The Big History Summer Institute at Dominican University of California is a unique five-day seminar for college and university faculty interested in learning and teaching Big History. The informative and hands-on sessions provide instruction in the content of Big History while focusing on the sharing of pedagogical strategies for conveying that content to students in an interactive and engaging manner. The Institute draws on the expertise of noted faculty: Dominican’s resident Big Historian, Cynthia Brown, author of Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present and winner of the American Book Award; Mojgan Behmand, program director and leader in the development of a signature First Year Experience program; Dominican faculty with notable experience in Big History pedagogy, currently involved in writing Teaching Big History  on best practices; and experts in related fields, such as cosmology, religion, art, and philosophy.

Applicants need not have prior experience teaching Big History, only interest in teaching Big History as a survey course, or developing a new course or program around Big History.

The Institute will include interactive sessions, sometimes concurrently, on the following topics:

• Big History content
• Big History pedagogy
• Big History and its place in the curriculum
• Big History texts and resources
• Big History co-and extra-curricular activities

Dominican's 2012 Big History Summer Institute

Dates and times: June 18th-22nd, 9am-5pm daily.

Cost per person: $1,250 (includes institute materials, breakfast, and lunch)

To apply, please download the Big History Summer Institute Application (.doc) – and email your completed application to us at bighistory@dominican.edu.

For more information, contact us at bighistory@dominican.edu.