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Noticing, Choosing and Writing to Describe — MOD2107.03

Fall 2016
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 1
When looking at an object, watching something moving, experiencing the sound of an occurrence, witnessing an interaction between people, or noticing the surrounding circumstance of any object or event – how do we choose what we see? What are we not choosing? And how do we attempt to speak or write about it? Focusing on any events or objects, not intentionally art, we will
Modules: Transferable Approaches

Noticing, Choosing and Writing to Describe — MOD2107.03

Fall 2013
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
When looking at an object, watching something moving, experiencing the sound of an occurrence, witnessing an interaction between people, or noticing the surrounding circumstance of any object or event - how do we choose what we see? What are we not choosing? And how do we attempt to speak or write about it? Focusing on any events or objects, not intentionally art, we will
Modules: Transferable Approaches

Noticing, Choosing and Writing to Describe — MOD2107.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 1
When looking at an object, watching something moving, experiencing the sound of an occurrence, witnessing an interaction between people, or noticing the surrounding circumstance of any object or event – how do we choose what we see? What are we not choosing? And how do we attempt to speak or write about it? Focusing on any events or objects, not intentionally art, we will
Modules: Transferable Approaches

Noticing, Choosing, and Writing to Describe — MOD2107.04

Fall 2013
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
When looking at an object, watching something moving, experiencing the sound of an occurrence, witnessing an interaction between people, or noticing the surrounding circumstance of any object or event - how do we choose what we see? What are we not choosing? And how do we attempt to speak or write about it? Focusing on any events or objects, not intentionally art, we will
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Number Theory — MAT4110.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Credits: 4
Number theory concerns properties of whole numbers: can two perfect cubes (like 8 or 27) ever add up to a third perfect cube? Are there infinitely many pairs of primes who differ by 2 (like 29 and 31)? Problems in number theory are often simple to understand and state. However, the problems are often ferociously difficult to solve, and in modern times, a wide range of
Science Mathematics and Computing

Number Theory and Cryptology — MAT4137.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Carly Briggs
Credits: 4
Communicating sensitive or secretive information has been a human endeavor for centuries and so is the quest to decode such information. In this course, we will study cryptology which encompasses both cryptography, the process of encoding information and cryptanalysis, the process of independently decoding information, without the help of the people or system that encoded it.
Science and Mathematics

Object Oriented: Creating and Making with Technology — DA4208.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Robert Ransick; Jon Isherwood
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This class examines sophisticated technologies including , laser cutting, 3D printing, and CNC milling that provide new opportunities for conceiving and realizing creative ideas. We engage this new landscape of object making in relation to the fine arts and design. We will examine and respond to varying methodologies that have provoked a re-calibration of conceptual, aesthetic,
Visual Arts

Object-Oriented Programming — CS4153.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Andrew Cencini
Credits: 4
***Time Change*** In this course, students will learn the principles and practice of object-oriented programming. While much introductory computer science coursework focuses on the fundamentals of programming (program structure, loops, conditionals, design), this course will dig deeper into working in the object-oriented paradigm. Students will learn to program in an object
Science Mathematics and Computing

Observation, Interpretation, and Construction in Ceramics — CER2143.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Credits: 4
This class will investigate natural structures as a way to create form and surface. We will study organisms from the animal and plant kingdoms, investigating how they build structures such as hives, nests, tunnels, reefs, shells, growth structures of trees, plants, seed pods, and other natural growth patterns. This research will lead to students proposing a concept and method
Visual Arts

Observational and Stellar Astronomy — PHY2108.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
All information that astronomers are able to gather about the universe comes in the form of light. In this class, we will learn the details of observational astronomy and how what we learn from light can tell us about the size, structure, and evolution of stars. This class will involve significant nighttime observing, including observing at Stickney Observatory, so students are
Science Mathematics and Computing

Observational Astronomy — PHY2109.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
All information that astronomers are able to gather about the universe comes in the form of light. In this class, we will study how astronomers extract information about the universe from the light that reaches Earth, with a particular focus on the size, structure, and evolution of stars. Students will be expected to become familiar with the nighttime sky, the
Science and Mathematics

Observations: Photography and the Environment — PHO4113.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Credits: 4
This class explores the many ways photographers have shifted our understanding of the global environment, from documentary projects to collaborative interventions completed over the past 50 years. In addition to studying the works of Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, Mary Mattingly, Trevor Paglen, there will be assigned readings by Elizabeth Kolbert and John McPhee. Students will also
Visual Arts

