Lecturer in Physics

Lecturer in Physics

Job : 303126

Location: Georgia College & State Univ

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is the state'sdesignated public liberal arts university, where students learn the essential skills to compete in a fast-paced and technology-driven global society. The university prepares students for successful careers, leadership in communities, problem solving and life-long learning through personalized attention in a residential setting with opportunities for a variety of transformational experiences through its award-winning, high-impact practices. One of only three selective universities within the University System of Georgia anda top 10 ranked public university in the Southeast, GCSU offers undergraduate degrees in more than 40 majors, more than 30 graduate programs, doctorates in education and nursing, professional certificates, and continuing education programs.

As a member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), GCSU is committed to fostering a liberal arts environment that values academic preeminence, interdisciplinary inquiry and an inclusive learning community. GCSU enjoys a strong reputation for academic excellence and nationally ranked programs according to US News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Colleges of Distinction - among other ranking sources. Georgia College & State University takes great pride in combining the educational experience of a private liberal arts college with the affordability of a public university.

Faculty andstaff are dedicated to student engagement and experiential learning through high-impact practices such as internships, service- and community-based learning, leadership development, study abroad opportunities, mentored undergraduate research and a capstone project that fosters intellectual curiosity, reasoned inquiry and critical thinking.

The university's beautiful and historic campus is located downtown in Milledgeville, Georgia, a charming college town of approximately 19,000 residents in Central Georgia, and only 90miles southeast of Atlanta. Milledgeville is also the home of noted

American author and alumna, Flannery O'Connor, '45, and the college community enjoys many exciting literary arts programs at O'Connor'sformer home, Andalusia, a National Historic Landmark owned by the university. Milledgeville is located on the banks of beautiful Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee, allowing faculty, staff and students totake full advantage of the environmental and recreational benefits of being part of a lake community. For cultural, educational and leisure opportunities beyond Milledgeville
- Macon and Atlanta are located within easy driving distances.

Georgia College & State University is dedicated to protecting academic freedom in addition to supporting freedomofexpression as outlined in the University System of Georgia's Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom policy and its Ethics Code of Conduct. For more information, visit us online .

The College of Arts & Sciences seeks a Lecturer to teach undergraduate courses in first-year physics sequences and their corresponding labs. The successful candidate may also be called upon to teach in the introductory astronomy courses. As the primary instructor for physics labs, the successful candidate will coordinate lab activities and continue edits of lab manuals. This non-tenure track faculty position, based in the Department of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, is a 10-month academic year position.

• - Full-time instructional load teaching (15 contact hours per week) in areas of expertise within the academic discipline
• - Regular course meetings and instruction
• - Ability to maintain internally developed Physics and Astronomy lab materials and resources.
• - Maintenance and weekly set up of equipment for either the Astronomy or Physics laboratories.
• - Other teaching responsibilities
• - Knowledge and ability to convey current philosophies, practices, and theories related to the academic discipline.
• - Faculty also contribute to the Georgia College & State University core curriculum by teaching topical freshman (GC1Y) or sophomore seminar (GC2Y) courses. All Georgia College & State University faculty share the responsibility of teaching our core curriculum and providing foundation courses for majors and non-majors alike. To carry out our public liberal arts mission, we seek faculty with the ability to engage students as they launch their intellectual…