Adjunct Instructor: Design

Title: Adjunct Instructor:
Design

Employee Classification: Adjunct Faculty

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

Sub Division-Department: UNT-Col of Vis Arts & Design

Department: UNT-Design-136310

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: Varies based on assignment

Retirement Eligibility: Not Retirement Eligible

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The professional programs offered through the UNT College of Visual Arts & Design in the Design Department share a common mission that prepares students to not only meet, but to define and reinvent solutions for the fundamental challenges that impact their respective professions in an increasingly changing world.
UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

The Department of Design seeks qualified individuals for its Adjunct Instructor pool and welcomes applicants at any time. This posting is for the Spring 2027 and Summer 2027 semesters. The specific courses involved may vary from semester to semester and openings to teach these courses develop on a periodic basis, depending on department teaching needs. Areas of teaching include Communication Design, Fashion Design, Human-Centered Interaction Design, Interior Design, and User Experience Design.

Requirement for Each program below.

• Communication Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, and User Experience Design:
  Bachelors degree and a minimum of 18 hours of graduate study, both in the related field to which you are applying. Professional work experience may substitute the 18 hours of graduate education.
  Applicants without a graduate or terminal degree in the design field you plan to teach, must have a minimum of 10 years industry experience in the field you plan to teach. The submitted resume or CV must show relationships between the industry experience and the learning outcomes in the field of teaching.
• Interaction Design:
  Terminal master’s degree in User Experience…