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Out of the Ordinary: Costume Design for Fantasy — DRA4256.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
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Credits: 4
How do you design clothes for a world that that does not exist? In this class we will be doing that with a series of projects. Worlds may be extraterrestrial, riffs on human history in the manner of Game of Thrones, or purely an invention of the author. We will explore methodology to find inspiration in the worlds of art, science, costume history, and our own imaginations.
Dance Drama

Paint to Motions — MA2108.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Sue Rees
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Credits: 4
Paint to motions an introductory course that explores animation with as little digital, technical involvement as possible. It is catered to those who are curious about the medium but put off by the technicalities. Working with the most immediate methods of giving movement to still images. We will focus mostly on traditional animation, namely hand-drawn animation, stop motion
Visual Arts

Perceptions of Reality in 20th Century Latin American Literature — SPA4722.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Sarah Harris
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Credits: 4
This advanced Spanish course is a study of the different mechanisms that representative Latin American authors of the 20th century use to create a particular way of perceiving reality. By altering perceptions of space and time, rethinking the limits of language, and exploring the inner world of the subject and the unconscious, these authors attempt to produce a new literary
Cultural Studies and Languages

Philosophical Reasoning — PHI2109.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Paul Voice
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Credits: 4
What is the difference between belief and knowledge? What is truth? What is the good? These are some of the questions this first course in philosophy asks. It has two aims: To introduce you to the methods and procedures of philosophical argument and, second, to engage you in a critical dialogue with three central problems in philosophy - knowledge, metaphysics and meaning in
Society Culture and Thought

Photo Zines — PHO2502.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
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Credits: 2
This course will explore the many facets of zine making and look into the contemporary BIPOC zine scenes. Students will learn how to sequence photographs to better suit a book format and gain a comfortable understanding of Adobe InDesign to digitally lay out their images for printing. Using inkjet and laser printers, students will experiment with different output methods and
Visual Arts

Photographic Narratives — PHO2108.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
In this course, students are guided through the process of creating a series of assignments that explore the photograph as a narrative device. Students learn how to explore the photographic narrative through class discussions and peer critique of their work. Structurally the assignments may take a traditional documentary format or a linear or thematic narrative. Image editing
Visual Arts

Photographic Portraiture: Rethinking Representation — PHO4112.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Liz White
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Credits: 4
This studio/ seminar invites students to engage both creatively and critically, by making work and through readings and discussions. Throughout the course, students will learn about historical and contemporary practices in photographic portraiture, drawn from a range of personal, popular, institutional, and artistic contexts, and consider how our multiple identities inform (and
Visual Arts

Photography Foundations, Analog + Digital — PHO2136.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
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Credits: 4
What does it mean to study photography at Bennington? This course explores a wide range of approaches to the medium and introduces students to the various photographic genres with an emphasis on contemporary practice. The first half of the class will be primarily devoted to black and white analog materials and processes, including an introduction to medium format cameras,
Visual Arts

Physics I: Forces and Motion (with Lab) — PHY2235.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
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Credits: 4
Physics is the study of what Newton called “the System of the World.” To know the System of the World is to know what forces are out there and how those forces operate on things. These forces explain the dynamics of the world around us: from the path of a falling apple to the motion of a car down the highway to the flight of a rocket from the Earth. Careful analysis of the
Science and Mathematics

Piano — MIN4333.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Joan Forsyth
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Credits: 2
Individual private lessons for advanced students. Audition required. Weekly meetings times on scheduled class days arranged with the instructor. Participation in music workshop and end-of-term recital required.
Music

Piano — MIN4333.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Yoshiko Sato
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Credits: 2
Individual private lessons for advanced students. Audition required. Weekly meetings times on scheduled class days arranged with the instructor. Participation in music workshop and end-of-term recital required.
Music

Piano Lab I — MIN2232.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Joan Forsyth
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Credits: 2
The goals of this course are to gain ease and dexterity at the keyboard, developing a confident piano technique and the skill of reading musical notation. Students will learn a basic repertoire of scales and chords. They will use the chords in improvisation and harmonization of melodies. In addition they will explore a repertoire that utilizes the musical components covered in
Music

