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Metal Casting: Iron and Aluminum — SCU2211.01) (cancelled 5/11/2023

Fall 2023
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This course is designed to introduce students to the processes involved in casting iron and aluminum. Students will work with foundry wax and learn how to produce a sculpted object either by hand or that of some other method covered in class. These additional methods could include machining parts, 3d printing objects, or casting from the body. After a form has been produced,
Visual Arts

Metal Sculpture Fabrication MSF — SCU4113.02

Fall 2018
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This seven-week intensive studio class will focus on enhancing skills that were taught in the introduction metal-shop class and further develop these techniques based on the manipulation of mild and cold rolled steel. Many sculptural processes will be demonstrated within this seven-week intensive course that builds further on the knowledge and practice covered in prior classes
Visual Arts

Metal Shop — SCU2107.02

Fall 2017
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
T­­­­­his seven week intensive metal shop course will involve basic safety instruction for all stationary power tools and hand tools. Demonstrations will be observed and understood before practicing on your own. The following processes will be covered in this course: introduction to the material, oxygen and acetylene cutting and welding, plasma cutting, arc welding (stick), and
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop — SCU2206.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john umphlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture. It is open to other students with a curiosity about materials and building processes. There are fundamental introductions to gas and electric welding, forging, fabrication techniques, and general shop safety. This course will be offered the first seven weeks of the term.
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop — SCU2206.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture. It is open to other students with a curiosity about materials and building processes. There are fundamental introductions to gas and electric welding, forging, fabrication techniques, and general shop safety. This course will be offered the first seven weeks of term.
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop — SCU2107.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This seven week intensive class will involve basic safety instruction for all stationary power tools and hand tools. All demonstrations will be observed and understood before practicing on your own. The following processes will be covered in this course: introduction to the mild steel, oxygen and acetylene cutting and welding, plasma cutting, arc welding, MIG welding, hot and
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop — SCU2107.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This course is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture and interested in mild steel design methods. It is open to all students with a curiosity about materials and building processes. There are fundamental introductions to gas and electric welding (MIG and TIG), forging, fabrication techniques, and general shop safety. Please note that this course may
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop — SCU2107.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This course is project based and students are evaluated on their ability to use the shop tools with proficiency and safety.Metal workshop is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture and interested in any ferrous fabrication methods. There are fundamental introductions to acetylene cutting / welding, electric welding (GMAW and stick welding) forging,
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop — SCU2107.02) (cancelled 5/11/2023

Fall 2023
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This course is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture and interested in mild steel design methods. It is open to all students with a curiosity about materials and building processes. There are fundamental introductions to gas and electric welding (electrode/stick,GMAW), forging (cold and hot), fabrication techniques, and general shop safety. Please note
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop — SCU2107.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture and interested in mild steel design methods. It is open to all students with a curiosity about materials and building processes. There are fundamental introductions to gas and electric welding, forging, fabrication techniques, and general shop safety. Please note that this course may require
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop North Gate — SCU4107.02

Fall 2015
Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course is project based and students are evaluated on their ability to use the shop tools with proficiency and safety. For this second seven weeks we will work from a plan and fabricate the North Gate here at Bennington College. As it stands a temporary chain acts as the membrane between North Bennington and Bennington College.  This is an opportunity to be a part of
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop Part 2: Non-Ferrous — SCU4111.02

Fall 2016
Instructor: John Umphlett
Credits: 2
This course is project based and is a second part to the first seven weeks metal workshop course. In this course we will focus on cutting and welding non-ferrous metals. Hand cutting and CNC assisted plasma cutting will be the methods in which stock will be cut. The fabrication processes will begin through brazing methods (acetylene) for connecting non-similar metals. We will
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop Part II — SCU4110.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: john umphlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course is project based and students are evaluated on their ability to use the shop tools with proficiency and safety. For the second seven weeks we will develop skills in working with equipment that lends itself to non- ferrous metals, other exotic alloys, and stainless steel. We will gain knowledge of GTAW welding in the areas of direct current electrode negative (DCEN),
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop Part II — SCU4110.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
For the second seven weeks we will develop skills in working with equipment that lends itself to non- ferrous metals, other exotic alloys, and stainless steel. We will gain knowledge of GTAW welding in the areas of direct current electrode negative (DCEN), direct current electrode positive (DCEP), and also AC welding. With new technologies we are able to adjust the output
Visual Arts

