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Full Stack Mobile Artificial Intelligence — CS4161.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Ursula Wolz
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Increasingly, mobile apps provide information based on server-side analytics driven by artificial intelligence algorithms. Full stack developers need skills set in both front-end (user interface, native mobile) and back-end (database, data mining) This course dives into object-oriented user interface design as well as essential algorithms from machine learning and artificial
Science and Mathematics

Functional Programming and Computation—Exploring the foundations of Computer Science — CS4110.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
What is computation?  This is the question that birthed Computer Science as a discipline, and serves as the focal point of this course.  Our plan for answering it is twofold.  First, we will introduce functional programming through Scheme (a dialect of Lisp).  Unlike imperative languages, functional programming tends to emphasize techniques such as lambda
Science and Mathematics

Fundamentals of Advancing Public Action — APA2101.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Elizabeth Coleman
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This country is facing challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency in the areas of health, education, inequalities in the distribution of wealth, environmental sustainability; the capacity of our governing structures to address the public interest; mounting threats to fundamental democratic processes, a dangerous predilection for the uses of force. We examine each of these
Advancement of Public Action

Fundamentals of Buddhism and Meditation — DAN2411.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: John Bullock
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
In this class we will investigate the basic tenets of Buddhism and the practice of meditation. The class will focus on discussions of the reading and writing materials as well as in-class meditation experience. The goal of this course is to deepen our collective understanding of the intimate connection and complementarity of Buddhist ideas and meditation. The class discussions
Cultural Studies and Languages Dance

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

Fall 2024
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Days & Time:
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 2017
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time:
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 — LIT2527.01) (time updated as of 10/17/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
What makes a poem a poem as opposed to a piece of fiction or an essay? Does every essay have to “tell the truth”? What about fiction that is purely autobiographical? This class will look at the various genres of creative writing and think about how, where, and why we draw lines between these modes. We will begin by studying the basic elements of poetry (line, image, stanza),
Literature

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2566.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Creative writing is a method not just of expression, but of deep attention: thus we will begin our journey to the blank page by looking, with wonder and precision, at pages filled by such masters of craft as Cathy Park Hong, Robyn Schiff, Nathaniel Mackey, Ben Lerner, Miranda July, Mariana Enriquez, and Souvankham Thammavongsa. Our reading assignments, which will span poetry
Literature

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2394.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Jenny Boully
Days & Time:
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 — LIT2394.02, section 2

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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 Creative Writing — LIT2394.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time:
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. Students will read a variety of texts, both
Literature

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2566.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am & WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

In an interview with the Paris Review in 1984, James Baldwin spoke of creative writing as a means of "finding out": "When you’re writing, you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know. The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want to know, what you don’t want to find out. But something forces you to anyway." This is writing as a form of

Literature

Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2394.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Jenny Boully
Days & Time:
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

Fall 2015
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course, intended for students who have not yet taken a Reading Writing course at Bennington, will serve as an intensive and rigorous introduction to the workshop method. We will experiment with various approaches to the craft of writing in three different genres: poetry, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students will complete writing assignments every
Literature

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 2018
Instructor: Annie DeWitt
Days & Time:
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, section 1

Fall 2023
Instructor: Jenny Boully
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
In this highly generative 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
Literature

Fundamentals of Ecology — BIO2217.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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