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Peacebuilding is an intervention designed to prevent the start or resumption of violent conflict by creating a sustainable peace. This course proceeds in two overlapping tracks: the academic and the practical. We will explore the cultural, social, political, economic and psychological dynamics of peace and violence in specific contexts and with their own histories. We will

The Practicum course offers students the opportunity to apply counseling theories and techniques in a real-world clinical setting under supervision. Over the course of 100 clock hours, including at least 40 hours of direct client contact, students will develop their clinical skills in individual, group, and family counseling. Emphasis is

The Practicum course offers students the opportunity to apply counseling theories and techniques in a real-world clinical setting under supervision. Over the course of 100 clock hours, including at least 40 hours of direct client contact, students will develop their clinical skills in individual, group, and family counseling. Emphasis is

This two-credit course will focus on reading, selecting, and editing material for plain china, an on-line literary anthology featuring the work of undergraduate students across the country. The work will result in monthly on-line publication. We're looking for reader/editors in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; interest in art direction and computer knowledge welcome. This

This two-credit course involves reading, selecting, and editing material for plain china, an on-line literary anthology highlighting the work of undergraduate students from across the country. The work will result in a monthly on-line publication of 2014 writing and art. We're looking for readers/editors in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; interest in art selection and computer

This is the pre-fellowship course for students selected to participate in the Endeavor Environmental Action Fellowship Program. The class is designed to prepare students with the skills and capacities for success in their fellowship, and ultimately, to successfully advance environmental justice issues, address complex societal challenges,

Students who have been selected to participate in the Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellowship are required to  take this course to prepare them for the January 2022 fellowship experience. Students will review placement options, learn about each organization where they may be placed, and sharpen their skills that allows them to maximize learning during the

Pre-fellowship class that is only open to students who have been accepted to be a 2024 Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellow.  The class is designed to prepare each student to have a very effective fellowship experience during the January term.  The class will support students as they sharpen skills and capacities for success in their future work, and

This class will explore many of the concepts and techniques that eventually gave rise to the invention of photography in the 19th century. Why did it take so long? The notion of imagery formed by a pinhole was apparent to ancient Chinese culture, understood by Aristotle, and studied by the great Arabian mathematician Ibn al-Haitam. Pictorial strategies depicting three

This course, intended for students who will continue to the Advanced Projects course in spring 2019 with Jen Liu, will support advanced students in planning and pre-production for more complex, larger-scale, longer-duration, self-directed video projects. Students will learn how to use treatments, shooting scripts, storyboards, shot lists, and budgets to plan narrative,

What would it take to create the best elementary education program (pre-k-5) in the United States? Using Vermont as a model, we will evaluate elementary education, review the effectiveness of recent policies and develop policies that would improve this period in a child’s education. We will hear from policy makers, educators and others who have been on the front lines of this

This course is a 1-credit, seven-week course focused on providing video and animation students with the skills to edit in Premiere Pro CC 2015. The first third of the course will provide the essential training of capturing, editing, audio mixing, and performing special effects, as well as review methods of best practice when organizing footage and exporting finished

This module is designed for Seniors who are preparing to do Field Work related to public action. Seniors working on public action projects are especially encouraged to enroll. As a group, we will discuss and workshop strategies for: clarifying project purpose and goals; connecting this FWT with your Plan; researching and understanding the organizations or groups you will be

Data can come to us in many forms: tables, charts, graphs, observations, experimental results, and other less formal avenues. To best understand the world around us, we must be able to take that data, answer questions, and then convey those answers to others in a clear, concise manner. This course will show different methods for presenting statistical data to others as well as

Data can come to us in many forms: tables, charts, graphs, observations, experimental results, and other less formal avenues. To best understand the world around us, we must be able to take that data, answer questions, and then convey those answers to others in a clear, concise manner. This course will show different methods for presenting statistical data to others as well as

Data can come to us in many forms: tables, charts, graphs, observations, experimental results, and other less formal avenues. To best understand the world around us, we must be able to take that data, answer questions, and then convey those answers to others in a clear, concise manner. This course will show different methods for presenting statistical data to others as well as

Data can come to us in many forms: tables, charts, graphs, observations, experimental results, and other less formal avenues. To best understand the world around us, we must be able to take that data, answer questions, and then convey those answers to others in a clear, concise manner. This course will show different methods for presenting statistical data to others as well as

Data can come to us in many forms: tables, charts, graphs, observations, experimental results, and other less formal avenues. To best understand the world around us, we must be able to take that data, answer questions, and then convey those answers to others in a clear, concise manner. This course will show different methods for presenting statistical data to others as well

Fake news, reality television, “IRL” - asserting the veracity of our perceptions is a constant preoccupation in contemporary culture. What is real? Realism is a widely used term with multiple connotations: verisimilitude, authenticity, objectivity, truth, fact. In this course we will consider how painting reflects and/or perverts “reality” by making imitations of historical

Fake news, reality television, “IRL” - asserting the veracity of our perceptions is a constant preoccupation in contemporary culture. What is real? Realism is a widely used term with multiple connotations: verisimilitude, authenticity, objectivity, truth, fact. In this course we will consider how painting reflects and/or perverts “reality” by making imitations of historical

A central element of the “economic problem” is coordination of people’s economic actions. In a market economy, prices play a crucial role in addressing this problem. This course examines how the system of prices works, and when it fails. This is an introductory course in microeconomic theory and applications, designed for students in their first and second years of college. We

A central element of the “economic problem” is scarcity. In a market economy, prices play a crucial role in addressing this problem. This course examines how the system of prices work. This is an introductory course in microeconomic theory and applications. We will explore the basic ideas in the course verbally and through written expositions, and we will use graphs and

Price is the terms on which goods are bought and sold in a market. We often calculate prices in terms of the money we pay when we buy goods. But, for economists, prices are the relative value of goods. And, as Oscar Wilde pointed out in 1890: "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing." Now, how do the relative values of goods get translated into