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Harp — MIN2347.01

Instructor: Rachel Clemente
Days & Time: M, 4:10PM-5:00PM
Credits: 2

This course will focus on the learning of traditional Scottish and Irish melodies on the harp as well as developing foundational technique. This will include looking at body posture, the importance of relaxation and its relationship to developing good tone, and finger placement. In group lessons, students will learn melodies and exercises the traditional aural way, by ear,

Harp — MIN2347.01

Instructor: Rachel Clemente
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

This course will focus on the learning of traditional Scottish and Irish melodies on the harp as well as developing foundational technique. This will include looking at body posture, the importance of relaxation and its relationship to developing good tone, and finger placement. In group lessons, students will learn melodies and exercises the traditional aural way, by ear,

Harvest: Quyurciq — VA4319.02

Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Harvest: Quyurciq examines the Alaska Native harvest of sea otters and, by extension, broader topics of environmental management, Native science, and Indigenous sovereignty. We will view and thoroughly discuss various topics and subjects of a documentary film, Harvest: Quyurciq. The course content is particularly suitable for students studying environmental science, marine

Haunted by Unnameable Doom — LIT2576.01

Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

Halfway through John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, he admits to the reader in his call to the Muses that he has "fallen on evil days" and into unwelcome solitude, caught "[i]n darkness, with dangers compassed round." Milton wrote Paradise Lost under epically gnarly circumstances -- jailed and fined for backing the failed removal and execution of the King, going blind,

Hearing Herbie — MPF4242.01

Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
*** Time Change *** This will be a performance-oriented ensemble that will focus on the songs of jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock. We will select examples from the various styles he explored during his long and productive career: soul-jazz songs such as 'Watermelon Man' 'Cantaloupe Island', modal-jazz songs such as 'Maiden Voyage' (and others he wrote while playing with Miles

Hearing Horace: The Music of Horace Silver — MPF4107.01

Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This will be a performance-oriented ensemble that will focus on the songs of jazz composer and pianist Horace Silver (1928-2014). As a young musician, Silver played with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Art Blakey. He formed his own hard-bop group in the 1950s and from then on he was a mentor to talented up-and-coming jazz artists such as trumpeters Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw &

Hearing Voices: a Master Class in Literary Journalism — LIT4395.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Voice, in writing, goes beyond style and tone to something like identity; at best, a writer’s voice is a direct conduit to their exact nature—their mind, their individuality, their blind spots, their soul. In this course, we’ll learn to hear voices more clearly. We’ll analyze what animates the work of writers like Patricia Lockwood, Ellen Willis, Greg Tate, John Jeremiah

Hello World: An Introduction to Drawing — DRW2122.01

Instructor: Colin Brant
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
The practice of drawing from observation brings us into direct contact with experiencing the visual world. Working from the human figure, landscape, plants and animals, or any other subject that inspires the imagination, this course introduces the fundamentals of seeing and translation with various drawing materials and approaches. The goals of the course include the

Hello World: An Introduction to Drawing — DRW2122.01

Instructor: Colin Brant
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
The practice of drawing from observation brings us into direct contact with experiencing the visual world. Working from the human figure, landscape, plants and animals, or any other subject that inspires the imagination, this course introduces the fundamentals of seeing and translation with various drawing materials and approaches. The goals of the course include the

Helping Skills — PSY2214.01

Instructor: Emily Waterman
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to dyadic (one on one) helping and communication skills that prompt personal growth and development. Students will learn about theories, techniques, and research regarding effective helping skills and human behavior. We will cover a range of specific skills and the rationale for their use, and how to apply these skills appropriately during helping

Henrik Ibsen — LIT4531.01

Instructor: Maya Cantu
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This remote and synchronous course will explore Henrik Ibsen’s influence and innovations as an architect of modern drama. The Norwegian playwright restlessly experimented with theatrical genre while relentlessly pursuing themes of personal freedom. From early works such as Brand to his final play When We Dead Awaken, Ibsen’s plays urge the individual’s imperative toward moral

Henrik Ibsen — DRA4391.01

Instructor: Maya Cantu
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
“All around is stone/And all is soft inside.” –Aurora Aksnes Described as the second most frequently produced playwright in the world after William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen continues to provoke, challenge and inspire contemporary audiences with the contradictions in his work. This course explores Ibsen’s immense influence and innovations as an architect of modern drama. The

Herbs in Practice at the Purple Carrot Farm — APA2457.01

Instructor: Kelie Bowman
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 1

This hands-on course explores the harvesting, drying, and processing of medicinal herbs grown in a no-till organic garden at Purple Carrot Farm. Students will learn to apply regenerative growing practices and identify optimal harvest times for roots, leaves, and flowers to maximize potency and quality. Along the way, students will become

