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Digital Screens: Developmental and Cognitive Consequences — PSY4383.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Emily Waterman
Credits: 2
Many organizations estimate that children spend up to six or more hours per day looking at screens. Screens are ubiquitous in multiple settings including school and home. This course is dedicated to a rigorous reading of the research and scientific literature on children’s screen time. We will explore social, cognitive, and developmental effects of screen time, integrating
Science and Mathematics Society Culture and Thought

Discrete Mathematics — MAT4107.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Katie Montovan
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

Discrete mathematics studies problems that can be broken up into distinct pieces. Some examples of these sorts of systems are letters or numbers in a password, pixels on a computer screen, the connections between friends on Facebook, and driving directions (along established roads) between two cities. In this course we will develop the tools needed to solve relevant, real

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Discrete Mathematics — MAT4139.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Carly Briggs
Credits: 4
Discrete mathematics studies problems that can be broken up into distinct pieces. Some examples of these sorts of systems are letters or numbers in a password, pixels on a computer screen, the connections between friends on Facebook, and driving directions (along established roads) between two cities. In this course we will develop the tools needed to solve relevant, real-world
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Discrete Mathematics — MAT4139.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Carly Briggs
Credits: 4
Discrete mathematics studies problems that can be broken up into distinct pieces. Some examples of these sorts of systems are letters or numbers in a password, pixels on a computer screen, the connections between friends on Facebook, and driving directions (along established roads) between two cities. In this course we will develop the tools needed to solve relevant, real-world
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Distributed Systems (with Lab) — CS4280.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Andrew Cencini
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
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Distributed Systems (with Lab) — CS4280.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Andrew Cencini
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
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Diversity of Coral Reef Animals — BIO2339.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Elizabeth Sherman
Credits: 4
Coral reefs are among the most diverse, unique and beautiful of ecosystems on the planet. Alas, they are also quite vulnerable to various environmental assaults and most of the reefs on earth are in real jeopardy. Students will learn the taxonomy, identification and characteristics of the animals which live in coral reefs. We will discuss the major biological innovations that
Science and Mathematics Environment

Does Your Vote Matter? A Mathematical Look at Politics and Social Choice — MAT2241.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Steven Morics
Credits: 4
Mathematics and the natural sciences have a long history together, but recently, mathematicians have begun using the tools of their trade on a collection of problems from the social sciences. Is it right that, as a Californian, my vote counted much less than yours did in the last presidential election? If a business fails with a million dollars in the bank, and it owes you a
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Earth Materials — ES4102.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Timothy Schroeder
Credits: 4
The study of minerals and rocks is fundamental to earth science as well as understanding and developing solutions for most environmental problems. All products consumed by people are either directly removed from the earth or grown in a medium consisting largely of earth materials. The nature of the earth materials in any region has great bearing on how human activities will
Science and Mathematics Environment

Earth Materials (with Lab) — ES4102.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 4
The study of minerals and rocks is fundamental to earth science as well as understanding and developing solutions for most environmental problems. All products consumed by people are either directly removed from the earth or grown in a medium consisting largely of earth materials. The nature of the earth materials in any region has great bearing on how human activities will
Science and Mathematics Environment

Ecology — BIO4438.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
In this course, students will learn how organisms interact with each other and their environment. We will consider interactions at organismal, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels through case studies, lab activities, and field work. We will discuss basic principles, experimental approaches, concepts of modeling, and applications to ecological
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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Marine Mammals — BIO4189.02

Spring 2022
Instructor: Sara Bebus
Credits: 2
Whales and dolphins evolved from a terrestrial deer-like mammal about 50 million years ago. In this course we will explore the unique evolutionary histories, ecological strategies, and conservation concerns of marine mammals. We will focus on cetaceans, a group comprised of 90 diverse species ranging the 88 lb. vaquita to the 165 ton blue whale. Topics will include, adaptations
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Educational Software Design — CS2277.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: justinvasselli@bennington.edu
Credits: 2
The fundamental goal of educational software is to teach or reinforce the user’s knowledge in a specific domain.  The system must be able to adapt to user needs and current level of domain knowledge to be truly effective. In this class, we will be using language learning as the primary domain for exploring the concepts of educational software design. Designing software
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Electronics Lab — PHY2213.02

Fall 2025
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Days & Time: MO 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 2

This course will serve as an introduction to working with circuits in a lab setting. We will learn about the relatively simple rules necessary for working with analog circuits and how those rules can be used to build objects of growing complexity. We will then move on to understanding how to build circuits that can measure properties of and interact with their

Computer Science Physics

Emerging Research in Integrative Physiology — BIO4128.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Blake Jones
Credits: 2
This course will focus on reading, synthesizing, and critiquing primary scientific literature at the frontiers of modern organismal research. We will focus on current, cutting edge research that integrates across disciplines to 1) explore fundamental questions about physiological systems, and 2) understand how such systems can help elucidate the ultimate and proximate
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Endocrinology: The Hormonal Symphony — BIO4322.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Blake Jones
Credits: 4
Dive deep into the world of endocrinology, a critical field of study that explores the body's hormonal systems and their pivotal role in orchestrating various physiological and behavioral processes. This comprehensive course is designed for students with a keen interest in understanding how hormones, the chemical messengers of the body, develop, integrate, and regulate our
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Energy and the Environment — ENV2207.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Chelsea Corr
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

Energy, Entropy and Quantization — CHE2129.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: John Bullock
Credits: 4
In this class we will explore the concepts of energy, entropy and quantization to discover how their dancing interplay determines the structure and dynamics of the world around us. Our aim will be to understand the organizing principles that drive all chemical and physical processes. Doing so inevitably involves mathematics, but the associated understanding goes beyond
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Energy, Environment, and Climate — ENV2120.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

The comforts and amenities of modern life require vast inputs of energy to power an industrial society. While the benefits of industrial society are significant, if unevenly shared, the environmental costs of energy extraction and production are significant. These environmental costs are also unevenly shared. This course will cover the

Environment Earth Science Physics

Entry to Mathematics — MAT2100.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
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
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Entry to Mathematics — MAT2100.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Josef Mundt
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
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