Courses

Course portfolio

At the Universities of Augsburg and Luxembourg and during teaching exchanges and invited guest lectureships i.a. at the University of Gothenburg, University of Tübingen, University of Kassel and Technical University of Chemnitz, I have designed, taught and examined a variety of courses and supervised theses in the fields of political science and history, amounting altogether to over 1,800 teaching hours. In so doing, I have developed a broad portfolio of in-class, virtual and hybrid teaching methods and contents, comprising synchronous and asynchronous formats, at undergraduate and graduate levels, and in English and German. My teaching portfolio comprises the following subjects:

  • The EU political system
  • Theories of European integration
  • European integration historiography
  • The EU’s social dimension
  • EU enlargement policy
  • Comparative social policy and welfare systems across Europe
  • Comparative health policy, health-care systems and public health in Europe
  • Comparative migration and asylum policy in Europe
  • Introduction to Political Science (and specifically to Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory)
  • Methods of scientific writing and research design
  • Social sciences in practice: a guide to professional life with a degree in social sciences

I have furthermore supervised more than 50 B.A. and M.A. theses in the areas of political science, European studies and European history.

Syllabi

Many of the teaching and learning strategies on which I build my courses I know through inspiring exchanges with wonderful colleagues and posts/publications by great teachers all over the world. Whenever I design a new course, I am grateful for model syllabi on similar topics helping me to get started, and to broaden my own horizon so as to be able to offer my students the best and most productive learning settings possible. Seeking to contribute to a mutually enriching exchange on teaching strategies and course construction, I am happy to share the syllabi to the courses I have designed. Please get in touch (mail [at] mechthildroos.eu) if you would be interested in teaching material on any of the courses. I am also grateful for feedback, both from a teacher’s and a student’s perspective.