Heroines, Reframed: French Literature on Screen — FV2324.02

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

French literature and film have always reciprocally inspired one another – as early as 1897, Lumière represented the main characters of Hugo’s "Les Misérables". This course will offer students the opportunity to analyze literary representations of women and their film adaptations in terms of intermediality and intertextuality. Adaptations will include: "The Nun" (Diderot

High-Intermediate Italian: La Famiglia nel cinema italiano — ITA4696.01

Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

Students will watch six Italian films focused on the evolution of the family in Italy, beginning with the post-war period. Besides deepening their knowledge of Italian history and culture, students will progress in their ability to use complex grammatical structures to express abstract thought and will expand their vocabulary for nuance and detail. 

Higher Education in the United States: Exploring Purpose and Practice — APA2209.01

Instructor: Lydia Brassard
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course invites students to consider university and college life in the contemporary United States, focusing on where and how theory and practice align, overlap, and diverge. In an effort to actively confront and map the so-called “Bennington Bubble,” Bennington College will serve as an anchoring case study through which to consider the course’s themes.

Higher Resolution — FV4102.01

Instructor: Karthik Pandian
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
In this 7-week video production workshop, students will collaborate to make a film that explores the double meaning of resolution –  video resolution and conflict resolution. After watching historical film precedents such as Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-up, we will devise and fully realize a narrative short that centers around a conflict using both 16mm film and

Hip Hop Archaeology — MS2105.01

Instructor: Brian Michael Murphy
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Hip hop music producers have long practiced “diggin’ in the crates”—a phrase that denotes searching through record collections to find material to sample. In this course, we will examine the material and technological history of hip hop culture, with particular attention to hip hop’s tendency to sample, remix, mash-up, and repurpose existing media artifacts to create new works

Hip Hop Archaeology — MS2105.01

Instructor: Brian Michael Murphy
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Hip hop music producers have long practiced “diggin’ in the crates”—a phrase that denotes searching through record collections to find material to sample. In this course, we will examine the material and technological history of hip hop culture, with particular attention to hip hop’s tendency to sample, remix, mash-up, and repurpose existing media artifacts to create new works

Hip-Hop Dance in Context — Section 1 - DAN2308.01

Instructor: Moncell Durden
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
Hip-Hop Dance in Context is a dynamic multi-dimensional mind body training experience that actively explores the genealogy of African American social dance formations from authentic Jazz to Hip-Hop. Students will gain a contextual/historical knowledge of American social dance formations; investigate personal voice; explore embodied pluralisms and tonal fluidity; and engage in

Hip-Hop Dance in Context — Section 2 - DAN2308.02

Instructor: Moncell Durden
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
Hip-Hop Dance in Context is a dynamic multi-dimensional mind body training experience that actively explores the genealogy of African American social dance formations from authentic Jazz to Hip-Hop. Students will gain a contextual/historical knowledge of American social dance formations; investigate personal voice; explore embodied pluralisms and tonal fluidity; and engage in

Historic Preservation in the United States: An Intersectional Approach — EDU2216.01

Instructor: Lydia Brassard
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the U.S. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as well as the U.S. National Park Service Centennial. Over the last half-century, the effects of the NHPA and the expansion of the National Park Service have radically reshaped urban cities and communities across the nation. An outcome of the accelerated preservation projects and

Historical and Natural Alternative Processes in Photography — PHO4132.01

Instructor: Eddy Aldana
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This 2-credit course will explore working with classical and natural alternative processes including Cyanotypes, Anthotypes, and Chlorophyll prints among others. Students will learn the histories of each process and see how artists are working with those processes in today’s day and age. The Cyanotypes will be produced on fine art paper and fabric, and the Anthotypes will be

Historical and Natural Alternative Processes in Photography — PHO4132.01

Instructor: Eddy Aldana
Days & Time: FR 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This 2-credit course will explore working with classical and natural alternative processes including Cyanotypes, Anthotypes, and Chlorophyll prints among others. Students will learn the histories of each process and see how artists are working with those processes in today’s day and age. The Cyanotypes will be produced on fine art paper

Historical Dress: Baroque and Rococo — DRA2284.01

Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This class will examine the fashions of the late 17th century and the 18th century in the western world. We will consider the fashions of the period in the context of the culture and the political and technological shifts of the time. We will familiarize ourselves with the silhouettes and fashion terms of the time.