Job Summary & Key Responsibilities
The Instructor will teach a 3-credit undergraduate elective introducing fundamental ideas in architecture and the built environment 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.
FORMAT: Lecture
Qualifications/Requirements of Position
Qualifications / Requirements
Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree preferred. Expertise in architecture or a related discipline and prior university teaching or equivalent experience are assets.
Professional Competencies
Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, foster student learning, work collaboratively with diverse faculty and students, and contribute to an inclusive academic environment.
Additional Information
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 Mi’kmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ 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. For more information, including details related to our Employment Equity Policy and Plan and definitions of equity-deserving groups please review our Employment Equity information.
If you require any support for the purpose of accommodation, such as technical aids or alternative arrangements, please let us know of these needs and how we can be of assistance. Dalhousie University is committed to ensuring all candidates have full, fair, and equitable participation in the hiring process. Our complete Accommodation Policy can be viewed here.
