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Fundamentals of Neuroscience: A Beginner's Guide — Canceled

Fall 2014
Instructor: david edelman
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What are the biological bases of perception, action, movement, and thought? Why and how do we remember (or forget) our everyday experiences? Why are playing the violin, performing a dance, or simply throwing a ball or frisbee so deliberative and effortful when we are first learning these skills, yet so automatic and free of thought after years of training and experience? How
Science Mathematics and Computing

Fundamentals of Observational Astronomy — PHY4204.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 2
Nearly everything that we know about the universe reaches us via light. In this class, we will investigate how astronomers use light to learn about the physical properties of the universe. We will learn how to measure the positions of astronomical objects, how the sky changes over time, the design and function of optical telescopes, how to make quantitative measurements of
Science and Mathematics

Fundamentals of Reading and Writing Poetry — LIT2323.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: mark wunderlich
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
How are poems made? What are poems for? What is the relationship between music, movement, visual pattern, and poetry? What do we mean when we say something is "poetic?" In this course, students will find answers to these questions by reading poems, meeting and listening to visiting poets, writing their own poems, and writing and speaking critically about contemporary and
Literature

FUNK . . . as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, Amadou Mariam, Youssou N'Dour, Oumou Sangare etc, some Brazilian funk + American artists such as James Brown, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince, etc. Composing, notating and arranging rhythmic grooves for the rhythm
Music

Funk...as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, Amadou and Mariam, Youssou N’Dour, Oumou Sangare etc, some Brazilian funk, such as George Duke, and American artists such as James Brown, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince. Composing, arranging, transcribing and notating
Music

Funk...as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01) (cancelled 10/2/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, and Youssou N’Dour. Brazilian funk performed by Airto Moreira, George Duke, and Antonio Jobim, and American artists such as Chaka Khan, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince. Composing, arranging, transcribing, and notating
Music

Future Generations: Urban and Rural Revitalization and the Arts — APA2310.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
This course examines the art practices in city, town and village communities both past and present to better understand its effectiveness with multiple generations in a community. How have artists and their communities engaged and intervened with public life? Students will study historical and current artists works in communities that address public issues of inequity, social
CAPA

Future Histories, Speculative Sites II || YEAR ONE SEED LAB — APA4261.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
In this 4000-level iteration of the Future Histories, Speculative Sites Lab, students are invited to work together with Elæ Moss on envisioning and building the Speculative Solidarities : YEAR ONE Field Station / Community Care Hub as they develop their own original speculative proposals (for past, present, and future) and hone these into public-facing projects across a range
Advancement of Public Action

Future of Work: Alternative Organizations — APA2248.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: RRansick@bennington.edu
Credits: 1
This course introduces organizations conceived to support human flourishing through readings (primarily Frederic Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations), case studies, and research projects. We will explore how the purpose, structure, and power dynamics of organizations have changed over time and continue to evolve to meet new challenges. A particular focus of the course will be
CAPA

Future of Work: Individual Capacity — APA2281.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: RRansick@bennington.edu
Credits: 1
To enable the potential of new ways of organizing, we need to unlearn assumptions about the workplace and build individual capacity to create alternatives. This wide-ranging course will explore elements of complexity theory, mindset, critical discernment and decision-making, as well as the practice of interpersonal communication and managing personal change. Highly practice
CAPA

Future Studio — VA4207.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Robert Ransick; Charles Crowell
Credits: 4
Future Studio is a creative incubator designed for the development and articulation of new enterprises that value workers, local communities, sustainability, and the environment equally with profit. The course is designed to lay the foundation for building new enterprise of all types through the unique integration of creativity, arts culture, and sophisticated business
Visual Arts

Future Studio — VA4207.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Robert Ransick Charles Crowell
Credits: 4
Future Studio is a creative incubator designed for the development and articulation of new enterprises that value workers, local communities, sustainability, and the environment equally with profit. The course is designed to lay the foundation for building new enterprise of all types through the unique integration of creativity, arts culture, and sophisticated business
CAPA Visual Arts

Future Studio — VA4207.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Robert Ransick
Credits: 4
Future Studio is a creative incubator for the development and articulation of new non-profit or for-profit enterprises which can be launched with powerful economic potential and socially responsible missions. The studio emphasizes creativity, innovation, place-centered economies, worker-centered ownership, environmental sustainability, social justice and financial viability.
CAPA Visual Arts

