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Environmental Geology — ES2102.01

Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

Earthʹs life‐supporting environmental systems are controlled by a complex interplay between geologic and biological processes acting both on the surface and deep within the planetary interior. This course will explore how earth materials and physical processes contribute to a healthy environment, and how humans impact geologic processes. Topics covered will include: earth

Environmental Geology — ES2102.01

Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 4
Earthʹs life‐supporting environmental systems are controlled by a complex interplay between geologic and biological processes acting both on the surface and deep within the planetary interior. This course will explore how earth materials and physical processes contribute to a healthy environment, and how humans impact geologic processes. Topics covered will include: earth

Environmental Geology — ES2102.01

Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 4
Earthʹs life‐supporting environmental systems are controlled by a complex interplay between geologic and biological processes acting both on the surface and deep within the planetary interior. This course will explore how earth materials and physical processes contribute to a healthy environment, and how humans impact geologic processes. Topics covered will include: earth

Environmental Hydrology — ES4105.01

Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 4
Fresh water is perhaps the world’s most critical resource. Giant engineering projects are built to control water distribution, wars and legal battles are fought over who controls water, and the problems will only get worse as populations grow. This course is a broad survey of hydrology, the study of the distribution, movement, and quality of water. Students will be

Environmental Hydrology — ES4105.01

Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 4
Fresh water is perhaps the world’s scarcest and most critical resource. Giant engineering projects are built to control water distribution, wars and legal battles are fought over who controls water, and across the world people face real concerns about the safety of their water. Problems will only become worse as populations grow and the climate changes. This course is a

Evolution — BIO4440.01

Instructor: Blake Jones
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

Evolution is the unifying theory of biology, explaining the diversity of life on Earth and the mechanisms that drive adaptation and speciation. This course will explore the core principles of evolutionary biology, including natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, and the interplay between evolutionary processes and

Evolution — BIO4104.01

Instructor: Kerry Woods
Credits: 4
Evolutionary theory provides conceptual unity for biology; Darwin’s concept and its derivatives inform every area of life science, from paleontology to molecular biology to physiology to plant and animal behavior to human nature. This course will establish deep grounding in basic evolutionary theory with particular focus on selective processes and life-history theory.

Evolution — BIO4104.01

Instructor: Kerry Woods
Credits: 4
Evolutionary theory provides conceptual unity for biology; Darwin’s concept and its derivatives inform every area of life science, from paleontology to molecular biology to physiology to plant and animal behavior to human nature. This course will establish deep grounding in basic evolutionary theory with particular focus on selective processes and life-history theory.

Evolution and Artificial Selection — BIO2138.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course explores the role of artificial selection throughout human history, including in agriculture, the breeding of companion animals, and as a model for understanding evolution by natural and sexual selection. Topics include Mendelian genetics, how genotype leads to phenotype, mutations, domestication, landmark experiments in fox domestication, experimental evolution in

Evolution, Cognition, and Behavior — BIO2130.01

Instructor: Blake Jones
Credits: 4
Are nonhuman animals ‘intelligent’? How do they communicate? Do they form life-long memories? Why have different cognitive abilities evolved in different animals? This course will explore these questions and more by integrating across disciplines all aimed at understanding how animals (including humans) have evolved to behave and think. The discovery that nonhuman animals

Evolution: Making Sense Of Aging, Sex, Sociality, Families, and Disease — BIO4318.02

Instructor: KWoods@bennington.edu
Credits: 4
Evolution provides conceptual unity for biology. Darwin’s basic concept, supplemented by 150 years of refinement and additional understanding, informs every area of life science, often in ways that are surprisingly different from the popular understanding (or misunderstanding) of evolutionary theory. This course will establish deep grounding in basic evolutionary theory with

Experimental Biology: Behavioral Physiology — BIO4312.02

Instructor: Amie McClellan
Credits: 4
Learn how science is conducted and participate in biological research. Students will learn how to develop, conduct, and present biological research while exploring physiological systems that mediate behavioral responses in animals. During the first half of the semester, students will gain valuable research skills, such as hypothesis formation, experimental design, statistical

Explorations in Mathematics — MAT2186.01

Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

In this experimental class, we will create space for you to pursue work within Mathematics. This course is intended for students at a variety of levels of experience, with a solid interest in following questions and curiosity, to lead to a deeper understanding. You will lead your work, in collaboration, and with the support of the class. 

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Extragalactic Astronomy — PHY4216.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
Galaxies are massive collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. They are both the birthplace of stars and planets and the signposts of the universe. By studying what happens inside galaxies, we are able to understand the conditions under which stars form. By studying the galaxies themselves, we can understand how the environment shapes their structure and makeup. By

Extragalactic Astronomy Cosmology — PHY4103.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
Galaxies are massive collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. They are both the birthplace of stars and planets and the signposts of the universe. By studying what happens inside galaxies, we are able to understand the conditions under which stars form. By studying the galaxies themselves, we can understand how the environment shapes their structure and makeup. By

Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology — PHY4103.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
Galaxies are massive collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. They are both the birthplace of stars and planets and the signposts of the universe. By studying what happens inside galaxies, we are able to understand the conditions under which stars form. By studying the galaxies themselves, we can understand how the environment shapes their structure and makeup. By

Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology — PHY4103.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
Galaxies are massive collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. They are both the birthplace of stars and planets and the signposts of the universe. By studying what happens inside galaxies, we are able to understand the conditions under which stars form. By studying the galaxies themselves, we can understand how the environment shapes their structure and makeup. By

Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology — PHY4103.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

Galaxies are massive collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. They are both the birthplace of stars and planets and the signposts of the universe. By studying what happens inside galaxies, we are able to understand the conditions under which stars form. By studying the galaxies themselves, we can understand how the environment shapes their structure and makeup. By

Failure — CS4129.01

Instructor: Andrew Cencini
Credits: 4
Why do systems fail? How do we determine what went wrong? How do we learn from failure to build better systems and prevent similar problems from occurring in the future? In this course we will examine a variety of ways that software and hardware systems can fail, their causes, impacts and (where applicable) remediation. We will learn about tools and techniques that can be used

Field Course in Coral Reef Biology — BIO4239.01

Instructor: Betsy Sherman
Credits: 2
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.  In order to gain a more robust understanding of reefs, we will study reefs on site in the Caribbean. Students will learn the taxonomy, identification and

Field Course in Coral Reef Biology — BIO4239.01

Instructor: Elizabeth Sherman
Credits: 2
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.  In order to gain a more robust understanding of reefs, we will study reefs on site in the Caribbean. Students will learn the taxonomy, identification and

Field Ecology: Documenting Natural Areas of the Bennington Region — BIO4127.02

Instructor: Kerry Woods
Credits: 2
The class will be dedicated to intensive study of the ecosystems of the Bennington region and direct observation and documentation of natural areas in the region. Each Thursday afternoon will be dedicated to intensive field study of selected natural areas. Students will be responsible for compiling descriptive documentation, to be published on-line to initiate a 'base-line'

Forests: An Introduction to Ecology and Evolution (with lab) — BIO2109.01

Instructor: Kerry Woods
Credits: 4
New England is one of the most heavily forested regions in the United States. 14,000 years ago it was covered by ice. When humans arrived about 11,000 years ago, they found forests already established — and began reshaping the landscape through hunting and fire and, beginning about 2000 years ago, farming. European colonists caused further ecological change by expanding