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Geometry and Physics — MAT2245.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Credits: 4
In the nineteenth and twentieth (and twenty-first!) centuries, mathematicians have been stretching the idea of “geometry” far beyond the geometry of Euclid's triangles and circles most people are familiar with: into the fourth (or higher) dimension, curved spaces, and more. This new geometry (the part I am referring to is technically called “differential geometry and topology”)
Science and Mathematics

Getting Good at Change: Systemic Thinking and Practice — APA2125.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Robert Ransick and Howard Silverman, Workshop leader
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
The promises of innovation, creativity, and design are the promises of change. But how can you know if the promises are real? What does it mean to “get good at change”? In this workshop, we will critically examine theories and practices for purposeful change. We will pay particular attention to relationships between personal and social change, models and methods
CAPA

Getting the Story, Getting in Close: Longform Journalism in Conflict Zones — LIT2296.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 2
In this course, we will read the work a range of long-form journalism--reporting that depends on deep research, cultural and linguistic immersion and/or reliance of interpreters, translators, and local guides; knowledge of history, geography, and politics; military embedments; and medical training. Expect to read Luke Mogelson ('07), Robin Wright, Dexter Filkins, Alma
Literature

Ghost Stories — DRA2386.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Abe Koogler
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

In this course, we will read and write ghost stories. We will pay particular attention to the uses of ghosts in plays, with some diversions into film, fiction, and our own personal ghost experiences. You do not need to believe in the paranormal to take this class: we will consider traditional ghosts (the spooky kind) while also thinking more broadly about memory, absence,

Drama

Ghostly Body- The Art of Absence — DAN2349.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Credits: 2
This course requires no previous dance experience, and is open to anyone who is interested in the art of absence or art that deals with the presence of things we cannot see -- the invisibles, empty space and silence – found across different art forms and practices. We will investigate the potentiality of “in-between space” and “subject-less body,” while introducing some
Dance

Ghostly Body- The Art of Absence — DAN2349.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Credits: 2
This course requires no previous dance experience, and is open to anyone who is interested in the art of absence or art that deals with the presence of things we cannot see -- the invisibles, empty space and silence – found across different art forms and practices. We will investigate the potentiality of “in-between space” and “subject-less body,” while introducing some
Dance

Ghostly Body- The Art of Absence — DAN2349.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This course requires no previous dance experience, and is open to anyone who is interested in the art of absence or art that deals with the presence of things we cannot see — the invisibles, empty space and silence – found across different art forms and practices.

Dance

Ghosts and Demons in Japan — JPN4403.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course explores the supernatural world and its inhabitants as imagined in Japanese literature and visual culture from ancient times to the present day. Our survey will take in a wide variety of fantastic phenomena, including spirit possession and exorcism in Japanese literature, the “hungry ghosts” of medieval Buddhist folklore, interwar Gothic tales of the bizarre,
Cultural Studies and Languages

Gifts and Gift Exchange — PSY4131.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Ronald Cohen
Credits: 4
Whether between two people, or among several in a gathering or a small group, people usually manage to coordinate their activity with others. The rules that underlie, create, and maintain orderliness and permit people to carry on their activities are usually out of immediate, conscious awareness, and their existence is recognized only when they are violated. We will examine
Society Culture and Thought

Glaze and Kiln Technology — CER2137.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Jack Yu; see Barry Bartlett for registration
Credits: 2
This course will focus on fundamental technical requirements needed by intermediate and advanced level students pursuing advanced level projects in ceramics. Students will gain specific skills through focused training, learn about clay and glaze components in depth and the mechanics of kilns. An emphasis will be placed on understanding the chemistry behind glazes and how the
Visual Arts

Glaze Chemistry — CER2132.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: David Katz
Credits: 2
This course will focus on the exploration of fired ceramic surfaces and the fundamentals of formulating glazes for use in ceramic art. An emphasis will be placed on understanding the chemistry behind glazes and how the molecular breakdown of glaze recipes translates into unique fired surfaces. Through hands on and theoretical approaches students will gain experience developing
Visual Arts

Glaze Chemistry — CER2141.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Jack Yu
Credits: 2
This course will focus on the technical requirements needed for beginning students to progress to intermediate or advanced projects in ceramics. This course will focus on the exploration of fired ceramic surfaces and the fundamentals of formulating glazes for use in ceramic art. An emphasis will be placed on understanding the chemistry behind glazes and how the molecular
Visual Arts

