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I have developed and taught a number of courses for
other institutions. The list below gives some idea of the range of my teaching experience.
The school for which I developed the course is indicated in parentheses. An asterisk
identifies a course I developed.
- GER 110, "World
Civilizations": a lower-division introduction to major civilizations of the
world. (Teikyo Loretto Heights University)*
- GER 205, "Science
and Technology": a topical introduction to issues in the relationships among
science, technology, and society. (Teikyo Loretto Heights University)*
- GER 208,
"Heritage of the World": an introduction to the cultural heritage of
major world civilizations. (Teikyo Loretto Heights University)*
- HIST 1016, "World
History to 1500": a lower-division survey of world history from the
paleolithic to around 1500. (Teikyo Loretto Heights University/University of Colorado at
Denver)*
- HIST 1025, "Pre-Modern Europe": an
introductory survey of European history from Greece and Rome to about 1715. (Teikyo
Loretto Heights University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 1026, "World
History since 1500": a survey of world history from around 1500 to the
present. (Teikyo Loretto Heights University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 1035, "Modern European Culture,
1750-present": a cultural and intellectual history of modern Europe. (Teikyo
Loretto Heights University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 1381, "Paths to the Present I": a
topical introduction to the study of history. (Teikyo Loretto Heights
University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 1382, "Paths
to the Present II": a topical introduction to the study of history. (Teikyo
Loretto Heights University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 3606, "Science,
Technology, and Society in the Modern World": a sophomore-junior level course
comparing the development of science and technology in Japan and the West. (Teikyo Loretto
Heights University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 3706, "The Age
of Revolution": a comparative study of revolutions in the Western and
non-Western world. (Teikyo Loretto Heights University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 4029,
"International Integration in Twentieth-Century Europe ": an
upper-division course in the history of economic and political integration in Europe,
centered on a history of the European Union. (Teikyo Loretto Heights University/University
of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 4416, "The Age of Imperialism": an
upper-level undergraduate course examining Western and Japanese imperialism in China and
Vietnam during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (Teikyo Loretto Heights
University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- HIST 4810, "Conflict
in Yugoslavia": an examination of the roots of war in the former Yugoslavia.
(Teikyo Loretto Heights University/University of Colorado at Denver)*
- ICS 331, "European
Culture and History": a mid-level survey centered around pivotal cities,
periods, and personalities in European history. (Teikyo Loretto Heights University)*
- "The Politics of Culture in Contemporary
France": examines the interaction of culture and politics in four kinds of
culture--classical, avant-garde, regional, and popular. (Austin College)*
- "America in the Sixties": the
content is self-explanatory. I ran this course as an experiment in progressive education,
requiring students to negotiate their syllabus, carry out a group project, and moderate
the classes. (Austin College)*
- "Europe, 1648-1848": an upper-level
survey organized around revolutions--English, French, Industrial, Scientific, and the
revolutions of 1848. (Austin College)
- "The Contemporary World: Problems and
Prospects": an introduction to contemporary western thought through a close
reading of texts that have helped to shape it. (University of Hartford)
- "History of Western Civilization": a
three-quarter survey from the Greeks to the present. (University of Chicago)
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John I. Brooks III