Future Studio: Design Incubator — DA4206.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Robert Ransick
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
***TIME CHANGE*** This course is conceived and structured as a small incubator for product and business development.  Modeled after the Bennington Plan, which is inherently entrepreneurial, Future Studio engages business as a creative space that marries inquiry-based idea development, design, technology and new business models to generate constructive social purpose. 
CAPA Visual Arts

Future Studio: Idea to Prototype — DA4204.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: robert ransick; andrew cencini
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This two-part (fall and spring) course is conceived and structured as a small start-up. Modeled after the Bennington Plan, which is inherently entrepreneurial, Future Studio engages business as a creative space that marries collaborative inquiry-based idea development, technology and new business models to generate constructive social purpose. The course will progress over the
CAPA Science Mathematics and Computing Visual Arts

Future Studio: Production to Launch — DA4204.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Robert Ransick; Andrew Cencini
Credits: 4
This two-part (fall and spring) course is conceived and structured as a small start-up. Modeled after the Bennington Plan, which is inherently entrepreneurial, Future Studio engages business as a creative space that marries collaborative inquiry-based idea development, technology and new business models to generate constructive social purpose. The course will progress over the
CAPA Science Mathematics and Computing Visual Arts

Future Work: Systems of Evaluation — APA2339.03

Spring 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
A truism often attributed to business guru Peter Drucker is “what isn’t measured isn’t managed.” This class provides an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring as a means to success. We’ll investigate why objective measurement and feedback is so prevalent at both the individual and organizational level. We’ll also investigate alternatives to feedback for building
CAPA

Gadgets: an Electronics Microcontroller Lab — CS2151.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jim Mahoney
Credits: 2
A hands-on exploration of interactive electronics with a programmable microcontroller and various sensors, motors, lights and switches in order to see the basics of circuits, coding, and the techniques behind the DIY (Do It Yourself) "Maker" culture. We'll first use the recipes in the Sparkfun Inventor's kit as a starting point to learn about "for" loops, "if" statements, volts
Science and Mathematics

Gadhon Tutorial —

Spring 2015
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
An individual tutorial in the soft-style elaborating instruments of the gamelan, for students who have already studied gambang, suling, pesindhen, or gender. We will work on 2-3 works in each major pathet (tonality), as well as learn the tone-setting preludes known as pathetan. Playing together in a small gadhon ensemble will be part of the class, alongside occasional visits to
Music

Gadhon Tutorial — MPF4698.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
An individual tutorial in the soft-style elaborating instruments of the gamelan, for students who have already studied gambang, suling, pesindhen, or gender. We will work on 2-3 works in each major pathet (tonality), as well as learn the tone-setting preludes known as pathetan. Playing together in a small gadhon ensemble will be part of the
Music

Game Theory — PEC2272.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 4
This course introduces game theory and strategic decision-making in economics. We use this framework to study how incentives and interdependence influence economic behavior. Throughout the course, you will learn essential economic concepts such as rationality and decision-making under uncertainty. Additionally, you will analyze canonical game forms, including static games,
Society Culture and Thought

Game Theory and Applications — PEC2276.01

Fall 2026
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am & WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

This course introduces game theory as a framework for understanding strategic decision-making in economics and beyond. It examines how individuals, firms, and institutions make choices when outcomes depend on the actions of others, and how incentives shape behavior in interdependent settings.<

Political Economy

Games And Probability — MAT2377.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Joe Mundt
Credits: 4
Throughout history, people have played games -- games of chance and games of skill.  Many of us grew up playing all kinds of different games, and most of those are infused with the core tenets of statistical reasoning and understanding:  probability, risk assessment, expected value, and game theory.  This course will look at statistics and probability through
Science and Mathematics

Games and Probability — MAT2377.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Credits: 4
Throughout history, people have played games — games of chance and games of skill. Many of us grew up playing all kinds of different games, and most of those are infused with the core tenets of statistical reasoning and understanding: probability, risk assessment, expected value, and game theory. This course will look at statistics and probability through this lens. We will
Science and Mathematics