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Poverty and Vulnerability — PEC4382.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 4
Poverty signifies a state of deprivation where individuals fail to meet a minimum standard of living, while vulnerability indicates the risk of poverty within a population. Several key questions emerge from discussions on these issues: Who are the poor and the most vulnerable? How do we measure poverty and assess vulnerability? Why does poverty persist, and why are some
Society Culture and Thought

Poverty and Vulnerability — PEC4382.01) (cancelled 10/25/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 4
Poverty describes the state of deprivation when people cannot meet a minimum desirable standard of living, and vulnerability can be seen as the risk of poverty in a population. In this seminar, we will explore the nature and causes of poverty and vulnerability that we witness around the world, especially after a moment of economic shock and crisis. We will also discuss what
Society Culture and Thought

Power — PHI2121.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Catherine McKeen
Credits: 4
There is a central guard tower that looks out over all the cells. Within the cells, the inmates are constantly observable. Brutal force becomes unnecessary. The inmates will control their own behavior, often without even realizing it. This is the modern way of power, according to Michel Foucault: furtive, efficient, diffuse, minute, and ubiquitous. In this course, we’ll
Society Culture and Thought

Power and Culture in the Middle East — ANT2106.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: noah coburn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Since 9-11 there has been an increased focus in the media and in policy circles on the Middle East and Central Asia, and yet, for most Americans this is still a poorly understood area. Much has been written on topics such as Islam and the role of women in the Middle East, but not enough has been done to focus on politics in the region as a lived experience. How do people make
Social Science CAPA

Power and Place: A United States Perspective — SS2107.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Lydia Brassard
Credits: 4
What makes a neighborhood “sketchy”? This interdisciplinary course will consider the social processes through which contemporary spatial imaginaries are produced, reproduced, and reconfigured in the context of the contemporary United States. Broadly linked to questions of power, knowledge, and representation, this course will critically examine the spatial dimensions of
Social Science

Practice Lab — DAN5401B.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits:
Students are given opportunities to deepen their understanding of and relationship to movement practices.  The LABS take the form of a series of classes and/or workshops and can include both lecture/discussion and studio classroom formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of practioners, points of view and approaches to
Dance (MFA)

Practice Lab — DAN5401B.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield
Credits: 2
Students are given opportunities to deepen their understanding of and relationship to movement practices.  The LABS take the form of a series of classes and/or workshops and can include both lecture/discussion and studio classroom formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of practioners, points of view and approaches to

Practice Lab — DAN5401B.01, section 1

Summer 2025
Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

The labs are designed to give students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of and relationships to movement practices.  The labs take the form of a series of classes and/or intensive workshops that can include both lecture/discussion and studio classroom formats. The LABS work to create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Practice Lab — DAN5401B.02, section 2

Summer 2025
Instructor: Jesse Zaritt
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

The labs are designed to give students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of and relationships to movement practices.  The labs take the form of a series of classes and/or intensive workshops that can include both lecture/discussion and studio classroom formats. The LABS work to create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Practice Lab — DAN5401B.03, section 3

Summer 2025
Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

The labs are designed to give students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of and relationships to movement practices.  The labs take the form of a series of classes and/or intensive workshops that can include both lecture/discussion and studio classroom formats. The LABS work to create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Practicing Courage in Dance Making — DAN4152.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
Credits: 2
This intensive 7-week course focuses on the making and performing of solo dances/movement-based performances for students interested in deepening their engagement with their own creative work. We will consider dance making not as a craft that can be taught but as a collective practice of excavation of the self and personal interest. We will explore and expose our own creative
Dance

Practicing Courage in Dance Making — DAN4152.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
Credits: 2
This course focuses on the making and performing of solo dances/movement-based performances. We will consider dance making not as a craft that can be taught but as a collective practice of excavation of the self and personal interest. We will explore and expose our own creative inclinations, watch and learn from one another, and consider various strategies of positioning our
Dance

