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Adaptation or Extinction: Animals and Climate Change — BIO4222.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Elizabeth Sherman

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Credits: 4

Global climate change has been implicated in the extinction of some animal species, changes in the geographic ranges of others, and many species appear to be increasingly vulnerable to both biotic (e.g. disease, competitors) and abiotic (e.g. temperature, acidification, pollutants, drought) stressors. Will different animal species adapt to global climate change or disappear?

Science and Mathematics Environment

Adaptations — ARC4104.01

Spring 2024

Instructor: Donald Sherefkin

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Credits: 4

This studio will be focused on Adaptive Reuse of an existing structure. The Paper Mill on the Walloomsac River will be the site for a series of interventions. This studio will begin with a day-long charrette to generate a conceptual design strategy. Over the course of the following weeks, the design will then be subjected to a sequence of significant modifications requiring an

Visual Arts

Addressing a Growing Environmental Problem: Plastic Pollution — APA4139.01

Spring 2019

Instructor: Judith Enck

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Credits: 2

This class will provide the latest scientific, economic and policy information to students and marry that information to public action strategies that each student will be expected to lead. With guidance from the faculty, students develop and then implement their strategy for public action. Special attention will be paid to strategies that can be replicated. With over 8 million

CAPA Environment

Adler, Didion, and Sontag: Personal Politics — LIT2378.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Kathleen Alcott

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Credits: 4

Striking out from the male-dominated world of New Journalism in the 1960s and 70s came Renata Adler, Joan Didion, and Susan Sontag, women whose reportage, fiction, and criticism defined the zeitgeist. Borrowing from traditions in one form to influence others, each used a uniquely female lens to explore ideas about American imperialism, protest politics, Washington corruption,

Literature

Adobe After Effects and CC for the Moving Image Artist — FV4116.02

Fall 2018

Instructor: Colleen Murphy

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Credits: 2

This seven-week course is designed for students of all skill levels who want to expand their understanding of video making from a technical vantage point. The focus will be on Adobe After Effects as well as the Creative Cloud workflow between other applications like Photoshop and After Effects. Students will be asked to complete weekly assignments.

Visual Arts

Adobe Creative Suite for Artists — DA2102.01

Fall 2019

Instructor: Anna Kroll

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Credits: 2

This course introduces artists to Adobe Creative Suite via Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Together we will explore the individual capabilities of each program and how to bridge between them. We will also learn best practices in creating and managing digital files. Students will apply skills learned to their own creative projects and ideas. They will also have the

Visual Arts

Adobe Creative Suite for Artists — Canceled

Spring 2015

Instructor: Christopher Chenier

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Credits: 2

This course introduces artists to Adobe's Creative Suite, one of the most ubiquitous tools for creative digital work available today. While we will explore key topics in creating and managing digital files, our sessions will emphasize the ways software can be used for project development, prototyping, and experimentation. Most of our time will be spent with pixels in

Visual Arts

Adobe Creative Suite for Artists — DA2102.01

Spring 2019

Instructor: Anna Kroll

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Credits: 2

This course introduces artists to Adobe Creative Suite, focusing on Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. We will explore the individual capabilities of each program and how to bridge between them. We will also learn best practices in creating and managing digital files. Students will apply skills learned to their own creative projects and ideas. They will also have the

Visual Arts

Adobe Creative Suite for Artists — DA2102.02

Fall 2014

Instructor: chris chenier

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Visual Arts

Adobe InDesign Basics — DES2107.01

Spring 2026

Instructor: Gus Ramirez

Days & Time: MO 10:00am-11:50am

Credits: 2

This class will focus on the essentials of Adobe InDesign. Students will learn fundamental skills such as interface navigation, document setup, text and image manipulation, advanced features, and best practices for both print and digital publications. By combining the new skills learned in Adobe InDesign with their existing knowledge

Design

Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator Basics — DA2117.01

Spring 2024

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

This class will cover the essentials of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Students will learn the foundations of each interface and how to use basic and advanced functions of each program including, but not limited to: artboard and layer management, pen tools and path-finders, text and type formatting, color management, selection tools, and clipping masks. Through a mix of

