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Protein Research Methods — BIO4109.01

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

Research questions in cell biology and biochemistry often require the ability to study the proteins at the heart of the inquiry.  This course will give students hands-on experience quantifying proteins, detecting protein expression, measuring enzymatic activity, assessing protein-protein interactions, purifying proteins, and visualizing fluorescently

Biology

Protein Research: Methods and Projects — BIO4109.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Amie McClellan
Credits: 4
Research questions in cell biology and biochemistry often require the ability to study the proteins at the heart of the inquiry. This course will give students hands-on experience with techniques for quantifying proteins, detecting protein expression, assessing protein-protein interactions, and determining whether a protein is folded, stable, and/or soluble. Additionally,
Science and Mathematics

Prototyping An Innovation Lab — APA2446.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
A prototyping environment is a kind of software that supports experimentation and rapid iteration of ideas. For the past 30 years I have worked on a prototyping environment called Max used by musicians and artists around the world — including at Bennington. Through this experience I have learned we can also build an organization as a kind of prototyping environment according to
CAPA

Proust — FRE4720.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: noëlle rouxel-cubberly
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this course, students will read Proust's novel, À la recherche du temps perdu, focusing more closely on Swann's Way, The Captive, and Time Regained. An exploration of the historical, cultural and artistic context, as well as cinematic adaptations and various theoretical analyses will support a close reading of the text. Written assignments and oral presentations will help
Languages

Proust — FRE4804.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 4
In this course, students will read Proust’s novel, focusing more closely on Swann’s way, The Captive and Time regained. An exploration of the historical, cultural and artistic context, as well as cinematic adaptations will support a close reading of the text. Written assignments and oral presentations will help students improve their reading, speaking and writing skills in
Languages

Psychedelics: Mind and Brain — BIO2277.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Psychedelic substances can induce remarkably profound altered states of consciousness. Derived from plants, fungi, and even animals or synthesized in the laboratory; these mind-altering substances have played important roles in medicine, religious practices, and social movements across cultures and time. Today, we are experiencing a “psychedelic renaissance”, as interest
Science and Mathematics

Psychological Assessment Workshop — PSY4212.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This advanced seminar will focus on techniques of psychological test construction.  Issues of reliability and validity of psychological tests will be explored as we construct and validate “new” projective tests based upon traditional models. We will explore scoring systems from the standpoint of theoretical and empirical utility. This will be a hands-on workshop and
Society Culture and Thought

Psychological Experimentation — PSY2109.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
Psychologists collect data about people and do so systematically. This course will use the history of psychology and look at classic psychological experiments as a way to think about experimentation itself: how do we answer the questions we really want to ask? Historically important experiments in social, developmental, abnormal and cognitive psychology will be read and
Social Science

Psychological Experimentation — PSY2109.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: David Anderegg
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Psychologists collect data about people and do so systematically. This course will use the history of psychology and look at classic psychological experiments as a way to think about experimentation itself: how do we answer the questions we really want to ask? Historically important experiments in social, developmental, abnormal and cognitive psychology will be read and
Social Science

Psychological Study of Sex and Gender — PSY2240.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Özge Savas
Credits: 4
Why do people want to know about a baby's sex? How are children socialized into gender/sex binaries? How are gender roles created? How is gender/sex related to sexuality? What is it that we are attracted to in another person? Body frames? Masculinity/femininity? Having a penis or a vagina/vulva? How does gender/sex depend on other categories such as race/ethnicity, nationality,
Society Culture and Thought

Psychological Study of Sex and Gender — PSY2240.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Özge Savas
Credits: 4
Why do people want to know about a baby's sex? How are children socialized into gender/sex binaries? How are gender roles created? How is gender/sex related to sexuality? What is it that we are attracted to in another person? Body frames? Masculinity/femininity? Having a penis or a vagina/vulva? How does gender/sex depend on other categories such as race/ethnicity, nationality,
Society Culture and Thought

Psychological Study of Sex and Gender — PSY2240.02

Fall 2020
Instructor:
Credits: 4
Students in this course will (1) question the meanings of social categories such as women, men, sex, and gender; (2) learn how sex and gender intersect with other social categories such as race, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, social class, religion, and disability; and (3) develop an understanding of interlocking systems of oppression (e.g. sexism, racism, classism,
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Class — PSY4224.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Ella Ben Hagai
Credits: 4
In recent years there has been renewed interest among psychologists regarding how individuals’ socio-economic position shape their psychology. In this course we will explore how class background shapes people’s emotions, tastes (for food, music or art), and political ideologies. We will study these questions using both classical sociological theories (Marx, Weber, and Bourdieu)
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Creativity: Making Using Metaphors — PSY4226.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course will address two large areas in the psychology of creativity: (1) special creativity, that is, the study of creative persons and the specific characteristics of high-level creative thinkers. We will look at how creativity is measured, what personal characteristics or life circumstances seem to foster creative achievement, and the contributions of history in making
Social Science

Psychology of Creativity: Making and Using Metaphors — PSY4226.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course will address two large areas in the psychology of creativity: (1) special creativity, that is, the study of creative persons and the specific characteristics of high-level creative thinkers. We will look at how creativity is measured, what personal characteristics or life circumstances seem to foster creative achievement, and the contributions of history in making
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Creativity: Making and Using Metaphors — PSY4226.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course will address two large areas in the psychology of creativity: (1) special creativity, that is, the study of creative persons and the specific characteristics of high-level creative thinkers. We will look at how creativity is measured, what personal characteristics or life circumstances seem to foster creative achievement, and the contributions of history in making
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Gender and Sexuality — PSY2119.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Ella Ben Hagai
Credits: 2
In this seminar, we will explore the processes of gender identity development in childhood and adolescence. We will examine gender identity development among gender conforming (cisgender) and transgender children and young adults. In addition, we will review research on the determinant of sexual orientation and the psychological processes influencing sexual desire and romantic
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Gender and Sexuality — PSY2385.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Arita  Balaram
Credits: 4
This program will examine the categories of gender and sexuality within and beyond the psychological discipline and aims to familiarize students with major theoretical perspectives on gender including social constructionism, feminism, queer theory, and decolonization. The program will draw from psychological empirical research on gender and sexuality across history and culture
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Gender and Sexuality — PSY2385.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course will examine the categories of gender and sexuality within and beyond the psychological discipline and aims to familiarize students with major theoretical perspectives on gender including social constructionism, feminism, queer theory, and decolonization. The program will draw from psychological empirical research on gender and sexuality across history and culture
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology of Language — PSY2118.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Anne Gilman
Credits: 4
How do children learn language?  What about adults---isn't it harder to learn a new language past puberty?  What is the cognitive impact of bilingualism or multilingualism?  How is language related to human emotion and behavior, including in treating mental illness?  To develop answers to these questions, we will read and discuss articles, analyze
Society Culture and Thought

Psychology Research Workshop — PSY4390.01

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 4
In this class, students will work in small groups to carry out psychology research projects from start to finish. The groups will do a (fast) literature review; IRB proposal; research design; data collection and data analysis. Each group will work on the same project throughout the term. In order to get going on projects, we will work on topics of the instructor’s choosing: one
Society Culture and Thought

Psychophysiology Research — PSY4103.01

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 2
Students will investigate the relationship between psychological constructs and physiological responses through research projects. the focus of the class is the application of practical knowledge, with some discussion of the psychological theory behind the measures. Equipment is available for students to collect data from multiple modalities including, cardiovascular function
Society Culture and Thought