Location: Moraga, CA
Open Date: Jul 17, 2024
Deadline: Jul 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description:Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's is a residential campus nestled 20 miles east of San Francisco in the picturesque Moraga Valley. Based in the Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts traditions, Saint Mary's currently enrolls more than 4,000 students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate and graduate programs. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character of the College.
As a comprehensive and independent institution, Saint Mary's offers undergraduate and graduate programs integrating liberal and professional education. Saint Mary's reputation for excellence, innovation and responsiveness in education stems from its vibrant heritage as a Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts institution. An outstanding, committed faculty and staff that value shared inquiry, integrative learning and student interaction bring these traditions to life in the 21st century. The College is committed to the educational benefits of diversity.
The Integral Program of Liberal Arts at Saint Mary's College of California invites applications for a part-time, per-course adjunct instructor for the Fall 2024. The Integral Program is a great books program with an all-required sequence of seminars and tutorials; all courses are built around student discussion. Integral students practice conversational inquiry into great texts illustrative of the main kinds of human thinking.
Saint Mary's College seeks to hire a per-course adjunct faculty member to teach INTEGRAL 100, Seminar I: Ancient Greek Texts, in the traditional undergraduate program in Fall 2024.
Mondays & Thursdays, 3:20 - 5:00 pm
This course will be taught in person on the Moraga campus.
Course Description:
Conversational and written inquiry into monumental texts from Greek antiquity, e.g.: Homer, Iliad, Odyssey; Aeschylus, Oresteia; Plato, Meno, Republic; Thucydides, Peloponnesian War; Aristophanes, Clouds.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. (or other terminal degree) in the candidate’s field required (ABDs may be considered). The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to and experience in student-centered teaching in the liberal arts and Great Books traditions and familiarity with the course content in the First-Year Integral Tutorials (either INTEG 120 and 121, 130 and 131, or 140). Qualified candidates from all scholarly disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Candidates must reside in California.
Salary: $9,929 - $13,774 depending on qualifications.
The salary range for this position is covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the College and SEIU, Local 1021, available here.
To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/149957