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English as a Second Language — LIT2101.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: wayne hoffmann-ogier
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course will provide the opportunity to review grammar, punctuation, diction, and sentence structure with an emphasis on paragraph and essay construction. Additional work is offered in oral expression, aural comprehension, and analytical reading. The instructor may also introduce the interpretation of literature and the writing of critical essays.
Literature

Envisioning Information: Mapping Complexity — MOD2139.03

Fall 2014
Instructor: susan sgorbati
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
This Module explores how complex systems can be mapped visually. Often, non-linear structures are difficult to see and understand. They happen at different levels and at different scales. These classes will be devoted to learning the skills of visual mapping. Certain websites will be investigated, such as bubbl.org, visualcomplexity.com and informationisbeautiful.org. Books by
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Existentialism and Phenomenology — PHI2128.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: karen gover
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Phenomenology is the philosophical study of the structures of human experience, whereas existentialism is the study of human existence. These two movements intersect and overlap in the history of philosophy. This course undertakes a survey of these movements and their central concepts as they are found in the writings of such thinkers as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger,
Social Science

Experimental Sound and Immersive Audio for Media — MSR4121.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: david baron
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
A look at experimental audio and sound design to find what experimental techniques yield a bounty of sonic possibilities. Musique concrete, sfx editing, experimental microphone technique, immersive multi-channel setups, analog electronic music, will all be examined within the context of sound design for media. Looking at the world as one big sound library, we will create our
Music

Explorations in Public History — HIS4106.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: eileen scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This class introduces students to the fundamentals of Public History, that is, history that is generated for wide audiences, through collaborations with communities, stakeholders, and professional academics. Working closely with the Park McCullough House Association, Crossett Library, the independent Village School in North Bennington, and various guest specialists, students in
Social Science

Extragalactic Astronomy — PHY4216.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: hugh crowl
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Galaxies are massive collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. They are both the birthplace of stars and planets and the signposts of the universe. By studying what happens inside galaxies, we are able to understand the conditions under which stars form. By studying the galaxies themselves, we can understand how the environment shapes their structure and makeup. By
Science Mathematics and Computing

Fiddle — MIN4327.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
For the experienced (2+years of playing) violinist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling - Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Cajun, Irish, and Scottish. This tutorial is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world these days) and to give practical music skills
Music

Film Music — MCO4101.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: nicholas brooke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The practice of underscoring movies is as old as film itself, from early improvised accompaniments to silent films, to the orchestrations of Bernard Herrmann and Ennio Morricone. In this course, we will look and listen to a variety of films and sound scores throughout the ages, analyzing the way in which they act as counterpoint to plot and the visual score. Musical analysis of
Music

Finding Form: Dance — DAN4319.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: dana reitz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Looking at forms found in nature, architecture, music, drama, literature, etc., we search for examples to help formulate ideas and structures for movement-based compositional purposes. How can we as artists find form that best supports our investigations and challenges our working processes; how do we analyze, interpret and further utilize form that is inherent in work that is
Dance

First-Year Dance Intensive — DAN2107.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: terry creach
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Primarily for first-years, but for any student who has a serious interest in dance, whether or not they have previous dance experience. We will consider many aspects of dance making, including an investigation of the physical sensations and impulses that inform our moving; the development of one's own physical awareness and movement skills; improvisational structures that test
Dance

Fitzgerald and Hemingway — LIT2275.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: doug bauer
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway were arguably the preeminent literary figures in America in the first quarter of the Twentieth century. Their work and their lives were both closely intertwined and dramatically contrasting. Each came from the conservative Midwest. Each enjoyed stunning early success. Each made his permanent mark in a very different fashion as a
Literature

Food in Italy — ITA2114.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: barbara alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In many ways, Italy is a country made of its food in and outside of its national borders. If, after more than one hundred and fifty years from the birth of the nation, Italians are still debating whether or not they can relate to one specific national identity, they have no doubt about this when it comes to the dining table. In this course, you will learn about Italian food,
Languages

Form and Process: Investigations in Painting — Section 2 - PAI2107.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: colin brant
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques, and approaches to painting. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form, and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with the history of art, provides a base from which investigations are made. Formal, poetic, and social implications
Visual Arts