Metamorphoses: Borders and Beyond — Devising Multicultural Theater — DRA2165.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
This course on devised theater is aimed at students who have experienced living in more than one culture and are interested in creating a multilingual theater piece inspired by their own experiences of crossing cultures, sensing boundaries, and the role of transformation. We will read selections from contemporary writers, such as Marjane Satrapi, Gloria Anzaldua, and Kapka
Drama

Methods and Analysis in Sociophonetics — LIN4105.02

Spring 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Through this course, students will develop practical and theoretical familiarity with the essential “toolkit” of sociophonetic methods and analytical techniques, including but not limited to: principles of experimental design, ethical field practice, acoustic analysis, and statistical techniques in language research.  Students will refine and advance these skills via their
Society Culture and Thought

Metric Spaces and Geometry — MAT4162.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Days & Time: TU,FR 8:30am-10:20am
Credits: 4

Everything is geometry! This class is about two things: first, about how mathematicians have extended the concept of "geometry" beyond triangles and circles, into higher-dimensional spaces, curved spaces, spaces of functions, discrete spaces, and more. Second, about how this extension of "geometry" can allow us to apply our powerful geometric intuition to a wide range of

Mathematics Computer Science

Metrics of Prosperity II: Labor Markets — PEC2280.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Emma Kast
Credits: 4
This course introduces students to econometric approaches to asking and answering questions about the economy, with a specific focus on labor markets. The primary aim of the course is to understand how economists analyze data to determine causal effect. We will analyze data sets to explore socioeconomic questions centered around labor such as: What factors affect a person’s
Society Culture and Thought

Metrics of Prosperity: Data Analysis for Health, Well-being, and the Economy — PEC2108.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Emma Kast
Credits: 4
This course introduces students to econometric approaches to asking and answering questions about health, well-being, and the economy. The primary aim of the course is to understand how economists analyze data to determine causal effect. We will analyze data sets to ask and answer socioeconomic questions such as: What factors affect a person’s income, and how do we know? How
Society Culture and Thought

Microeconomics — PEC2250.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Robin Kemkes
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Economics is the study of how individuals and societies allocate scarce resources – labor, natural resources, capital – toward competing ends to sustain life and enhance its quality. This course develops the basic tools of microeconomic analysis and advances critical thinking around the dominant neoclassical approach to economic problem solving. We begin with a comparison of
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Middle Eastern Diasporic Experience in Theatre and Cinema — APA2155.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Burcu Seyben
Credits: 4
This course will focus on the plays, films, playwrights, directors and theatre companies exploring the diasporic experience of the recent Middle Eastern migrants. The course will explore how Middle Eastern Diaspora Theatre responds to the recent political climate, the conflict and wars in the Middle East. The course will look at the works of those artists who have left their
CAPA

Middle Eastern Ensemble — MPF4358.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Credits: 2
This ensemble will introduce students to playing the music of the Middle East and neighboring areas. Students will learn a diverse repertoire of traditional urban, village, and popular music drawn from Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Kurdish, Ladino, Persian, Turkish, and other ethno-linguistic backgrounds. We will also study music by artists who have successfully blended
Music

Middle Eastern Ensemble — MPF4358.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This ensemble will introduce students to playing the music of the Middle East and neighboring areas. Students will learn a diverse repertoire of traditional urban, village, and popular music drawn from Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Kurdish, Ladino, Persian, Turkish, and other ethno-linguistic backgrounds. We will also study music by artists who have successfully blended
Music

Migration and Migrants in Theatre, Film, and Documentaries — DRA2175.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Burcu Seyben
Credits: 4
Migration and migrants have been explored extensively in theatre, film and documentaries. The Immigrants’ Theatre Project by NYC-ARTS in New York, Royal Court Theatre in London, and Gorki Theatre in Berlin are some of the theatre companies that especially help immigrant playwrights to develop works about the experience of migration. Ariane Mnouchkine, Robert Lepage and Rimini
CAPA Drama