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Studio Practices: Mixing Decades — MSR4053.01

Instructor: Senem Pirler

Credits: 4

This course will offer an overview of studio recording through critical listening sessions, recording sessions, and hands-on exercises. We will reverse-engineer recordings - such as Pet Sounds, Betty Davis, Purple Rain, Mezzanine, Lemonade and others - and reproduce “sound-alikes” using various techniques such as minimalist drum miking, echo chambers, using spill and isolation

Music

Studio Projects and Practices in Ceramics — CER4375.01

Instructor: Barry Bartlett

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

The process of making art work will be the major focus of the class. This studio class is designed to support the development of the creative process in ceramics with an understanding lending itself to all forms of art making. Projects will be conceptually based, requiring investigation on an individual level. Issues to be raised in this class will include functional and

Visual Arts

Study Cycle: Symposium — DAN5431B.01, section 1

Instructor: Gee Wesley

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 1

The goal of the course is to introduce students to material in the form of a symposium. Students will engage deeply and intimately with ideas and texts presented by visiting artists/scholars and peers. The symposium is also an opportunity for students to think through and discuss their own ideas, projects, concerns, and

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Study Cycle: Symposium — DAN5431B.02, section 2

Instructor: Gee Wesley

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 1

The goal of the course is to introduce students to material in the form of a symposium. Students will engage deeply and intimately with ideas and texts presented by visiting artists/scholars and peers. The symposium is also an opportunity for students to think through and discuss their own ideas, projects, concerns, and

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Study Cycle: Symposium — DAN5431B.01, section 1

Instructor: Faculty TBA

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

The goal of the course is to introduce students to material in the form of a symposium. Students will engage deeply and intimately with ideas and texts presented by visiting artists/scholars and peers. The symposium is also an opportunity for students to think through and discuss their own ideas, projects, concerns,

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Study Cycle: Symposium — DAN5431B.02, section 2

Instructor: Faculty TBA

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

The goal of the course is to introduce students to material in the form of a symposium. Students will engage deeply and intimately with ideas and texts presented by visiting artists/scholars and peers. The symposium is also an opportunity for students to think through and discuss their own ideas, projects, concerns,

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Study Group 1 — DAN5405B.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Credits: 2

What does studying together offer us critically that studying alone might not? Ariella Azoulay refers to studying with companions as a method of unlearning. What are the shifts experienced when you are studying with and alongside others? What conditions might group study provide that allow different questions and understandings to emerge? If, as Irit Rogoff states, “All

Dance (MFA)

Study Group 1 — DAN5405B.01

Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

What does studying together offer us critically that studying alone might not? Ariella Azoulay refers to studying with companions as a method of unlearning. What are the shifts experienced when you are studying with and alongside others? What conditions might group study provide that allow different questions and understandings to emerge? If, as Irit Rogoff states, “All

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Study Group 1 — DAN5405B.01

Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

What does studying together offer us critically that studying alone might not? Ariella Azoulay refers to studying with companions as a method of unlearning. What are the shifts experienced when you are studying with and alongside others? What conditions might group study provide that allow different questions and understandings to emerge?

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Study Group 2 — DAN5421B.01

Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

What does studying together offer us critically that studying alone might not? Ariella Azoulay refers to studying with companions as a method of unlearning. What are the shifts experienced when you are studying with and alongside others? What conditions might group study provide that allow different questions and understandings to emerge?

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Study Group 2 — DAN5421B.01

Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

What does studying together offer us critically that studying alone might not? Ariella Azoulay refers to studying with companions as a method of unlearning. What are the shifts experienced when you are studying with and alongside others? What conditions might group study provide that allow different questions and understandings to emerge? If, as Irit Rogoff states, “All

Dance (MFA Low-Residency)

Study Group 2 — DAN5421B.01

Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield

Credits: 2

What does studying together offer us critically that studying alone might not? Ariella Azoulay refers to studying with companions as a method of unlearning. What are the shifts experienced when you are studying with and alongside others? What conditions might group study provide that allow different questions and understandings to emerge? If, as Irit Rogoff states, “All

Studying Place by Metes and Bounds — ENV4232.01

Instructor: Miroslava Prazak

Credits: 4

In New England, parcels of land were traditionally described in reference to specific existing landscape features—a system called “metes and bounds.” This course, grounded in the ecology, history and culture of the Bennington region over its 250-plus year history, explores human interactions with the biophysical environment to produce livelihoods as well as economic commodities

