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Education in Society: Purpose, Power and Possibility — SOC2111.02

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
“Education in Society: Purpose, Power and Possibility” comprises a series of interactive lectures, recorded for those unable to attend synchronously, and written assignments including an asynchronous discussion board to share your reactions to the lecture and reading materials. Additional information about this course will be forthcoming soon. This class meets once a week for

education policy —

Instructor: Brian Campion
Credits:
Improving literacy, reforming school discipline, civic education, universal school meals. These are all issues that the Vermont legislature worked to advance in the 2021 biennium. This class will assess each of the major pieces of legislation. What did each initiative try to achieve, how it will impact education and what policies are still need to improve education in Vermont.

Education, Inc. — SOC4104.02

Instructor: Debbie Warnock
Credits: 2
In this course, we will examine the rise of market-based approaches to K-12 education reform in America. What are the theoretical arguments for implementing free market reforms in public schooling? What are examples of school choice policies and what are the consequences of these for students and families? How has the increased privatization and marketing of schools influenced

Educational Software Design — CS2277.01

Instructor: justinvasselli@bennington.edu
Credits: 2
The fundamental goal of educational software is to teach or reinforce the user’s knowledge in a specific domain.  The system must be able to adapt to user needs and current level of domain knowledge to be truly effective. In this class, we will be using language learning as the primary domain for exploring the concepts of educational software design. Designing software

Effective Public Action: Case Studies — APA2116.01

Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
What kind of world are we making? What kind of world should we be making? What kind of world can we be making? We explore these questions through case studies of successful public action, ranging from local projects to global initiatives. Working together to identify the complex variables and design principles of successful models, students collaboratively develop frameworks

Effort Lab — DAN4345.01

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko
Credits: 2
Dancers have been tuning their relationship to effort since the beginning. We know when we can do an estimation of the movement, just to tell if the steps will line up with the meter of a song. We also know when we need to practice with full momentum, otherwise our partner won’t be able to feel our weight shift. Effort Lab is a practice of naming and

Effort Lab: Improvisation Workshop — DAN2424.01

Instructor: Londs Reuter
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

This class will introduce students to basic concepts of improvised dancing with particular focus on effort.  Class will begin with an embodied check-in and a gentle warm-up. Weekly exercises will move students through various investigations regarding effort, from organ systems to Buddhist teachings to personal preferences to the laws of Physics. While the course's

Ekphrastic Poetry — LIT4122.01

Instructor: Camille Guthrie
Credits: 4
In the earliest known example of ekphrasis, at a crucial moment in the Iliad, Homer interrupts the epic battle with a long description of the Shield of Achilles so powerfully cinematic that the listener or reader often forgets that the shield is a static and imagined object. This shield has become a paradigm in the history of ekphrasis—the genre of writing in

Electroacoustic Band Workshop — MPF4122.01

Instructor: Senem Pirler
Credits: 4
This course is an open forum for research and development of live performance methodologies and compositions involving electroacoustic sounds through collaborations. In this workshop, we will explore text scores, graphic scores, improvisation techniques using both acoustic and electronic sources. The research and practice areas include but are not limited to electroacoustic and

Electroacoustic Band Workshop — MPF4122.01

Instructor: Senem Pirler
Credits: 2
This course is an open forum for research and development of live performance methodologies through collaborations involving electronic, electroacoustic, and acoustic sources. In this workshop, we will explore text scores, improvisation techniques using both acoustic and electronic sources. The research and practice areas include but are not limited to electroacoustic and

Electroacoustic Improvisation Workshop — MPF2147.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This course is a hands-on workshop for electroacoustic music, focusing on improvisation as a key tool for exploration, creation and collaboration. In this course, students will develop skills in individual and collaborative music performance with electronics, including completely electronic instruments and hybrids that combine acoustic instruments with digital/analog

Electronic Music Composition — MCO4114.01

Instructor: Sergei Tcherepnin
Credits: 4
This class will focus on historical methods of electronic music composition through a contemporary lens. We will study synthesis in depth, and the development of early analog synthesizers, while learning how these techniques have influenced contemporary software design. While the class will focus on composing, students will be expected to learn how to use Ableton Live, Reaktor,