Practicing Discernment in Social Practice Art — APA2177.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Kenneth Bailey, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
How do you discern if your desired social practice art project is ethically sound as well as aesthetically relevant? This class will survey a series of social practice art projects, from high profile “art world” ones to small community-generated gestures, with the goal of evaluating if the project was properly thought through ethically and aesthetically. The class will also
CAPA

Practicing Peacebuilding: An Experiential Course — APA2249.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Miroslava Prazak; Michael Cohen
Credits: 4
Peacebuilding is an intervention designed to prevent the start or resumption of violent conflict by creating a sustainable peace. This course proceeds in two overlapping tracks: the academic and the practical. We will explore the cultural, social, political, economic and psychological dynamics of peace and violence in specific contexts and with their own histories. We will
CAPA

Practicum: National Undergrad Literary Anthology — LIT4360.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Rebecca Godwin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This two-credit course will focus on reading, selecting, and editing material for plain china, an on-line literary anthology featuring the work of undergraduate students across the country. The work will result in monthly on-line publication. We're looking for reader/editors in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; interest in art direction and computer knowledge welcome. This
Literature

Practicum: National Undergrad Literary Anthology — LIT4360.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: rebecca godwin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves reading, selecting, and editing material for plain china, an on-line literary anthology highlighting the work of undergraduate students from across the country. The work will result in a monthly on-line publication of 2014 writing and art. We're looking for readers/editors in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; interest in art selection and computer
Literature

Pre-Fellowship Class For Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellowship — APA4162.02

Fall 2025
Instructor: Alexis Goldsmith
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1

This is the pre-fellowship course for students selected to participate in the Endeavor Environmental Action Fellowship Program. The class is designed to prepare students with the skills and capacities for success in their fellowship, and ultimately, to successfully advance environmental justice issues, address complex societal challenges,

Advancement of Public Action

Pre-Fellowship Class For Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellowship — APA4162.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Judith Enck
Credits: 1
Students who have been selected to participate in the Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellowship are required to  take this course to prepare them for the January 2022 fellowship experience. Students will review placement options, learn about each organization where they may be placed, and sharpen their skills that allows them to maximize learning during the
CAPA

Pre-Fellowship Class For Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellowship — APA4162.02) (new day/time as of 10/18/2023

Fall 2023
Instructor: Judith Enck
Credits: 1
Pre-fellowship class that is only open to students who have been accepted to be a 2024 Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellow.  The class is designed to prepare each student to have a very effective fellowship experience during the January term.  The class will support students as they sharpen skills and capacities for success in their future work, and
CAPA

Pre-Photography 4000 B.C.E - 1839 C.E. — PHO2152.02

Spring 2016
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Credits: 2
This class will explore many of the concepts and techniques that eventually gave rise to the invention of photography in the 19th century. Why did it take so long? The notion of imagery formed by a pinhole was apparent to ancient Chinese culture, understood by Aristotle, and studied by the great Arabian mathematician Ibn al-Haitam. Pictorial strategies depicting three
Visual Arts

Pre-Production for Advanced Projects in Video — FV4224.02

Fall 2018
Instructor: Mariam Ghani
Credits: 2
This course, intended for students who will continue to the Advanced Projects course in spring 2019 with Jen Liu, will support advanced students in planning and pre-production for more complex, larger-scale, longer-duration, self-directed video projects. Students will learn how to use treatments, shooting scripts, storyboards, shot lists, and budgets to plan narrative,
Visual Arts

Prek-5 Education Policy  — APA2318.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Brian Campion
Credits: 2
What would it take to create the best elementary education program (pre-k-5) in the United States? Using Vermont as a model, we will evaluate elementary education, review the effectiveness of recent policies and develop policies that would improve this period in a child’s education. We will hear from policy makers, educators and others who have been on the front lines of this
CAPA

Premiere Pro for Moving Image — FV2305.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Katie Soule
Credits: 1
This course is a 1-credit, seven-week course focused on providing video and animation students with the skills to edit in Premiere Pro CC 2015. The first third of the course will provide the essential training of capturing, editing, audio mixing, and performing special effects, as well as review methods of best practice when organizing footage and exporting finished
Visual Arts