2025-26 AY Lecturer Pool - Design Department

DEPARTMENT: Design

POSITION TITLE:Lecturer Pool Design

POSITION DETAILS:

The Department of Design at California State University Sacramento is housed in the College of Arts & Letters. The programs comprising the Department of Design instruct include a B.A. in Design Studies B.F.A in Graphic Design B.F.A in Interior Architecture and a B.F.A. in Photography. See below for anticipated needs for specific areas of: Design Studies; Graphic Design; Interior Architecture; and Photography.

Design Studies:Teach undergraduateintroductorydesign history classes introductory studio classes in basic 2D and 3D composition introductory classes in critical thinking about design.

Graphic Design: Teach introductory undergraduate studio classes in focused on 2D composition symbol development and color theory.

Interior Architecture: Teach undergraduate lecture and studiobased classes in the following areas: design studio computer graphics studio architectural history professional career preparation and building systems/building technology.

Photography: Teach undergraduate classes in digital and/or analog photography.

Duties of a parttime lecturer include instruction class preparation grading and office hours. Other duties may be assigned based on departmental needs. Course assignments including dates time and modality are made by the Department Chair under the direction of the College Dean.

Parttime lecturers are instructional faculty with conditional appointments based on enrollment and budget. Hires from the pool of applicants are made when there are instructional needs to fill coursework offered by an academic department based on changing enrollment patterns changes to tenuretrack faculty assignments and other factors that cannot be addressed with our existing faculty. Initial appointments are typically for one semester but occasionally academic year initial appointments are made. Appointments may be renewed based on department needs funding and performance. Often appointments are made just prior to the start of the semester.

The Department of Design is seeking candidates for our parttime lecturer pool to teach courses in the following areas: Architecture Design Studies Graphic Design and Photography. To be considered candidates must have either a Masters degree or a Bachelors degree combined with at least five years of teaching or relevant professional experience in one of these fields or a related discipline.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Terminal degree in the relevant field

Prior teaching experience at the college level

APPLICANT INSTRUCTIONS:

New applicants are required to submit the following

1. Cover letter that includes a listing of courses you are prepared to teach.A list of courses within the Design major is available in theUniversity Catalog.

2. Complete curriculum vitae (CV) that includes the Dates (semester/year) & Summaries of relevant teaching experience (provide a listing of comparable college classes taught that includes the number of courses and course sections).

3. Unofficial transcripts of highest degree

4. A list of two references with contact information

Syllabi

6. A Portfolio of 20 JPG images (maximum) of your work and/or your students work.*

*For all applications with videos or JPG images: Each JPG should be less than 2.5 megabytes and sized to 1024 pixels (14.22 inches) on the longest side at 72ppi. For videos any documentation must be on Vimeo.

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Candidate will be required to provide official transcripts of their highest degree earned and must furnish proof of eligibility to work in the U.S.. California State University Sacramento is not a sponsoring agent for nontenure track (temporary/lecturer) faculty for the H1B Visa.

Out of State Employment

Per CSUwide policy (HR202104) all faculty who will begin initial employment (or return from a 12month break in service) on or after January 1 2022 are required to perform their work from within the State of California. Faculty hired prior to January 1 2022 must be available to perform work in the State of California if their assignment is inperson.