Spring 2012 Curriculum Table of Contents

Spring 2012 Curriculum Table of Contents

Spring 2012 Curriculum Table of Contents Center for the Advancement of Public Action…………………………………………………………………………… 1 Advancement of Public Action ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Design Labs........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Environmental Studies ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Conflict Resolution............................................................................................................................................................ 8 Modules: Transferable Approaches.............................................................................................................................. 10 Center for Creative Teaching……………………………………………………………………………………………... 12 Dance………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 15 Drama………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 21 Foreign Languages………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 29 Chinese ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Foreign Language Education......................................................................................................................................... 30 French ............................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Italian ................................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Japanese............................................................................................................................................................................ 34 Spanish.............................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Literature…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 38 Music……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 46 Music................................................................................................................................................................................. 46 Music Composition......................................................................................................................................................... 48 Music History .................................................................................................................................................................. 50 Music Performance ......................................................................................................................................................... 52 Music Sound Design and Recording ............................................................................................................................ 63 Music Theory ................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Science, Math, and Computing……………………………………………………………………………………………65 Biology.............................................................................................................................................................................. 65 Chemistry ......................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Computing ....................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Earth Science.................................................................................................................................................................... 71 Mathematics..................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Physics .............................................................................................................................................................................. 74 Science and Mathematics ............................................................................................................................................... 75 Social Science………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 76 Anthropology .................................................................................................................................................................. 76 History .............................................................................................................................................................................. 77 Political Economy............................................................................................................................................................ 79 Philosophy........................................................................................................................................................................ 80 Politics and International Relations.............................................................................................................................. 82 Psychology ....................................................................................................................................................................... 83 Sociology .......................................................................................................................................................................... 85 Visual Arts…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 86 Art History ....................................................................................................................................................................... 86 Visual Arts / Studios ....................................................................................................................................................... 86 Visual Arts / Related Studies ....................................................................................................................................... 103 Graduate Programs………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 104 Center for Creative Teaching....................................................................................................................................... 104 MFA in Dance................................................................................................................................................................ 104 Spring 2012 Curriculum – Updated 2/22/12 CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC ACTION The Center’s curricular offerings address the challenges of effective citizenship in today’s world, inviting students to study the world’s most urgent problems as well as to confront what it means to attend to them. Bennington’s longstanding commitment to educating students toward constructive social purposes is evident throughout the curriculum as a whole; courses offered through the Center focus attention on pressing and evolving issues such as education, the environment, health, the distribution of wealth, the uses of force, and governance. Featured content areas will include media, religion, and law. The Center will also provide regular opportunities to acquire or build upon the capacities and skills necessary to effect change, among them design, rhetoric, mediation, improvisation, and negotiation. The following Spring 2012 course offerings include those taught by visiting faculty and CAPA Fellows. Related courses can be found throughout the curriculum. ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC ACTION APA2101.01 Fundamentals of Advancing Public Action Elizabeth Coleman The world is facing challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency. Health, environmental sustainability, poverty, war and the uses of force, education, governance ‐ these are vital issues of universal human concern and yet, so often, we sit back and wait for others ‐ politicians and other so‐called experts ‐ to set the course. But, as citizens, what are our responsibilities? What does it mean to be a citizen? What obligation and power do we have to inform ourselves and others and to create change? What knowledge and skills do we need to act effectively? By examining the critical variables that shape some of the most complex and pressing challenges facing the world today, students in Fundamentals of Advancing Public Action will explore the meaning, power, and obligation of citizenship, and begin to develop the capacities and skills necessary to create positive, effective, and sustainable change. This is a full‐year course, open to all students. Prerequisites: Completion of the first‐half of the course or permission of the instructor. Credits: 4 Time: MTh 2:10 ‐ 4pm 1 Spring 2012 Curriculum – Updated 2/22/12 APA2106.01 Interpreting Data in the Modern World Michael Rolleigh It is nearly impossible to live in the modern world without being inundated with data. From media sources to sports broadcasts,

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