Piano Lab I — MIN2232.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Joan Forsyth
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Credits: 2
The goals of this course are to gain ease and dexterity at the keyboard, developing a confident piano technique and the skill of reading musical notation. Students will learn a basic repertoire of scales and chords. They will use the chords in improvisation and harmonization of melodies. In addition they will explore a repertoire that utilizes the musical components covered in
Music

Piano Lab I — MIN2232.03

Fall 2021
Instructor: Joan Forsyth
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Credits: 2
The goals of this course are to gain ease and dexterity at the keyboard, developing a confident piano technique and the skill of reading musical notation. Students will learn a basic repertoire of scales and chords. They will use the chords in improvisation and harmonization of melodies. In addition they will explore a repertoire that utilizes the musical components covered in
Music

Piano Lab II — MIN4236.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Joan Forsyth
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Credits: 2
The goals of this course are to gain ease and dexterity at the keyboard, further developing a confident piano technique, musical expression and the skill of reading musical notation. Students will expand upon a repertoire of scales and chords. They will study and learn to perform selected compositions.
Music

Placing Art at the Heart of Community Building — APA2304.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Miroslava Prazak Kerry Ryer-Parke
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Credits: 4
“Great art is like bypass surgery. It allows us to go around all of the psychological distancing mechanisms that turn people cold to the most vulnerable among us.” Lin-Manuel Miranda While recent crises have revealed troubling divides in most societies of the world, the resulting disruption invites the possibility of kinder, more peaceful and equitable communities. When the
Society Culture and Thought CAPA Music

PLAY! — APA2100.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Students will research their favorite games and use its framework to create reimagined experiences inspired by the nature of the games. For example, a classic game of hide-and-seek could be upcycled into an academic treasure hunt or a clue-based quest. Can you imagine what school would be like if the campus turned into a giant version of your favorite video game or board game?
CAPA

PLAY! — APA2100.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Students will research their favorite games and use its framework to create reimagined experiences inspired by the nature of the games. For example, a classic game of hide-and-seek could be upcycled into an academic treasure hunt or a clue-based quest. Can you imagine what school would be like if the campus turned into a giant version of your favorite video game or board game?
CAPA

Population and the Environment: From Population Bomb to Environmental Justice — ENV2172.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
What is the connection between human population and environmental change? This seemingly simple question is one with a long and complicated history that is filled with inequality, violence, and suffering as well as with cases of justice, inclusion, and hope that demonstrate the real possibilities for positive and transformative change. This course will explore exactly what is
Environment

Portable Nature — DA4112.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Farhad Mirza
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Credits: 4
Portable Nature is a collaborative course between students from Bennington College and students from the school of Art, Media + Technology at Parsons School of Design. It begins with the notion that nature is a constantly evolving and negotiated experience between humans and their environments. What we consider to be ‘natural’ is cultural, simultaneously managed and
Visual Arts

Practicing Courage in Dance Making — DAN4152.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
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Credits: 2
This course focuses on the making and performing of solo dances/movement-based performances. We will consider dance making not as a craft that can be taught but as a collective practice of excavation of the self and personal interest. We will explore and expose our own creative inclinations, watch and learn from one another, and consider various strategies of positioning our
Dance

Pre-Fellowship Class For Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellowship — APA4162.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Judith Enck
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Credits: 1
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
CAPA

Presentation of Statistics — MAT2246.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
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Credits: 4
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
Science and Mathematics

Probability and Bayesian Statistics — MAT4221.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Katie Montovan
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Credits: 4
This course will provide a theoretically rigorous introduction to Bayesian Statistics. We will begin with concepts from probability, build to the Bayesian theory, and apply what we learn to analyze common types of data using the computer program R. The Bayesian approach to data analysis will be compared with the more commonly-taught Frequentist approaches and students. Students
Science and Mathematics

Projects in Sculpture: Making it Personal — SCU4797.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: William Ransom (new faculty as of 8/24/2021)
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Credits: 4
The question that animates this advanced sculpture course is: what do you want to say? As we develop our interests in sculpture it becomes more and more imperative to find our own voice. The role of the artist is to interpret personal conditions and experiences and find the most effective expression for them. Paradoxically, however, the artist finds out what they have to say by
Visual Arts