Spring 2020

Landscape Painting in China — AH4317.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

This course is a thematic seminar of Chinese ink painting, focusing on the development of the pictorial tradition of landscape from the tenth century to the nineteenth century. Along with the discussion of the history of landscape painting, we will explore various types of landscapes including the topographical landscape, the idealized or imaginary “mind landscape,” the sacred

Visual Arts

Language in Greater Vermont: Diversity and Relationships — LIN4102.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

In this course, students will utilize primary and secondary sources to explore language and language use in Vermont and surrounding regions. Our exploration will span from the pre-Columbian era till present, and address the diversity and inter-relationships of the languages and language varieties utilized in and around Bennington, and how these link to broader phenomena

Society Culture and Thought

Language Through Film — SPA4223.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Sarah Harris

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Students in this course will continue to learn the Spanish language through an examination of films. While there will be some necessary discussion about cinematographic components, the focus of discussion will be on historical and political moments present in the films. A consideration, for instance, of national and regional identity, political violence, border crossing,

Cultural Studies and Languages

Lexicon of Forced Migration — APA2170.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: John Hultgren

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

The course is intended to provide students an introduction to foundational concepts of migration studies. The course will navigate this complex topic through four thematic anchors: (1) Time and Space, which will explore the history of migration from a global perspective, emphasizing the uneven development, colonial encounters, and environmental pressures that give rise to

CAPA

Life and Death: Buddhism in Modern Japanese Films — JPN4401.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

In this course, students will examine how Buddhism influenced Japanese thought on the after-life and analyze how Japanese views on the relationship between life and death are depicted in recent Japanese films. In the first seven weeks of the course, students will examine and discuss the history, beliefs, and deities of Buddhism and their influences on society. In the second

Cultural Studies and Languages

Life Drawing Lab — DRW2118.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: J Blackwell

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Drawing Lab provides an opportunity for student artists of all experience levels to further develop their skills with observational-based drawing. Working primarily with the human figure, students build increased understanding of the poetic, dynamic, and inherently abstract nature of drawing, while paying close attention to the potential of formal elements such as shape, line,

Visual Arts

Linear Algebra — MAT4115.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Carly Briggs

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Together with calculus, linear algebra is one of the foundations of higher level mathematics and its applications. This course is necessary for students concentrating in mathematics, is strongly recommended for students intending to study computer science, physics, or geology, and may be useful for students in economics or biology. This course is a prerequisite for

Science and Mathematics

Logarithms — MAT2107.02

Spring 2020

Instructor: Andrew McIntyre

Days & Time:

Credits: 1

Logarithms are one of the parts of mathematics that often remain a bit mysterious to people, even if they had no difficulty solving problems with them in school. In fact, logarithms are of far broader importance and interest than the narrow applications one usually sees; and seeing this broader picture helps in dispelling some of the mystery and in understanding what they are.

Science and Mathematics

Making Music with Modular Soft Synths — MCO4124.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Sergei Tcherepnin

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This class will focus on historical methods of electronic music composition through a contemporary lens. We will study synthesis in depth, and the development of early analog synthesizers, while learning how these techniques have influenced contemporary software design. While the class will focus on composing, students will be expected to learn how to use Reaktor, VCV Rack, and

Music

Making the Third Ear — MUS4356.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Sergei Tcherepnin

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This class will start with a grounding in the history and science of psychoacoustics. We will listen to binaural beats, watch psychostrobic flicker, create beating patterns using oscillators, and conduct other experiments in the sound studio to gain a deeper understanding of psychoacoustics. We’ll study an array of musical examples in popular culture (iDosers) and contemporary

Music

Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: John Kirk

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Beginning, intermediate and advanced group or individual lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Student will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Students will be

Music

Markmaking and Representation — DRW2149.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Mary Lum

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

The fundamentals of drawing are the basic tools for this investigation into seeing and translation. Using simple methods and means, the practice of drawing is approached from both traditional and experimental directions. The focus of this inquiry is on drawing from observation, broadly defined. In class drawing sessions are complemented by independent, outside of class work and

Visual Arts

Meisner Technique — DRA4268.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Jennifer Rohn

