Teaching


Here are some of the courses I have taught 
at the University of Texas:
 
undergraduate lecture courses:

HIS 322D: The Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century

HIS 322M: History of Modern Science

HIS 329P: History of the Atomic Bomb

HIS 329U: Perspectives on Science and Mathematics

UGS 303: Science and Art, Then and Now
(co-taught with Prof. Linda Henderson)


undergraduate seminars:

HIS 378W: The Galileo Affair (a "Capstone" seminar); before 2022 it was offered as a HIS 350L

HIS 350L: Electrification


You can find syllabi from the times I've taught these courses since 2010 by clicking this link, entering "Bruce" and "Hunt" in the "Instructor" boxes at the bottom, and clicking "Search."

I have also occasionally offered a graduate seminar (HIS 380K: Themes and Problems in the History of Science), and between 2018 and 2021 I taught our department's seminar aimed at preparing graduate students for teaching and other careers (HIS 398T: Supervised Teaching in History), but the syllabi for those aren't posted on the UT website. 
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I have received several teaching awards over the years:

1989: $1000 Texas Excellence Teaching Award (College of Liberal Arts), sponsored by the University of Texas Ex-Students’ Association;

2002: $5000 UT President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award;

2013: $3000 UT College of Liberal Arts Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship. 
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I have supervised two completed PhDs (Rubén Martínez, now teaching at Sacramento City College and California State University–Sacramento, and Angela Smith, now teaching at Austin Community College) and co-supervised three others (Gregory Cushman, an associate professor at the University of Arizona; Brett Bennett, an associate professor at the University of Western Sydney; and Felipe Cruz, an assistant professor at Tulane University). Two of my graduate students were awarded departmental prizes for their work: in 2004 the Lathrop Prize for the best dissertation went to Greg Cushman, and in 1991 Homer Rushing received the Perry Prize for his MA thesis (known as the "Homer Tome"). I have also served on the doctoral committees of graduate students in History, Philosophy, Government, American Studies, English, Art History, Comparative Literature, Library Science, Music, Radio–Television–Film, Speech Communication, and Architecture and Urban Planning.

Some of my most rewarding teaching experiences have come in mentoring undergraduates working on their senior honors theses. Over the years I have supervised seventeen students' senior honors theses in History; six of them were awarded one of our departmental prizes for the best thesis of the year, five received Rapoport-King research grants, and four received other undergraduate research grants. I have also supervised many Plan II honors theses on a wide range of topics.