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Conversations on Queerness — POP2355.02

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
A series of conversations that explore a range of issues surrounding queerness. This pop-up course allows students to examine a variety of issues important to the queer community during a time when there is an increase in hatred and violence against queer and trans people. You will hear from activists, scholars and politicians about such issues as the Alt-Right, Trans-Misogyny,

Cooperative Vision: The Value of Photography Collectives — APA4310.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course is an opportunity to learn the importance of collective photography projects focusing on contemporary photography from Asia. Classwork will include exploration and critique of imagery, guest speaker presentations, and discussions. Each student will be required to submit a midterm assignment of 300 to 500 words, research and participate in a

Coordination, Conflict, and Competition — PEC4126.01

Instructor: robin kemkes
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What accounts for the divergence of wealth and poverty of nations and people across the world? Aspects of commodity exchange that are non-contractual and involve externalities influence individual and collective behavior and generate problems of allocation and distribution. This course is for students who want to gain an in-depth understanding of how microeconomic interactions

Corporeal Music : The Life and Works of Harry Partch — MTH4403.01

Instructor: Omeed Goodarzi
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This course explores the life, works, and revolutionary contributions of Harry Partch (1901–1974), one of the most original and influential American composers of the 20th century. Partch was a pioneer of microtonal music and developed a unique 43-tone scale, which led him to construct his own instruments to realize his visionary compositions.

Costume Construction Studio Basics — DRA2211.01

Instructor: Richard MacPike
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The goal of this course is to teach fundamental skills used every day in the construction of garments for the stage. After acquiring a variety of sewing techniques every costume technician needs, students will learn the rudiments of flat pattern manipulation and draping, enabling them to pattern and create a mock-up garment of their own design.

Costume Design for Multimedia — DRA2246.02

Instructor: charles schoonmaker
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Costume is a consideration that must be addressed for virtually every human-based character in any medium. This class will focus on how to approach costume design in the context of a project you are working on, such as a film, video, or animation. We will explore design options based on character, period, style, and storyline. Class presentations may be drawn, illustrated, or

Costume Design for Multimedia — DRA2246.02

Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 2
Costume is a consideration that must be addressed for virtually every human-based character in any medium. This class will focus on how to approach costume design in the context of a project you are working on, such as a film, video, or animation. We will explore design options based on character, period, style, and storyline. Class presentations may be drawn, illustrated, or

Costume Design: clothing, body, context — DRA4387.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
We will follow a “page to stage” process on a Broadway Premiere: I Need That  by Theresa Rebeck, starring Danny and Lucy Devito at The American Airlines Theatre. Logistics permitting, the course will include a field trip to watch technical rehearsals or a preview performance in New York. In response to reading the play, observing a design meeting and a technical rehearsal

Counseling Ethics and Professional Issues — CMH5106.01

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 3

This course focuses on the ethical and legal standards that govern clinical mental health counseling. Students will explore topics such as confidentiality, informed consent, dual relationships, and ethical decision-making models. The course also addresses professional issues, including licensure, supervision, and the role of advocacy in counseling.<

Counseling Ethics and Professional Issues: Ethical Issues in Expressive Arts Therapy — CME5002.01

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 3

This course focuses on the ethical and legal standards that govern clinical mental health counseling. Students will explore topics such as confidentiality, informed consent, dual relationships, and ethical decision-making models. The course also addresses professional issues, including licensure, supervision, and the role of advocacy in counseling. Students

Counseling Theories and Techniques — CMH5107.01

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 3

This course explores the major theoretical orientations in counseling, including psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and integrative approaches. Students will study the principles, techniques, and application of each theory, gaining practical skills for working with diverse client populations. Emphasis is placed on developing a personal

Counseling Theories and Techniques: Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy — CME5003.01

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 3

This course explores the major theoretical orientations in counseling, including psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and integrative approaches. Students will study the principles, techniques, and application of each theory, gaining practical skills for working with diverse client populations. Emphasis is placed on developing a personal

Courting Interpretation — APA4247.01

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 2
This course is the result of two years of planning, prompted by student need and informed by conversations with the National Center for State Courts, a task force of experts led by the Vermont Office of the Court Administrator, and The Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education. On the one hand, its purpose is linguistic, seeking to improve performance on the

cover-up ; sublimate situation c-u;ss — SCU4228.01

Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

How do I begin? What's happening already…we are the studio.
This course is designed to bring together creative minds who feel the need to take the next steps into understanding how to create an idea three dimensionally. How do I take an abstract idea and begin to translate it

COVID19: Pandemic Policy — APA2317.01

Instructor: Brian Campion
Credits: 4
COVID19 paralyzed much of the United States, and it will permanently alter the way we think and behave. But pandemics are not new.  This course starts by examining the history of pandemics and how they have influenced human history and culture. Using Vermont as a model we will then focus on how the COVID19 pandemic has impacted this state. We will look at the origin of the

Crafting a Book Review — LIT4176.01

Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Credits: 4
Writing a book review requires a complex set of skills from keen observation to close reading. In this course, we will survey the changing landscape of book reviews by reading book reviews from the 1960s to the present. What biases did reviewers from decades past hold? How does the reviewer’s subject position affect or not affect the way that they interpret the text? Is it

Crafting a Foreign Policy Agenda: The case of US-India relations — MOD2157.03

Instructor: Mariko Silver
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
This summer and into the fall President Silver served on a CFR Task Force on the future of U.S. relations with India. The group is comprised of people with academic, business, and policy making expertise and is tasked with making a set of policy recommendations regarding United States Government relations with India. This course will explore the components of a U.S. foreign

Crafting the "It Narrative" — DRA4237.01) (cancelled12/19/2022

Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
If a plastic bottle could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? “It-Narratives” are stories inspired by commerce and the circulation of goods that became popular

Crafting the “It Narrative” — DRA2181.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
If a plastic duck could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? In this interdisciplinary course we will enter the realm of object-centered storytelling through

Crafting the “It Narrative” — DRA2326.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
If a plastic bottle could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? “It-Narratives” are stories inspired by commerce and the circulation of goods that became popular

Crash and Learn: Latin American Art since Independence in Intensive Beginner’s Spanish — SPA2112.02

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as

Creating a Digital Archive — APA2260.01

Instructor: Sharif Jamal
Days & Time: MO 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

This class will introduce students to creating digital archive that includes digitizing photographs, documents, videotapes and basic types of metadata. We will have discussions about why digitizing personal collections is so important. Students will be expected to bring their own materials to the class. 

 

Creating A Successful Residential Community — APA2027.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Living on campus is an essential part of the Bennington student experience. As the College has one of the more economically and culturally diverse student bodies compared to other elite colleges and universities in the United States, how can students connect with and support one another in a meaningful way and create an inclusive and equitable residential community in this