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Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2394.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Jenny Boully
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

In this class, we will begin by investigating sound, music, image, and form in poetry and how these poetic elements are presented in fiction. From fiction, we will study narrative, character, plot, and setting. Finally, we will progress towards personal nonfiction, fusing the elements of our poetry and fiction investigations. We will read classical and contemporary texts

Literature

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2394.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Credits: 4
This course, intended for students who have not yet taken a Reading and Writing course at Bennington, will serve as an intensive and comprehensive introduction to the workshop method. We will exploring the genres of poetry, literary fiction, and creative non-fiction in order to build working knowledge on the craft of creative writing. Students will complete weekly writing
Literature

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2394.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Jenny Boully
Credits: 4
In this class, we will begin by investigating sound, music, image, and form in poetry and how these poetic elements are presented in fiction. From fiction, we will study narrative, character, plot, and setting. Finally, we will progress towards personal nonfiction, fusing the elements of our poetry and fiction investigations. We will read classical and contemporary texts from
Literature

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2394.01) (new faculty as of 8/22/2024

Fall 2024
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Credits: 4
The art of creative writing is also the art of being a witness to the world. In this class, we will learn what forms creative writing can take—focusing primarily on fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction—and discover new ways to see the raw materials of our lives.We will exercise our imaginations through generative experiments and keeping an observation notebook; identify
Literature

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2394.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Stuart Nadler
Credits: 4
This class will serve as a comprehensive introduction both to the craft of creative writing and also to the workshop method. Throughout the term, we will explore poetry, literary fiction, and creative non-fiction in order to build a working knowledge of the craft and to help students begin to find their way into their own narratives and poems. Every week class will feature
Literature

Fundamentals of Ecology — BIO2217.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie
Credits: 4
Ecology is the study of interactions among organisms and their environment. Studying these interactions provides us with the theoretical foundation for understanding many of the most pressing environmental problems. Ecology is a broad field, encompassing research at the scales of individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems with methods that draw on
Science and Mathematics Environment

Fundamentals of Neuroscience: A Beginner's Guide — BIO2212.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: David Edelman
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What are the biological bases of perceptions, action, movement and thought? Why and how do we remember (or forget) our everyday experiences? Why are playing the violin, performing dance, or simply throwing a ball or frisbee so deliberative and effortful when we are first learning these skills, yet so free of thought and automatic after years of training and experience? How did
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience: A Beginner's Guide — Canceled

Fall 2014
Instructor: david edelman
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What are the biological bases of perception, action, movement, and thought? Why and how do we remember (or forget) our everyday experiences? Why are playing the violin, performing a dance, or simply throwing a ball or frisbee so deliberative and effortful when we are first learning these skills, yet so automatic and free of thought after years of training and experience? How
Science Mathematics and Computing

Fundamentals of Observational Astronomy — PHY4204.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 2
Nearly everything that we know about the universe reaches us via light. In this class, we will investigate how astronomers use light to learn about the physical properties of the universe. We will learn how to measure the positions of astronomical objects, how the sky changes over time, the design and function of optical telescopes, how to make quantitative measurements of
Science and Mathematics

Fundamentals of Reading and Writing Poetry — LIT2323.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: mark wunderlich
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
How are poems made? What are poems for? What is the relationship between music, movement, visual pattern, and poetry? What do we mean when we say something is "poetic?" In this course, students will find answers to these questions by reading poems, meeting and listening to visiting poets, writing their own poems, and writing and speaking critically about contemporary and
Literature

FUNK . . . as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, Amadou Mariam, Youssou N'Dour, Oumou Sangare etc, some Brazilian funk + American artists such as James Brown, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince, etc. Composing, notating and arranging rhythmic grooves for the rhythm
Music

Funk...as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01) (cancelled 10/2/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, and Youssou N’Dour. Brazilian funk performed by Airto Moreira, George Duke, and Antonio Jobim, and American artists such as Chaka Khan, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince. Composing, arranging, transcribing, and notating
Music

Funk...as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, Amadou and Mariam, Youssou N’Dour, Oumou Sangare etc, some Brazilian funk, such as George Duke, and American artists such as James Brown, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince. Composing, arranging, transcribing and notating
Music

