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Funk...as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01

Spring 2021
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 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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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

Fall 2017
Instructor: Robert Ransick; Charles Crowell
Days & Time:
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 2019
Instructor: Robert Ransick Charles Crowell
Days & Time:
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

Spring 2020
Instructor: Robert Ransick
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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

Gadgets: an Electronics Microcontroller Lab — CS2151.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jim Mahoney
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
A hands-on exploration of interactive electronics with a programmable microcontroller and various sensors, motors, lights and switches in order to see the basics of circuits, coding, and the techniques behind the DIY (Do It Yourself) "Maker" culture. We'll first use the recipes in the Sparkfun Inventor's kit as a starting point to learn about "for" loops, "if" statements, volts
Science and Mathematics

Gadhon Tutorial —

Spring 2015
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
An individual tutorial in the soft-style elaborating instruments of the gamelan, for students who have already studied gambang, suling, pesindhen, or gender. We will work on 2-3 works in each major pathet (tonality), as well as learn the tone-setting preludes known as pathetan. Playing together in a small gadhon ensemble will be part of the class, alongside occasional visits to
Music

Gadhon Tutorial — MPF4698.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
An individual tutorial in the soft-style elaborating instruments of the gamelan, for students who have already studied gambang, suling, pesindhen, or gender. We will work on 2-3 works in each major pathet (tonality), as well as learn the tone-setting preludes known as pathetan. Playing together in a small gadhon ensemble will be part of the
Music

Game Theory — PEC2272.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course introduces game theory and strategic decision-making in economics. We use this framework to study how incentives and interdependence influence economic behavior. Throughout the course, you will learn essential economic concepts such as rationality and decision-making under uncertainty. Additionally, you will analyze canonical game forms, including static games,
Society Culture and Thought

Games and Probability — MAT2377.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Joe Mundt
Days & Time: T/Th 6:30PM-8:30PM
Credits: 4

Throughout history, people have played games — games of chance and games of skill. Many of us grew up playing all kinds of different games, and most of those are infused with the core tenets of statistical reasoning and understanding: probability, risk assessment, expected value, and game theory. This course will look at statistics and probability through this lens. We will

Mathematics

Games And Probability — MAT2377.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Joe Mundt
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Throughout history, people have played games -- games of chance and games of skill.  Many of us grew up playing all kinds of different games, and most of those are infused with the core tenets of statistical reasoning and understanding:  probability, risk assessment, expected value, and game theory.  This course will look at statistics and probability through
Science and Mathematics

Games and Probability — MAT2377.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Throughout history, people have played games — games of chance and games of skill. Many of us grew up playing all kinds of different games, and most of those are infused with the core tenets of statistical reasoning and understanding: probability, risk assessment, expected value, and game theory. This course will look at statistics and probability through this lens. We will
Science and Mathematics

Games, Puzzles, and Modular Systems — PRI4119.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This upper-level printmaking course will explore games, puzzles, and modular building systems as inspiration for both two and three-dimensional work. The class is structured around a series of projects for which rigorous experimentation and play is encouraged. We will collaborate to teach each other techniques, engage with each other’s work, and explore the improvisational
Visual Arts

GANAS — APA4154.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
In terms of public action, Ganas remains a community-driven, cross-cultural association that offers students volunteer opportunities to engage with the predominantly undocumented Latine migrant worker population. We maintain relationships with local organizations and members while developing new ones, along with more conventional classes and readings. Over the past couple of
CAPA

GANAS — APA4154.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
In terms of public action, Ganas remains a community-driven, cross-cultural association that offers students volunteer opportunities to engage with the predominantly undocumented Latine migrant worker population. We maintain relationships with local organizations and members while developing new ones, along with more conventional classes and readings. Over the past year it has
CAPA

GANAS — APA4154.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

In terms of public action, Ganas remains a community-driven, cross-cultural association that offers students volunteer opportunities to engage with the predominantly undocumented Latine migrant worker population. We maintain relationships with local organizations and members while developing new ones, along with more conventional classes and readings.

CAPA Education

GANAS — APA4154.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
In terms of public action, GANAS has survived the pandemic, as have its members, mercifully, and remains a community-driven, cross-cultural association that provides students with volunteer opportunities to engage with the predominantly undocumented Latino migrant worker population. These opportunities are increasingly facilitated by the group itself, in addition to
CAPA