Glaze Chemistry — CANCELLED

Fall 2015
Instructor: David Katz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course will focus on the exploration of fired ceramic surfaces and the fundamentals of formulating glazes for use in ceramic art. An emphasis will be placed on understanding the chemistry behind glazes and how the molecular breakdown of glaze recipes translates into unique fired surfaces. Through hands on and theoretical approaches students will gain experience developing
Visual Arts

Glaze Chemistry — CER2141.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Jack Yu
Credits: 2
This course will focus on the technical requirements needed for beginning students to progress to intermediate or advanced projects in ceramics. This course will focus on the exploration of fired ceramic surfaces and the fundamentals of formulating glazes for use in ceramic art. An emphasis will be placed on understanding the chemistry behind glazes and how the molecular
Visual Arts

Glaze-Redesigning the Ceramic Studio’s Glazes — CER4105.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Credits: 2
This class is designed to help the intermediate and advance ceramic student build a deeper understanding of glaze applications. We will test and redesign the ceramic studio’s glaze palette. Both high fire and low fire glazes will be investigated throughout the term. The class will also be developing testing systems to track new colors and surfaces with existing glazes and also
Visual Arts

Glitch Feminism — FV4326.01) (cancelled 10/11/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Jen Liu
Credits: 4
This course borrows its name from Legacy Russell's essay, then book of the same name, but uses it as a container to consider the history of fembots in science fiction in the 20th century, then arrive in the 21st century with various takes on cyberfeminism and hybrid biobodies, with a particular interest in the global south and diasporic perspectives.  We will look at a
Visual Arts Society Culture and Thought

Global Activist Video Production — FV4226.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Kate Purdie; Erika Mijlin
Credits: 4
This course will involve real-time, interactive dialogue between artists and social activists in the classroom and across the globe. Students will interact with international filmmakers and advocates in both real and virtual spaces. They will also explore the boundaries of group and individual documentary production through the examination of story structure, interview
CAPA Visual Arts

Global Capitalism — ANT4135.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Miroslava Prazak
Credits: 4
We are all familiar with a culture and society dedicated to the idea of consumption as the ultimate source of well-being. Its technology, wealth, and power are monuments to its success. But its spread around the globe has been accompanied by growing social and economic inequality, environmental destruction, mass starvation, and social unrest. Though most members of this society
Society Culture and Thought

Global Challenges: How Bennington Confronts the World — APA2138.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Noah Coburn
Credits: 2
Bennington College can seem far removed from many of the pressing global concerns of our time, and yet we also have faculty members and students whose research, art, and activism link Bennington to the outside world.  Through fieldwork term, study abroad, and other experiences, we all interact with the political, economic, and social concerns of our time--by analyzing
CAPA

Global Change — BIO2113.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Kerry Woods
Credits: 4
More than at any other time in the history of human civilization, we can't project where we are heading by looking at where we have been. Why is our time unique? We are experiencing accelerating climate change due to human activities, and this will continue through the coming century, taking us into climates not previously experienced by modern humans. Our lifestyles are
Science Mathematics and Computing Environment

Global Change Biology — BIO4100.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Human activity is altering the environment at such an unprecedented rate that many scientists consider this to be the genesis of a new geological age, the Anthropocene. In this class we will examine human impacts at the level of the ecosystem, population, and organism by exploring and discussing current primary literature. Areas of discussion will be shaped by student interest,
Science and Mathematics

Global Change: Earth Systems in the Anthropocene — BIO2235.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Kerry Woods
Credits: 4
"Anthropocene" has been proposed as a name for the current period of Earth history, defined by the detectability of a global human 'signal' in the geological record; proposed starting dates range from ca. 12,000 years ago to the mid-20th century. Regardless of the acceptance of the term, human activities have induced large, global changes in atmospheric, biological, and
Science and Mathematics Environment

Global Environmental Politics — POL2108.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 4
Contemporary efforts to confront our most pressing ecological problems are characterized by a tension between the global realities of these problems and the territorial borders and logics that define "sovereign nation-states." This course will explore this tension in three parts. First, we will engage with a variety of theoretical and conceptual debates introduced by scholars
Environment Society Culture and Thought