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Bennington Biodiversity Project — BIO4303.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Kerry Woods
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
An All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) is an effort to compile the full list of species of all taxa present in some area on the planet. No ATBI has ever been (or ever will be?) completed, but this class is an ongoing effort towards a working ATBI for the Bennington College campus (which is unusually diverse for its area). Past terms have addressed fungi, various invertebrate
Science and Mathematics

Bennington Campus: Real and Imagined — ARC2117.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Over the span of the past 90 years there have been multiple designs for the Campus and its buildings. This class will combine research into both the existing buildings and the never realized designs. We will look at the architecture of the campus in the context of the larger history of architecture in America and the world. Assignments will include the documentation of these
Visual Arts

Bennington County Choral Society — cancelled

Fall 2019
Instructor: Cailin Manson, Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
The Bennington County Choral Society, a community chorus conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson, promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances. Performances may be held
Music

Bennington County Choral Society — MPF2164.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
The Bennington County Choral Society promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances. Rehearsals and performances may be held at various locations in Bennington, and
Music

Bennington County Choral Society - Bach and Haydn — MPF2164.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
The Bennington County Choral Society is a community chorus conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson. The Choral Society promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances.
Music

Bennington County Choral Society-Parables, an Interfaith Oratorio — MPF2164.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
The Bennington County Choral Society, a community chorus conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson, promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances. Performances may be held
Music

Bennington Farm to Plate — ENV4256.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: valerie imbruce
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
In 2011, Vermont released its Farm to Plate Strategic Plan to provide a rationale and approach to increase economic development in Vermont's food and farm sector and improve access to healthy, local foods. In this course we will contribute to the statewide effort by conducting research on food and farm issues in the Bennington region. This is a research methods course in which
Environment

Bennington Funk Collective — MPF4219.01) (new course code as of 11/7/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
The DNA of Funk Music has its roots in Africa, which developed to fruition in the mid 60s and 70s through the music of James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic, and others. There have been derivatives of this influence in the form of Afro-pop, Brazilian funk, Hip-Hop, and Reggaeton. The Bennington Funk Collective will investigate classic songs and compositions from
Music

Bennington Marching Band — MPF4217.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Bruce Williamson; Susie Ibarra
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
The time has come. Bennington College needs a marching band, our own breed. This ensemble will explore traditions of music-to-move-by from the rural and city landscapes of Eastern Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, South America, and our own American cities such as New Orleans. We will examine village, town and city bands, school bands and parade bands, plus the music
Music

Bennington Past and Present — HIS4408.01) (cancelled 12/19/2022

Spring 2023
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
We explore the history of Bennington County, including Bennington College, in the broad context of political, social, and environmental history across several centuries. Readings and online materials situate students in the vibrant enterprise of local history, often defined as "the study of the everyday struggles and triumphs of ordinary people," recognizing "that our lives are
Society Culture and Thought

Bennington Past and Present — HIS2408.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
We explore the history of Bennington County, including Bennington College, in the broad context of political, social, and environmental history across several centuries. Readings and online materials situate students in the vibrant enterprise of local history, often defined as “the study of the everyday struggles and triumphs of ordinary people,” recognizing “that our lives are
Society Culture and Thought

Bennington Plays — DRA4151.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This project-based class is for directors and actors engaged in the process and techniques of analyzing, exploring, and staging (original) works of theater. “Teams” of Director Cast work in collaboration with corresponding courses for student playwrights and designers whose work has been chosen for participation in the Bennington Plays Festival. Directors will be chosen
Drama

Bennington Plays: Design — DRA4129.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This project-based class is for designers developing and implementing scenic, lighting, or costume designs for productions of new student written plays. Teams of directors and designers will work with other students in corresponding courses for playwrights, directors and actors, who are participating in the Bennington Plays Festival. In a laboratory atmosphere, we will
Drama

Bennington Plays: Playwrights — DRA4163.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Sherry Kramer
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This project-based class is for playwrights engaged in the process and techniques of rewriting and staging their plays. The majority of rewrites may happen prior to the semester, but substantial rewrites could emerge as essential during the production period. Collaborating with the director, actors, and designers will be the heart of this class. Playwrights are expected to
Drama

Bennington Plays: Process to Performance — DRA4265.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Jean Randich
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course is a master class for young directors and playwrights to learn the process and techniques of analyzing, exploring, and staging (original) works of theater. Different “teams” of writer/director or director/dramaturge work on a piece of their choosing, with the running time falling somewhere between 20 – 50 minutes. In a laboratory atmosphere we will investigate how
Drama

Bennington Review: a Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing — LIT4330.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on the conceptualization, editing, design, and production of  the first issue of Bennington's newly relaunched national print literary magazine, Bennington Review. Students will serve as Assistant Editors for the 2015-16 academic year, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing, production and design, as well as
Literature

Bennington Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing - Poetry — LIT4330.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of Bennington’s recently relaunched national print literary magazine, Bennington Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital literary
Literature

Bennington Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing -- Prose — LIT4529.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of Bennington’s recently relaunched national print literary magazine, Bennington Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital
Literature

Bennington Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing -- Prose — LIT4529.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of Bennington’s national, award-winning print literary magazine, Bennington Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital literary
Literature

Bennington Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing – Poetry — LIT4330.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time: TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of Bennington’s recently relaunched national print literary magazine, Bennington Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital

Literature

Bennington Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing – Poetry — LIT4330.01) (time updated as of 10/10/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of Bennington’s national print literary magazine, Bennington Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital literary culture, and of the
Literature

Bennington Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing--Prose — LIT4529.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of Bennington’s recently relaunched national print literary magazine, Bennington Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital literary
Literature