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

“If you are really doing it, you don’t have time to watch yourself doing it.” Sanford Meisner was an actor and founding member of the Group Theater. He went on to become a master teacher of acting who sought to give students an organized approach to the creation of truthful behavior on stage within the imaginary circumstances of a play. This class focuses on developing an actor

Drama

Methods and Analysis in Sociophonetics — LIN4105.02

Spring 2020

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Through this course, students will develop practical and theoretical familiarity with the essential “toolkit” of sociophonetic methods and analytical techniques, including but not limited to: principles of experimental design, ethical field practice, acoustic analysis, and statistical techniques in language research. Students will refine and advance these skills via their

Society Culture and Thought

Mindfulness Drawing: Meditation and the Art of Observation — DRW2116.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: J Blackwell

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This course explores mindfulness as both a practice and integral part of the art making process. Using drawing as a form of meditation, we will also look at artists and art movements that embrace meditation as a mark-making medium. Through in-class meditation, studio work, and discussion, students will be introduced to ideas and practical hands on techniques which will

Visual Arts

Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Hui Cox

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student. Corequisites: Attendance at Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm).

Music

Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Mina Nishimura, MFA Teaching Fellow

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This advanced level movement practice is designed for students with prior experience in dance technique. In this class, we will hone in on the importance of balancing controlled and spontaneous action as well as internal and external movement through using a series of improvisational and compositional practices. We will be learning longer and complex movement phrases that are

Dance

Movement Practice: Beginning Dance Technique (cancelled) — DAN2121.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

In this course for beginners, we will work with imagery to help explore potential in the body.We will practice kinesthetic exercises that will help expand movement range, strength, and specificity.Emphasis will be placed on understanding the feeling of movement, deeply, and trusting it.From this we can understand how this feeling moves the body, and eventually how this body

Dance

Movement Practice: Beginning-Intermediate Dance Technique — DAN2119.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Mina Nishimura, MFA Teaching Fellow

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

In this basic intermediate dance course, students are introduced to some fundamental principles of dancing by learning various movement patterns. The class also introduces the use of breath and somatic practices, which reflect some principles of Zen and Japanese somatic practices such as butoh and Water Body Movement (or Noguchi Taiso). Attention will be given to

Dance

Movement Practice: Intermediate-Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4148.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

In this intermediate-advanced level course, we will focus on tapping into the subtle connections in the body. We will be using improvisational scores and somatic exercises to hone these connections and increase self-awareness. Gentle focus can be used to achieve high intensity movement. Tracking what we are doing as we do it--we will acknowledge the nervous system’s role in our

Dance

Movement Practice: Partnering — DAN2179.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Russell Stuart Lilie, MFA Teaching Fellow

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

In this class we will move in and out of physical contact with other dancers and objects. As a foundation for the partnering, we will work on proprioception, an awareness of one’s own body, and how this is communicated to a partner. In turn, each person needs to develop skills in receiving information from the partner, without necessarily seeing them. With others, we will

Dance

Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Allen Shawn

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

****** New course code as of 1/14/20 ****** This is a course for students who want to work in a concentrated way on their (usually notated) compositions, and to take their work to a more developed and ambitious level. They are expected to produce a substantial amount of work, often in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted. Students

Music

Music Since 1968 — MHI2228.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Allen Shawn

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

In this course we focus our attention on a few of the most exciting and influential composers of the late twentieth-century, and discuss how their music has influenced the music of the current period. Works by such composers as Elliott Carter, Toru Takemitsu, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Alfred Schnittke, Luciano Berio, Charles Wuorinen, Frederick Rzewski, John Adams, John

Music

Music Theory: Beats Bars — MTH2129.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: John Kirk

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

A deep dive into rhythmic notation and sight reading. A course for acquiring useful skills to notate sight read, rhythmic melodic notation. Topics: syncopation, compound meters, interpretation, ear training conducting. Student will bring instrument and/or voice to class for practice and application. Instruments can include: any strings, brass, woodwind, or percussion.

Music

NGOs, Peacebuilding, and Development — SCT4109.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Kate Paarlberg-Kvam

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

In the last thirty years, non-governmental organizations have played an outsized role in global affairs, perhaps most notably in development and peacebuilding processes. How did the NGO form develop, and why? How do NGOs interact with states, global institutions, and grassroots populations in the Global South? What effects - positive, negative, and complicated - have NGOs had

CAPA Environment Society Culture and Thought