Visual Arts

Adobe Workflow: Photoshop and Bridge — PHO4320.01

Fall 2020

Instructor: JKline@bennington.edu

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Credits: 1

This course will cover the Adobe programs Photoshop and Bridge, and how to use them together to practice an organized and intentional workflow for viewing, storing, and editing photographs. Beginning with import, students will learn how to organize and label their files in Bridge. In Photoshop, students will learn how to edit color, contrast and tone, size and resolution,

Visual Arts

Adult Psychopathology — PSY2379.01

Spring 2022

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

Currently, 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience a mental health disorder. This course will explore the types and causes of adult psychopathology, as well as the assessment, treatment, developmental course, and related research in psychotherapy for adult disorders. The professional, ethical, and cultural issues related to psychopathology and its treatment will

Society Culture and Thought

Advanced Animation — MA4128.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Sue Rees

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Credits: 4

This course is for mid-to-experienced animators. Our work may cover hand drawn animation, rotoscoping, stop motion, replacement animation, sand or paint animation. We will work on ambitious projects, and learn how to finish and polish them. Students will be expected to try new materials, play with scale, and design complex sequences. We will practice combining and layering

Visual Arts Music

Advanced Architecture — ARC4401.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Donald Sherefkin

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Credits: 4

This is an advanced studio class for students who have a proficient understanding of architectural concepts, history, and theory.

Visual Arts

Advanced Art History Practicum — AH4118.01

Fall 2020

Instructor: Vanessa Lyon

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Credits: 2

For students undertaking or planning to undertake senior work or combined thesis projects in art history or visual/material culture. This practicum is a hybrid methods proseminar AND writing workshop designed for advanced students with prior coursework in art history beyond the introductory level. Whether you wish to revise, amplify, or refine an existing art historical project

Visual Arts

Advanced Art History Practicum — AH4118.02

Fall 2020

Instructor: Vanessa Lyon

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Credits: 2

Visual Arts

Advanced Art History Practicum — AH4118.01

Spring 2024

Instructor: Vanessa Lyon

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

For students considering or undertaking senior work, independent research, or combined thesis projects in art history or visual/material culture. This practicum is a hybrid methods proseminar AND writing workshop designed for advanced students with prior coursework in art history beyond the introductory level. Whether you wish to revise, amplify, or refine an existing art

Visual Arts

Advanced Art History Practicum — AH4118.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: J. Vanessa Lyon

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Credits: 4

Visual Arts

Advanced Banjo Tutorial: Techniques and Repertoire — MIN4696.02

Fall 2026

Instructor: John Kirk

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Weekly class will teach advanced clawhammer banjo techniques and repertoire on fretless and fretted banjos. Advanced right and Left hand techniques will be delved into and practiced over the course of the term. Three different tunings will be used and chords, techniques, and repertoire for each of these will be studied and practiced on a daily basis. In addition to time

Instrumental Study Tutorials

Advanced Butoh Practice-Body as Landscape — DAN4139.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Dana Reitz

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Credits: 2

This course is designed for students with prior experience in dance technique or movement practice. By using a series of somatic, improvisational and compositional practices inspired by butoh, we will develop ways of embodying unorthodox and complex ideas dealing with the ever-becoming, inconsumable, and vaporizing body. Students will be encouraged to closely observe and keep

Dance

Advanced CAPA Workshop — APA4256.01

Spring 2023

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 4

This course is for students who are doing advanced work in public action. Students create a digital portfolio that includes a project in a specific local, national or international community. Students will build this portfolio over the term that includes their research, documentation and a final showing of work. Most students connect this project to work in another discipline

Advancement of Public Action

Advanced Ceramic Projects — CER4385.01

Spring 2016

Instructor: Barry Bartlett

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Credits: 4

The process of making artwork will be the major focus of the class. This studio class is designed to support the development of the creative process in ceramics with an understanding lending itself to all forms of art making. Projects will be conceptually based, requiring investigation on an individual level. Issues to be raised in this class will include functional and

Visual Arts

Advanced Ceramic Projects — CER4224.01

Spring 2023

Instructor: Aysha Peltz

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Credits: 4

This course is designed for the intermediate or advanced ceramic student who is ready to focus intensely on a project. Projects will be conceptually based, requiring investigation on an individual level. Issues to be raised in this class will include functional and sculptural forms relating to the history of ceramic objects. Readings and research will supplement studio

Visual Arts

Advanced Ceramic Projects — CER4385.01

Spring 2019

Instructor: Aysha Peltz

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Visual Arts