Job Title Instructor Interdisciplinary Honors Program - Non Tenure Track

Position Title Instructor Interdisciplinary Honors Program - Non Tenure Track

Position Number

Job Category University Faculty

Job Type Full-Time

FLSA Status Exempt

Campus Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus

Location Code PROVOST'S OFFICE (02000A)

Department Name OFFICE OF THE PROVOST

Is this split and/or fully grant funded? No

Duties and Responsibilities
Loyola University Chicago s Interdisciplinary Honors Program invites applications for an instructor beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year. This is a non tenure track appointment (3 year, renewable term).

Requirements include a Ph.D. in hand by August 1, 2018. The successful candidate will be principally responsible for teaching our first year seminar the Western Intellectual Traditions. Additional experience teaching a course in American or European Studies is desirable. The first year seminar is a team-taught, interdisciplinary year-long course in Western literature, history, politics, art, theology, and philosophy modeled after great books programs. It consists of a large lecture (3 credit hours) and small discussion sections (3 credit hours); students earn 6 credit hours each semester.

Qualifications
The successful candidate would participate in offering some of the lectures depending on his or her areas of expertise and in leading two or more of the discussion sections each semester. For more information on Loyola s Honors Program, including course descriptions, please see our website at http://www.luc.edu/honors/index.shtml .

Excellent teaching is paramount in the Honors Program. Loyola University Chicago s teaching philosophy is guided by the idea of a transformative education (see http://www.luc.edu/transformativeed/). We welcome candidates from various disciplines: our principal interest is in candidates with teaching interests in an interdisciplinary great books program.

Physical Demands None

Working Conditions None

Minimum Education and/or Work Experience
Requirements include a Ph.D. in hand by August 1, 2018. The successful candidate will be principally responsible for teaching our first year seminar the Western Intellectual Traditions. Additional experience teaching a course in American or European Studies is desirable.

Open Date 10/03/2017

Close Date

Special Instructions to Applicants
Applicants must register their interest by applying on-line at www.careers.luc.edu. The application should include a cover letter, a current Curriculum Vitae, a statement describing the applicant s teaching philosophy, and teaching evaluations if available. In addition, applicants should provide at the same website the names and email addresses of three persons prepared to provide professional references. Review of applications will begin January 1, 2018, and continue until the position is filled, but all materials must be received by January 8, 2018, to ensure full consideration.

For further information, contact

Claudio J. Katz
Director, Interdisciplinary Honors Program
Loyola University
1032 W. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL. 60660

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago s Jesuit University, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong commitment to diversifying its faculty.

Quick Link for Posting http://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/5947

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Organizational Location Provost

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