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We will follow a “page to stage” process on a Broadway Premiere: I Need That  by Theresa Rebeck, starring Danny and Lucy Devito at The American Airlines Theatre. Logistics permitting, the course will include a field trip to watch technical rehearsals or a preview performance in New York. In response to reading the play, observing a design meeting and a technical rehearsal

This course focuses on the ethical and legal standards that govern clinical mental health counseling. Students will explore topics such as confidentiality, informed consent, dual relationships, and ethical decision-making models. The course also addresses professional issues, including licensure, supervision, and the role of advocacy in counseling.

This course focuses on the ethical and legal standards that govern clinical mental health counseling. Students will explore topics such as confidentiality, informed consent, dual relationships, and ethical decision-making models. The course also addresses professional issues, including licensure, supervision, and the role of advocacy in counseling.

This course focuses on the ethical and legal standards that govern clinical mental health counseling. Students will explore topics such as confidentiality, informed consent, dual relationships, and ethical decision-making models. The course also addresses professional issues, including licensure, supervision, and the role of advocacy in counseling. Students

This course explores the major theoretical orientations in counseling, including psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and integrative approaches. Students will study the principles, techniques, and application of each theory, gaining practical skills for working with diverse client populations. Emphasis is placed on developing a personal

This course explores the major theoretical orientations in counseling, including psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and integrative approaches. Students will study the principles, techniques, and application of each theory, gaining practical skills for working with diverse client populations. Emphasis is placed on developing a personal

This course explores the major theoretical orientations in counseling, including psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and integrative approaches. Students will study the principles, techniques, and application of each theory, gaining practical skills for working with diverse client populations. Emphasis is placed on developing a personal

This course is the result of two years of planning, prompted by student need and informed by conversations with the National Center for State Courts, a task force of experts led by the Vermont Office of the Court Administrator, and The Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education. On the one hand, its purpose is linguistic, seeking to improve performance on the

How do I begin? What's happening already…we are the studio. This course is designed to bring together creative minds who feel the need to take the next steps into understanding how to create an idea three dimensionally. How do I take an abstract idea and begin to translate it

 How do I begin? What's happening already…we are the studio. This course is designed to bring together creative minds who feel the need to take the next steps into understanding how to create an idea three dimensionally. How do I take an abstract idea and begin to

COVID19 paralyzed much of the United States, and it will permanently alter the way we think and behave. But pandemics are not new.  This course starts by examining the history of pandemics and how they have influenced human history and culture. Using Vermont as a model we will then focus on how the COVID19 pandemic has impacted this state. We will look at the origin of the

Writing a book review requires a complex set of skills from keen observation to close reading. In this course, we will survey the changing landscape of book reviews by reading book reviews from the 1960s to the present. What biases did reviewers from decades past hold? How does the reviewer’s subject position affect or not affect the way that they interpret the text? Is it

This summer and into the fall President Silver served on a CFR Task Force on the future of U.S. relations with India. The group is comprised of people with academic, business, and policy making expertise and is tasked with making a set of policy recommendations regarding United States Government relations with India. This course will explore the components of a U.S. foreign

If a plastic bottle could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? “It-Narratives” are stories inspired by commerce and the circulation of goods that became popular

If a plastic bottle could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? “It-Narratives” are stories inspired by commerce and the circulation of goods that became popular

If a plastic duck could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? In this interdisciplinary course we will enter the realm of object-centered storytelling through

This course ranges from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th century to modernism, magical realism, and the postmodern. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient ability to focus on movements, theory, and politics, thus treating the works as

This class will introduce students to creating digital archive that includes digitizing photographs, documents, art works, file management, and basic types of metadata. We will have discussions about why digitizing personal collections is so important. Students will be expected to bring their own materials to

This class will introduce students to creating digital archive that includes digitizing photographs, documents, videotapes and basic types of metadata. We will have discussions about why digitizing personal collections is so important. Students will be expected to bring their own materials to the class.   

Living on campus is an essential part of the Bennington student experience. As the College has one of the more economically and culturally diverse student bodies compared to other elite colleges and universities in the United States, how can students connect with and support one another in a meaningful way and create an inclusive and equitable residential community in this

In this 7-week workshop we will uncover aspects of Bennington, perform research, tell stories, and design booklets using the familiar form of the field guide. A field guide is a manual used to identify things (birds, trees, minerals and more) in their natural environment. It follows certain rules, such as an identification system, a grammar, a map, and a how-to use section. All

In this course, students will learn tools and strategies for creating sound and music from any kind of data. The course will touch on a wide range of topics for using data sonification in sound installation, music performance and audio recording. Students will learn to design and build their own Arduino based sensors, MIDI controllers, Pure Data patches and mechanisms for

This advanced course explores the process of re-imagining traditional dance techniques to create a contemporary aesthetic. Souleymane Badolo utilizes customary dances to generate new movement. The students will experience his creative practice of using concepts like rhythm, space and time to build vocabulary that reflects the metamorphosis of traditional forms. Students are

This class will look at how we are all responsible to co-create the world that we want to live in, particularly right now during this global pandemic. What are the skills and capacities we need to learn and practice in improvisation, complex systems analysis, emergent structuring, conflict transformation and collaboration? We will hear from professional practitioners either on