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STATUS:              PT, Adjunct

DIVISION: Undergraduate Studies         

REPORTS TO: Chair, Liberal Arts 

SUPERVISES:      N/A

FLSA STATUS:    Non Exempt

Position Description

The College for Creative Studies (CCS) invites applications for an adjunct faculty member to teach the history of modern design. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience teaching at the college or university level and be able to teach both on campus and remotely. Teaching is needed for two sections back-to-back on Wednesday evenings this Fall.

DAH-341 HISTORY OF MODERN DESIGN
This course examines the social, economic, political, and cultural forces that influence modern design. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution and continuing to present day, this course introduces the prominent designers, their ideas, their influences, and the historical context in which they worked. The course covers a variety of media and discusses design in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Outcomes: Define and use the basic terminology of art and design history; investigate major cultural shifts and world events and their impact on the field of design; recognize style, designs, design companies, studios and movements; identify works by regional and/or period style, maker and medium; critically engage methodologies and theories relevant to the study of the history of modern design; and discuss how technology affected and effects design practices.

Position Accountabilities and Essential Functions

This position is accountable to the Chair of Liberal Arts. Essential functions include:

• Teach and successfully deliver a maximum two sections per semester
• Prepare syllabus for the review of the Department Chair
• Complete all teaching and other training workshops as required by the College
• Attend all Liberal Arts Department meetings
• Attend support meetings with Liberal Arts Chair, as necessary
• Deal promptly with all administrative responsibilities attached to this work

• MFA with specialty relative to the course being taught or other Master’s degree with at least 18 graduate credit hours relative to course content being taught is normally required.
• However, candidates with significant, extensive, and relevant professional experience may also be considered -- further details of CCS’s credentialing policy can be found here.
• Teaching experience at the college- or graduate-level is required.
• Successful candidates must be committed to working with diverse student and community populations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  This job operates in a professional office and college campus environment.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to maintain a stationary position, use a computer and other office equipment, and communicate effectively in person, by phone, and virtually.  Frequent interaction with others, including staff, faculty, students and third parties is required.  The employee may occasionally be required to move files or other objects weighing up to 25 pounds, including from low and high places.  The ability to move around within the office and between buildings on campus, attend off-site meetings and events, and travel between Ford Campus site to Taubman Center site are required.  CCS will make reasonable accommodations that will allow individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About CCS

College for Creative Studies is a nonprofit institution; it is one of the leading art and design colleges in the world. CCS is ranked by LinkedIn as a top three design school in the US and the best in the Midwest, based on alumni success. CCS has state-of-the-art facilities to support the complete range of creative production, from traditional art forms such as painting, glassblowing, foundry, and printmaking, to the most contemporary systems, including the latest digital imaging technology and extensive rapid prototyping output tools. The College currently enrolls more than 1,400 undergraduate and graduate students. It offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 13 majors:  Advertising Design, Art Education, Art Practice, Communication Design, Craft and Material Studies, Entertainment Arts, Fashion Accessories Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, Product Design, and Transportation Design. It also offers a Master's degrees in four majors: Color and Materials Design, Interaction Design, Systems Design Thinking, and Transportation Design.