Part-Time Academic; ARCH Introduction to Architecture - Fall Regional Muni

Job Summary & Key Responsibilities

The Instructor will teach a 3-credit undergraduate elective introducing fundamental ideas in architecture and the built workplace for students from a broad range of disciplines.

Responsibilities include preparation and delivery of lectures, assessment, grading, and course administration. Prior course materials may be available and the Instructor is encouraged to contribute their own expertise while supporting established learning outcomes. This course investigates the function, geometry, and meaning of buildings. Students record and study the settings for their individual and public lives in Halifax, while lectures introduce important works around the world.

Learning basic drawing and model-making skills enables students to design elementary spaces and structures.

Bachelors degree required; graduate degree preferred.

Expertise in architecture or a related discipline and prior university teaching or equivalent experience are assets.

• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Foster student learning
• Work collaboratively with diverse faculty and students
• Contribute to an inclusive academic environment

Per CUPE Collective Agreement

All offers of employment as a Part-Time Academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Dalhousie University commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The university encourages applications from Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (especially Mikmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, persons identifying as members of 2

SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. In accordance with our Employment Equity Policy, preference will be given in hiring processes to candidates who self-identify as members of one or more of the equity-deserving groups listed above.