Electronic Music Production — MSR2120.01

Instructor: David Baron
Credits: 2
Electronic music is arguably the most important form of popular music production. Learn to create, produce and mix electronic pop music. What makes the music of Kraftwerk, Nine Inch Nails, EDM, even candy-electro-pop music tick? Why has electronic music taken over the airwaves? Learn to use vocoders, drum machines, synthesizers, and extreme signal processing to create dynamic

Electronic Music: Creativity and Sound — MCO2109.01

Instructor: Randall Neal
Credits: 4
How do you compose when any sound can be used in music? This course provides a wide-ranging exploration into strategies for sound-based composition and the digital transformation of sound. Students will create original sounds and compositions in the electronic music studio. Students are expected to complete short readings, participate in discussions, present their creative work

Electronic Music: Creativity and Sound — MCO2109.01

Instructor: michael leczinsky
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
How do you compose when any sound can be used in music? This course provides an exploration into strategies for sound-based composition and the digital transformation of sound. Students will create original sounds and compositions in the electronic music studio. Students are expected to complete short readings, participate in discussions, present their creative work on a

Electronic Music: Creativity and Sound — MCO2109.01

Instructor: Randall Neal
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do you compose when any sound can be used in music? This course provides a wide-ranging exploration into strategies for sound-based composition and the digital transformation of sound. Students will create original sounds and compositions in the electronic music studio. Students are expected to complete short readings, participate in discussions, present their creative work

Electronic Music: Creativity and Sound — MCO2109.01

Instructor: Michael Leczinsky
Credits: 2
How do you compose when any sound can be used in music? This course provides an exploration into strategies for sound-based composition and the digital transformation of sound. Students will create original sounds and compositions in the electronic music studio. Students are expected to complete short readings, participate in discussions, present their creative work on a

Electronic Music: Creativity and Sound II — MCO4122.01

Instructor: Michael Leczinsky
Credits: 2
An intermediate to advanced level tutorial that builds on ideas in Creativity in Sound (MCO2109). Students may choose to develop skills in digital sound synthesis, signal processing, audio recording/sampling, and 5.1 surround sound. Students are expected to complete short readings, participate in class discussions and present their creative work on a regular basis in class

Electronics and the Voice — MSR2242.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
In this course we will examine various examples of vocal interactions with electronics, historically and in contemporary contexts of improvisation, song and composition. We will treat electronics as a broad concept, from simple manipulation of a standard vocal mic to analog/digital processing, feedback, hardware, and software interactions. The course will focus on collaboration

Electronics Lab — PHY2213.02

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Days & Time: MO 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 2

This course will serve as an introduction to working with circuits in a lab setting. We will learn about the relatively simple rules necessary for working with analog circuits and how those rules can be used to build objects of growing complexity. We will then move on to understanding how to build circuits that can measure properties of and interact with their

Elements in Film/Video: Straight to Video — FV2137.01

Instructor: Chelsea Knight
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

This production course is designed to get students producing video immediately: we will look at basic techniques with an emphasis on simple and self-devised methods of media production, efficient approaches to lighting and sound, and emphasize quick turnover time to create a great amount of work in a relatively short period of time. The course will address hybrid methods

Elements in Video: Simplicity of Method — FV2314.01

Instructor: Jen Liu
Credits: 4
This production course is designed to get students producing video immediately: we will look at basic techniques with an emphasis on simple and self-devised methods of media production, efficient approaches to lighting and sound, and emphasize quick turnover time to create a great amount of work in a relatively short period of time. The course will address hybrid methods such

Elements of Architecture — ARC2121.01

Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 4
An introduction to the discipline of architectural exploration through direct experience, drawing and modeling. We begin with a series of abstract exercises which explore ways in which meaning is embedded in form, space, and movement. These exercises gradually build into more complex architectural compositions organized around particular problems. Workshops will focus on a

Elements of Architecture — ARC2121.01

Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Credits: 4
An introduction to the discipline of architectural exploration through direct experience, drawing and modeling. We begin with a series of abstract exercises which explore ways in which meaning is embedded in form, space, and movement. These exercises gradually build into more complex architectural compositions organized around particular problems. Workshops will focus on a