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Prominent Works of Japanese Authors — JPN4509.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
How many names of the Japanese authors can you list?  Do you know which Japanese authors won the Nobel Prize in literature?  Early works of Japanese literature demonstrate strong influences from Chinese literature, and again Japanese literature was influenced by Western literature in late-19th Century and early-20th Century. In this course, students will read the
Languages

Prominent Works of Japanese Authors — JPN4713.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
How many names of Japanese authors can you list? Do you know which Japanese authors won the Nobel Prize in literature? Early works of Japanese literature demonstrate strong influences from Chinese literature, and again Japanese literature was influenced by Western literature in the late-19th Century and early-20th Century. In this seventh term Japanese course, students will
Cultural Studies and Languages

Prominent Works of Japanese Authors — JPN4509.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
How many names of the Japanese authors can you list? Do you know which Japanese authors won the Nobel Prize in literature? Early works of Japanese literature demonstrate strong influences from Chinese literature, and again Japanese literature was influenced by Western literature in late-19th Century and early-20th Century. In this course, students will read the synopses of
Languages

Propaganda — FV2315.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Mariam Ghani
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

Since its inception, film has been used for propaganda - disseminating information with a particular slant, whether subtle or obvious - by regimes and independent players across the political spectrum. As the means of production and circuits of distribution become ever more accessible to individuals, we have moved from an era of focused

Media Studies Film and Video Media Arts

Propaganda and Modern Chinese Culture — CHI4495.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: ginger lin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Whether on banners hung in public places or in shrill voices blaring from one of millions of loudspeakers spread across the country, propaganda slogans have been a major aspect of the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to forge a modern socialist society. In this course, a selection of these slogans from the beginning of the communist era up to the present along with poster art
Languages

Propaganda in Modern Chinese Culture — CHI4603.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
Whether on banners hung in public places or in shrill voices blaring from one of millions of loudspeakers spread across the country, propaganda slogans have been a major aspect of the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to forge a modern socialist society. In this course, a selection of these slogans from the beginning of the communist era up to the present will be used as a
Languages

Propaganda in Modern Chinese Culture — CHI4122.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
Whether on banners hung in public places or in shrill voices blaring from one of the millions of loudspeakers spread across the country, propaganda slogans have been a major aspect of the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to forge a modern socialist society. In this course, a selection of these slogans from the beginning of the communist era up to the present will be used as a
Cultural Studies and Languages

Propaganda in Modern Chinese Culture — CHI4603.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
From banners displayed in public spaces to the resounding messages broadcasted through millions of loudspeakers nationwide, propaganda slogans have played a pivotal role in the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to cultivate a modern socialist society. This course will delve into a curated selection of these slogans spanning from the early communist era to the present day,
Cultural Studies and Languages

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 — BIO4109.01

Fall 2016
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, purifying proteins, and visualizing fluorescently-labeled proteins in vivo. 
Science and Mathematics

Protein Research Methods — BIO4109.01

Spring 2020
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, purifying proteins, and visualizing fluorescently-labeled proteins in vivo. Additionally
Science and Mathematics

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 — 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

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

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 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

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 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

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