Society Culture and Thought Environment

Studying Place by Metes and Bounds — ENV4232.01

Instructor: Miroslava Prazak

Credits: 4

In New England, parcels of land were traditionally described in reference to specific existing landscape features—a system called “metes and bounds.” This course, grounded in the ecology, history and culture of the Bennington region over its 250-plus year history, explores human interactions with the biophysical environment to produce livelihoods as well as economic commodities

Society Culture and Thought Environment

Studying Place by Metes and Bounds — ENV4232.01

Instructor: Valerie Imbruce; Miroslava Prazak

Credits: 4

***New Course Description*** In New England, parcels of land were traditionally described in reference to specific existing landscape features—a system called “metes and bounds.” This course, grounded in the ecology, history and culture of the Bennington region over its 250-plus year history, explores human interactions with the biophysical environment to produce livelihoods

Social Science Environment

Studying Place by Metes and Bounds — ENV4232.01

Instructor: Timothy Schroeder, Ronald Cohen

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

In New England, parcels of land were traditionally described in reference to specific existing landscape features—a system called “metes and bounds.” This course, grounded in the ecology, history and culture of the Bennington region over its 250-plus year history, explores human interactions with the biophysical environment to produce livelihoods as well as economic commodities

Environment

Studying Place: Projects — ENV4216.01

Instructor: Kerry Woods, Donald Sherefkin

Credits: 4

***New description*** How have interactions between culture and biological/physical environment shaped the history and current nature of the Bennington community and its surroundings? How does their interplay constrain and enable its future? How might planning for Bennington’s future best recognize this history and build on the landscape presented by it? Students will

Visual Arts Science Mathematics and Computing Environment

Studying Songs of Emancipation, Protest and Revolution — MUS2231.02

Instructor: Kathy Bullock

Days & Time: TU 4:10pm-6:00pm

Credits: 1

Music reflects the powerful journey of the people This course will study Music of the Struggle for Freedom, Rebellion and Civil and Social Rights, beginning with the African American journey in the United States from late 1700s to present day, and expanding to other cultures throughout the world. Using the songs and stories from the

Music

Style and Tone in Essay Writing — LIT2397.01

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

Credits: 4

This introductory course focuses on the weekly writing of extended essays, including nonfiction narrative, personal essay, literary criticism, research writing, and the analytical essay. It gives particular attention to developing individual voice and command of the elements of style. The class incorporates group editing in a workshop setting with an emphasis on re-writing. It

Literature

Style and Tone in Essay Writing — LIT2397.01

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This introductory course focuses on the weekly writing of extended essays, including nonfiction narrative, personal essay, literary criticism, research writing, and the analytical essay. It gives particular attention to developing individual voice and command of the elements of style. The class incorporates group editing in a workshop setting with an emphasis on re-writing. It

Literature

Style and Tone in Essay Writing — LIT2397.01

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

Credits: 4

This introductory course focuses on the weekly writing of extended essays, including nonfiction narrative, personal essay, literary criticism, research writing, and the analytical essay. It gives particular attention to developing individual voice and command of the elements of style. The class incorporates group editing in a workshop setting with an emphasis on re-writing. It

Literature

Style and Tone in Essay Writing — LIT2397.01

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

Credits: 4

This introductory course focuses on the weekly writing of extended essays, including nonfiction narrative, personal essay, literary criticism, research writing, and the analytical essay. It gives particular attention to developing individual voice and command of the elements of style. The class incorporates group editing in a workshop setting with an emphasis on re-writing. It

Literature

Style and Tone in Nonfiction Writing — LIT2104.01

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

Credits: 4

This introductory course focuses on the weekly writing of extended essays, including nonfiction narrative, personal essay, literary criticism, research writing, and the analytical essay. It gives particular attention to developing individual voice and command of the elements of style. The class incorporates group editing in a workshop setting with an emphasis on re-writing. It

Literature

Style and Tone in Nonfiction Writing — LIT2104.01

Instructor: wayne hoffmann-ogier

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This introductory course focuses on the weekly writing of extended essays, including nonfiction narrative, personal essay, literary criticism, research writing, and the analytical essay. It gives particular attention to developing individual voice and command of the elements of style. The class incorporates group editing in a workshop setting with an emphasis on re-writing. It

Literature

Style and Tone in Nonfiction Writing — LIT2104.01

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

Credits: 4

This introductory course focuses on the weekly writing of extended essays, including nonfiction narrative, personal essay, literary criticism, research writing, and the analytical essay. It gives particular attention to developing individual voice and command of the elements of style. The class incorporates group editing in a workshop setting with an emphasis on re-writing. It

Literature