Future Generations: Urban and Rural Revitalization and the Arts — APA2310.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
This course examines the art practices in city, town and village communities both past and present to better understand its effectiveness with multiple generations in a community. How have artists and their communities engaged and intervened with public life? Students will study historical and current artists works in communities that address public issues of inequity, social
CAPA

Future Histories, Speculative Sites II || YEAR ONE SEED LAB — APA4261.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
In this 4000-level iteration of the Future Histories, Speculative Sites Lab, students are invited to work together with Elæ Moss on envisioning and building the Speculative Solidarities : YEAR ONE Field Station / Community Care Hub as they develop their own original speculative proposals (for past, present, and future) and hone these into public-facing projects across a range
Advancement of Public Action

Future of Work: Alternative Organizations — APA2248.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: RRansick@bennington.edu
Credits: 1
This course introduces organizations conceived to support human flourishing through readings (primarily Frederic Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations), case studies, and research projects. We will explore how the purpose, structure, and power dynamics of organizations have changed over time and continue to evolve to meet new challenges. A particular focus of the course will be
CAPA

Future of Work: Individual Capacity — APA2281.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: RRansick@bennington.edu
Credits: 1
To enable the potential of new ways of organizing, we need to unlearn assumptions about the workplace and build individual capacity to create alternatives. This wide-ranging course will explore elements of complexity theory, mindset, critical discernment and decision-making, as well as the practice of interpersonal communication and managing personal change. Highly practice
CAPA

Future Studio — VA4207.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Robert Ransick Charles Crowell
Credits: 4
Future Studio is a creative incubator designed for the development and articulation of new enterprises that value workers, local communities, sustainability, and the environment equally with profit. The course is designed to lay the foundation for building new enterprise of all types through the unique integration of creativity, arts culture, and sophisticated business
CAPA Visual Arts

Future Studio — VA4207.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Robert Ransick; Charles Crowell
Credits: 4
Future Studio is a creative incubator designed for the development and articulation of new enterprises that value workers, local communities, sustainability, and the environment equally with profit. The course is designed to lay the foundation for building new enterprise of all types through the unique integration of creativity, arts culture, and sophisticated business
Visual Arts

Future Studio — VA4207.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Robert Ransick
Credits: 4
Future Studio is a creative incubator for the development and articulation of new non-profit or for-profit enterprises which can be launched with powerful economic potential and socially responsible missions. The studio emphasizes creativity, innovation, place-centered economies, worker-centered ownership, environmental sustainability, social justice and financial viability.
CAPA Visual Arts

Future Studio: Design Incubator — DA4206.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Robert Ransick
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
***TIME CHANGE*** This course is conceived and structured as a small incubator for product and business development.  Modeled after the Bennington Plan, which is inherently entrepreneurial, Future Studio engages business as a creative space that marries inquiry-based idea development, design, technology and new business models to generate constructive social purpose. 
CAPA Visual Arts

Future Studio: Idea to Prototype — DA4204.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: robert ransick; andrew cencini
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This two-part (fall and spring) course is conceived and structured as a small start-up. Modeled after the Bennington Plan, which is inherently entrepreneurial, Future Studio engages business as a creative space that marries collaborative inquiry-based idea development, technology and new business models to generate constructive social purpose. The course will progress over the
CAPA Science Mathematics and Computing Visual Arts

Future Studio: Production to Launch — DA4204.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Robert Ransick; Andrew Cencini
Credits: 4
This two-part (fall and spring) course is conceived and structured as a small start-up. Modeled after the Bennington Plan, which is inherently entrepreneurial, Future Studio engages business as a creative space that marries collaborative inquiry-based idea development, technology and new business models to generate constructive social purpose. The course will progress over the
CAPA Science Mathematics and Computing Visual Arts

Future Work: Systems of Evaluation — APA2339.03

Spring 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
A truism often attributed to business guru Peter Drucker is “what isn’t measured isn’t managed.” This class provides an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring as a means to success. We’ll investigate why objective measurement and feedback is so prevalent at both the individual and organizational level. We’ll also investigate alternatives to feedback for building
CAPA