Observations: Photography and the Environment — PHO4113.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Credits: 4
This class explores the many ways photographers have shifted our understanding of the global environment, from documentary projects to collaborative interventions completed over the past 50 years. In addition to studying the works of Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, Mary Mattingly, Trevor Paglen, there will be assigned readings by Elizabeth Kolbert and John McPhee. Students will also
Visual Arts

Occhio all'Italia I: Italian Culture in Depth — ITA4217.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Credits: 2
This course takes its name from an online magazine that students of Italian at Bennington produced each Spring between 2016 and 2019. Our class will look closely at several aspects of Italian culture and history, with particular attention to art. Students will cap the course with a research project and create a multimedia journalistic piece for Occhio all'Italia's last issue,
Cultural Studies and Languages

Occhio all'Italia II: Italian Culture in Depth — ITA4218.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Credits: 2
This course builds on the preceding "Occhio all'Italia I." It takes its name from an online magazine that students of Italian at Bennington produced each Spring between 2017 and 2019. The class keeps its focus on Italian culture and history, with particular attention to art that we will explore with the help of 3D technology. Students will cap the course with a research project
Cultural Studies and Languages

Odd Times — MPF4103.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
This will be a performance-oriented ensemble exploring the rich and varied tradition of music written in odd time signatures (3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 9/8, 11/8 to name a few). We will choose songs from the folk traditions of Turkey, Bulgaria and other parts of the world, then look at how jazz composers started to embrace these non-duple meters (and still do so today). By examining and
Music

Of Disasters — PEC2103.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
This seminar is concerned with the disaster phenomenon. It examines disasters as deviations from norms. Deviations are observed in nature as extreme conditions realize in people’s physical environment (for example, extreme temperature, immoderate rainfall, and violent earth movements), and deviations are experienced in people’s lives as the natural extremes bring
Environment Society Culture and Thought

Of Sound and Nature — MET4102.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Blake Jones
Credits: 4
Sound is critical to the survival, social structure, and well-being of many organisms, human and non-human alike. In this interdisciplinary course we will examine how animals, plants, humans, and other forms of life impact one another through the calls, songs, and other vibrations they make. Using various case studies about music, sound, and society in Papua New Guinea,
Science and Mathematics Environment Music

Of Sound and Nature — MET4102.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Blake Jones
Credits: 4
Sound is critical to the survival, social structure, and well-being of many organisms, human and non-human alike. In this interdisciplinary course we will examine how animals, plants, humans, and other forms of life impact one another through the calls, songs, and other vibrations they make. Using various case studies about music, sound, and society in Papua New Guinea,
Science and Mathematics Environment Music

Off The Chart — DRW4104.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Annette Lawrence
Credits: 4
Athletes accumulate statistics. Musicians write scores. Sailors keep logs. Courts keep records. Artists turn quantitative observations into qualitative experiences. We will look at the works of Charles Gaines, Mark Lombardi, Howardena Pindell, Guillermo Kuitca, Sofie Calle, On Kawara, Alfred Jensen, and Alighiero Boetti as examples for discussion. Students will engage in the
Visual Arts

Off The Chart — DRW4104.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Annette Lawrence
Credits: 4
Athletes accumulate statistics. Musicians write scores. Sailors keep logs. Courts keep records. Artists turn quantitative observations into qualitative experiences. We will look at the works of Charles Gaines, Mark Lombardi, Howardena Pindell, Guillermo Kuitca, Sofie Calle, On Kawara, Alfred Jensen, and Alighiero Boetti as examples for discussion. Students will engage in the
Visual Arts

Off the Page: Conceptualization and Collaboration — DRA2105.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The collaborative process is central to the development of most theatrical work, yet it is often first experienced when people come together to work on a project with imminent production deadlines. Students in this course will have the opportunity to experience the initial portions of the collaborative process several times over, through a series of class projects, free of the
Drama

Offstage — DRA4339.01

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

One secret to great playwriting is that what you put offstage is just as important as what you put on. In this class, we will explore a variety of offstage worlds: from realistic to fantastical, from richly detailed to deliciously sparse. We will think about how playwrights bring offstage environments to life through language—how a single

Drama

On Collecting: Writings of Walter Benjamin — VA4209.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Anne Thompson
Credits: 4
This course examines major themes in the writings of German philosopher and cultural theorist Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) including history, politics, aesthetics, technology, urban life, archives, and collections. Our goal is to gain a greater understanding of Benjamin’s significance for cultural producers across disciplines, in particular artists, critics, and curators. Texts
Visual Arts