Form Development — CER4269.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Aysha Peltz
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Credits: 2
This 2-credit course is for students who wish to continue to develop their wheel throwing skills. Student must have previously taken Beginning Wheel Throwing or receive permission from the instructor (this will be based on your previous wheel throwing experience). Assignments will include combining wheel throwing and hand building techniques to make multiple sectioned, large
Visual Arts

Intermediate Video: The Future — FV4397.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Jen Liu
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Credits: 4
Intermediate Video: The Future is an in-person course building on the technical skills introduced in Introduction to Video.  Students will be expected to produce technical exercises, as well as longer projects of their own design.  Technical aspects of the course will be balanced with building a moving image discourse on the theme of the future, through readings,
Visual Arts

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.01, section 1

Spring 2024
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
Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.02, section 2

Spring 2024
Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
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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 — MVO4301.03, section 3

Spring 2024
Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
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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

Internal Landscapes of the Listening Body — DAN2008.01) (updated course description learning outcomes as of 10/9/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Erin Ellen Kelly, MFA Teaching Fellow
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Credits: 2
Participants will be guided to listen to internal signals / intuitive responses, and how these can be shaped and articulated using imagery while remaining present to the space around them. We will dance in the studio as well as within some site specific locations. Working with prompted and self directed cues as well free form movement in solo, duet and group configurations
Dance

International Human Rights Law — APA2221.03

Spring 2024
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 international
CAPA

Intro to Maps and Geographic Information Systems — ES2110.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
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Credits: 4
This is an introductory course on the theory and practice of analyzing and displaying geo-spatial information. The methods that students will learn have wide-ranging applications in the natural and social sciences. Students will learn how to utilize mapping and spatial geographic information systems software to analyze patterns within spatial datasets and communicate
Science and Mathematics Environment

Intro to Metal-Shop — SCU2307.01) (cancelled 11/8/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: John Umphlett
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Credits: 2
Have you ever wanted to work in the metal shop but felt intimidated? In Intro to Metal-Shop, you will learn it’s actually one of the most exciting, malleable and strong materials to work with in sculpture. In this course, you will be introduced to the ins and outs of the Bennington metal-shop. Whether you are a seasoned sculpture student, or have always wanted to learn how to
Visual Arts

Intro to Scene Painting — DRA2168.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Seancolin Hankins
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Credits: 2
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of scenic art, including techniques, terminology, and commonly used tools. Students will learn to create processes that will guide them from a rendering or scenic finish to a completed project. Skills we will develop include color mixing, surface preparation for soft goods and hard scenery, translating small renderings to
Drama

Intro to the Woodshop — SCU2306.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: John Umphlett
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Credits: 2
Have you ever wanted to understand how to safely build some of the most basic things and not know where to start? The course is developed for students who want to learn the fundamentals to operate the many tools and machinery the Bennington wood-shop has to offer. Students will undertake many tasks that will help develop technical skills and how to utilize the woodshop as a
Visual Arts

Introduction to 16mm — FV2312.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: John Crowe
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Credits: 2
An introduction to 16mm film techniques, students will shoot, process and edit analog 16mm film, as well as digitally transfer film to video. Through screenings, experiments and hands-on workshops students will learn about cinematography and the photochemical process. Taking advantage of the special tactile, tangible nature of the analog film, material properties will be
Visual Arts

Introduction to Cell Biology (with Lab) — BIO4114.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Amie McClellan
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Credits: 4
The cell is the fundamental organizational unit of all living organisms on Earth. In this class we will investigate cell structure and function, learn about DNA replication and transcription, find out how proteins are synthesized, folded, localized, and regulated, and ultimately come to understand how interfering with cell biological processes can result in disease. In the lab,
Science and Mathematics

Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Maya Cantu
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Credits: 4
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. They bridge the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array of
Drama Literature

Introduction to Intaglio: Alchemy Surprise — PRI2125.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
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Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to Intaglio printmaking. Using both Plexiglas and copper, we will explore various techniques including drypoint and acid etching with materials such as rosin resists and sugar lifts. We will explore both incidental and deliberate mark making, and the surprise of seeing our images reversed in print. Ultimately, our endeavors will begin a dialog
Visual Arts

Introduction to Sound Recording and Mixing — MSR2141.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Senem Pirler
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Credits: 4
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of sound recording/music production techniques and using the medium of sound as a creative form. Students will be introduced to recording techniques through lectures, hands-on exercises, and critical listening sessions. We will cover basic sound acoustics, spot and stereo microphone techniques, field recording techniques,
Music

Introduction to Spectroscopy — CHE2117.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: John Bullock
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Credits: 4
The interrogation of matter with various forms of electromagnetic radiation provides scientists with a detailed view of atomic and molecular structure. This introductory course in physical science will examine the nature of light and how it can be used to investigate the structure of matter. No previous work in the physical sciences is necessary. Topics to be covered will
Science and Mathematics