Form and Process: Investigations in Painting — Section 1 - PAI2107.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: joshua blackwell
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course introduces a variety of materials, techniques, and approaches to painting. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of color, form, and space as well as individual research and conceptual concerns. The daily experience of seeing, along with the history of art, provides a base from which investigations are made. Formal, poetic, and social implications
Visual Arts

Foundations of Physical Science — SCMA2104.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john bullock
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
A Concise Introduction to the Principles Governing The Transformations of Matter and Energy and How They Relate to Our Environment. Mastery of fire was just the beginning. After fire came kilns, then furnaces, then steam engines, then nuclear reactors. Since our humble beginnings, the story of the development of our species has featured a nearly ubiquitous and insatiable
Science Mathematics and Computing

From an Indigenous Point of View — ANT4205.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: miroslava prazak
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Using the novel as ethnography, this course examines world cultures through literary works of authors from various parts of the world. We explore the construction of community in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial times; independence movements; issues of individual and social identity; and the themes of change, adaptation and conflict. Student work includes an analytical
Social Science

Fundamentals of Neuroscience: A Beginner's Guide — Canceled

Fall 2014
Instructor: david edelman
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What are the biological bases of perception, action, movement, and thought? Why and how do we remember (or forget) our everyday experiences? Why are playing the violin, performing a dance, or simply throwing a ball or frisbee so deliberative and effortful when we are first learning these skills, yet so automatic and free of thought after years of training and experience? How
Science Mathematics and Computing

Fundamentals of Reading and Writing Poetry — LIT2323.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: mark wunderlich
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
How are poems made? What are poems for? What is the relationship between music, movement, visual pattern, and poetry? What do we mean when we say something is "poetic?" In this course, students will find answers to these questions by reading poems, meeting and listening to visiting poets, writing their own poems, and writing and speaking critically about contemporary and
Literature

Future Studio: Idea to Prototype — DA4204.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: robert ransick; andrew cencini
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This two-part (fall and spring) course is conceived and structured as a small start-up. Modeled after the Bennington Plan, which is inherently entrepreneurial, Future Studio engages business as a creative space that marries collaborative inquiry-based idea development, technology and new business models to generate constructive social purpose. The course will progress over the
CAPA Science Mathematics and Computing Visual Arts

Gender and Development — PEC4218.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: robin kemkes
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this course we will apply feminist theory to economics and international development and analyze empirical work that seeks to understand the plight and progress of women in the developing world. We will first explore the link between the social construction of gender and the social construction of the discipline of economics and then reformulate a definition of economics
Social Science

Gender in Early Modern Europe — HIS2102.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: carol pal
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
We interrogate historical perceptions of gender in the early modern era, and develop a critical approach to our sources. In addition to what was said by major writers and thinkers, we want to know - how did women see themselves? Using letters, court records, journals, art, and published treatises, we see women running businesses, negotiating legal systems, engaging in public
Social Science

Geology of the Bennington Region — ES2101.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: tim schroeder
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The stunning landscapes seen from Bennington's campus were sculpted by geologic processes over millions of years. Bennington College lies near an ancient boundary, along which the Proto-North American continent's coast collided with other continental fragments over 400 million years ago to build the continent as we see today. The Bennington region is an excellent natural
Science Mathematics and Computing

Global Problems, Local Solutions — ENV2115.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: valerie imbruce
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The course uses environmental issues to explore how normative and empirically based arguments are used in public discourse to achieve change. We will consider how global environmental problems take on societal importance and what steps have been taken to deal with them. What is the role of science in describing environmental problems? How does ideology shape what is seen as a
Environment

Governing America — HIS2257.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: eileen scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Who's running America? Is anybody actually in charge? To get at these questions, we will conduct a wide-ranging historical overview of American governance, from the founding generation up through current initiatives to form an even more perfect union. Using case studies--including Tammany Hall, Civil War, Civil Rights, Borders, and Regulation--we will explore the elaborate,
CAPA Social Science

Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: terry creach
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
Dance