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Terrible Choices: Philosophy Tragedy — PHI4226.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
The tragic protagonist is a person pushed to the breaking point- dealing with disaster, fate, suffering, unspeakable loss, and often the consequences of their own bad decisions. Greek tragedy shows human beings struggling in a world that often seems brutal, senseless, and beyond their control, where contingency is a hard fact of life. As such, tragedy raises significant
Society Culture and Thought

Terrible Choices: Philosophy & Tragedy — PHI4226.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Catherine McKeen
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 4

The tragic protagonist is a person pushed to the breaking point- dealing with disaster, fate, suffering, unspeakable loss, and often the consequences of their own bad decisions. Greek tragedy shows human beings struggling in a world that often seems brutal, senseless, and beyond their control, where contingency is a hard fact of life. As such, tragedy raises significant

Literature Philosophy

Tessellation — DRW2265.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Farhad Mirza
Credits: 4
This drawing and modeling course is an introduction to tessellation, also known as space filling, or packing. Through drawing exercises on various grids (which also happen to be tessellations) we will learn about edges and vertices, moving to regular, semi-regular, and edge tessellation among others, eventually proceeding from planar tiling to packing in three dimensions.
Visual Arts

Tessellation — DES2102.01) (cancelled 5/2/2024

Fall 2024
Instructor: Farhad Mirza
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to tessellation, also known as space filling, or packing. Through drawing exercises on various grids (which also happen to be tessellations) we will learn about edges and vertices, moving to regular, semi-regular, and edge tessellation among others, eventually proceeding from planar tiling to packing in three dimensions. Tessellation is a spatial
Visual Arts

Tessellation — DRW2265.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This drawing and modeling course is an introduction to tessellation, also known as space filling, or packing. Through drawing exercises on various grids (which also happen to be tessellations), we will learn about edges and vertices, moving to regular and semi-regular tessellation, and edge tessellation among others, eventually proceeding from planar tiling to packing in three
Visual Arts

Tessellation — DES2105.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Farhad Mirza
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to tessellation, also known as space filling, or packing. Through drawing exercises on various grids (which also happen to be tessellations) we will learn about edges and vertices, moving to regular, semi-regular, and edge tessellation among others, eventually proceeding from planar tiling to packing in three dimensions. Tessellation is a spatial
Visual Arts

Text Seminar: Plato's Erotic Dialogues — PHI4128.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 4
In this course we will study in close detail Plato's two great dialogues on the subject of erotic love. In the first seven weeks, we will focus on The Symposium, and in the second seven weeks we will read The Phaedrus. Our engagement with the primary texts will be supplemented with readings on the history, cultural context, and interpretations of these works. In addition to the
Social Science

Text Seminar: Plato's Republic — PHI4244.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 4
***Time Change New Description*** Plato's _Republic_ is not only a foundational work in the history of Western political philosophy, but also a fascinating and beautiful work of literature.  It has provocative and even radical things to say about human nature, ethics, education, family, government, and art.  We will work our way methodically through the primary text
Social Science

Text Seminar: Plato’s Republic — PHI4244.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 4
Plato's Republic is not only a foundational work in the history of Western political philosophy, but also a fascinating and beautiful work of literature. It has provocative and even radical things to say about human nature, ethics, education, family, government, and art. We will work our way methodically through the primary text while engaging with some of the best Plato
Society Culture and Thought

The "I" of the Beholder — LIT4386.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Franny Choi
Credits: 2
From James Baldwin's writing on Richard Wright, to Maggie Nelson's Argonauts, to Hanif Abdurraqib’s essays on pop music, many writers of nonfiction have taken up the task of looking at works of art, media, and literature by first looking inward. This 2-credit class will explore autotheory, first-person cultural criticism, and other critical writing that employs a
Literature

The "I" of the Beholder — LIT4386.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Franny Choi
Credits: 4
From Maggie Nelson’s Argonauts, to Hanif Abdurraqib’s essays on pop music, to Saidiya Hartman’s writing on archives of the transatlantic slave trade, many writers have taken up the task of looking at history, art, and culture by first looking inward. This 4-credit class will explore autotheory, first-person cultural criticism, and other critical writing with a distinctly
Literature

The 2020 Election — APA2174.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Brian Campion
Credits: 2
This course looks at the Presidential candidates for 2020, their platforms, and how these platforms would impact American society. Additionally, the course will work to examine and conclude what issues are most important to Americans and how Americans view politics and the American Presidency at this time in the country's history. In addition to required readings and writing
CAPA

The 24 Filial Piety Stories and Zhuangzi's Tales — CHI4407.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: TU,FR 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 4

This course introduces students to two foundational texts in Chinese thought: The Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety, which highlight the Confucian ideal of devotion to one’s parents, and the Tales of Zhuangzi, which reflect Daoist values of spontaneity, naturalness, and freedom. By reading these works in translation and in modern Mandarin at the student’s language level,

Chinese

The 5 Threads of Participatory Organizing in the Workplace: Practical Applications and Prototypes — APA2243.02

Fall 2019
Instructor: Susan Basterfield with Robert Ransick
Credits: 1
For more than a century, assumptions about how the workplace is best organized to optimize production or profits have not been challenged - and neither has the definition of ‘value’. It’s clear that the ‘workplace of the future’ is not the workplace of the past. Whether through automation, decentralization, or an intention to grow awareness of the workplace as a dynamic psycho
CAPA

The 60s Dance Revolution, Then and Now — DAN4671.02

Fall 2016
Instructor: Terry Creach
Credits: 1
The 1960s were marked with global political upheaval and social change. Radical change also marked the small downtown stages in New York City. In this course we will focus on the dance trends in the 1960s in America and on the emergence of the Judson Dance Theater in particular.  Working with the unique materials in the Bennington College Dance Archives as well as with
Dance

The Actor's Instrument — DRA2170.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Acting, when done well, is the pure expression of human emotion and spirit through text. To do so effectively, one must have adequate training. The actor's voice, body, mind, and spirit are the tools of the trade and in this course, we will work to hone each one. This course provides a safe environment for the actor to explore and play in the pursuit of bringing texts to life.
Drama

The Actor's Instrument — DRA2170.01; section 1

Fall 2015
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The craft of acting will be the main focus of this class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors and learn to trust their inner impulses where this is concerned. Extensive out of class preparation of specific
Drama

The Actor's Instrument — DRA2170.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The craft of acting will be the main focus of this class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors and learn to trust their inner impulses where this is concerned. Extensive out of class preparation of specific
Drama

The Actor's Instrument — DRA2170.02

Fall 2013
Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The craft of acting will be the main focus of this class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors and learn to trust their inner impulses where this is concerned. Extensive out of class preparation of specific
Drama

The Actor's Instrument — Section 1 - DRA2170.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: jenny rohn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The craft of acting will be the main focus of this class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors and learn to trust their inner impulses where this is concerned. Extensive out of class preparation of specific
Drama

The Actor's Instrument — Section 2 - DRA2170.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: dina janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The craft of acting will be the main focus of this class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors and learn to trust their inner impulses where this is concerned. Extensive out of class preparation of specific
Drama

The Actor's Instrument — DRA2170.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
The craft of acting will be the main focus of this class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors and learn to trust their inner impulses where this is concerned. Extensive out of class preparation of specific
Drama

The Actor's Instrument — DRA2170.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
Credits: 4
***Time Change*** The craft of acting will be the main focus of this class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors and learn to trust their inner impulses where this is concerned. Extensive out of class preparation
Drama