Career Center
Posted: 16-Nov-22
Location: Michigan
Employment Type:
Organization Type:
STATUS: Part Time
DIVISION: Undergraduate Studies
REPORTS TO: Chair, Liberal Arts
SUPERVISES: N/A
Position Description
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) invites applications for adjunct faculty members to teach one or more of the following courses.
HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN, Wednesdays 12.45-3.30 online synchronous
This course is a comprehensive survey of the historical development of interior design with emphasis on furniture and the decorative arts. The course explores the designs and materials of Egypt, the Classical Mediterranean, the Medieval World and Tudor-Elizabethan England. Students examine the influence of Islam on Spanish design and that of the French monarchy on Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. The course concludes with the technological developments and their impact on designs of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Lectures and on-site study of museum collections provide direct experience of the decorative arts.
HISTORY OF MODERN DESIGN, Thursdays 12.45 – 3.30 online synchronous
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.
CONCEPTS AND METHODS OF VISUAL CULTURE, online asynchronous
This course examines the role of the visual in theory and practice. The approach taken is both structural and historical, presenting various critical frameworks and then using them to analyze specific examples of visual culture and their time periods. The course considers the visual through multiple dimensions--aesthetics, economics, politics, sociology, etc. It also reflects on the development of visual culture studies as an interdisciplinary field. A range of visual media--painting, photography, design, digital, etc.--and their cultural environments are examined. Heavy emphasis is placed on the student's ability to absorb visual culture theory and apply it to written assignments and other research. This course may be used for Social Science credit
The ideal candidate will have relevant experience teaching at the college or university level, as well as experience teaching online – a good understanding of Canvas is very highly desirable.
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 and Canvas pages 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
Qualifications and Experience
- 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.
- Online teaching experience is very highly desirable.
- 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.
To apply
Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. The search will close when a suitable candidate is hired. Interested candidates should send a resume and a letter of application outlining relevant experience and qualifications to: hr@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
CCS website: http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/
The College for Creative Studies, a leading college of art and design, represents a community composed of individuals with many perspectives, personal experiences, values, identities and worldviews and we value the diversity this brings to our organization. CCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to age, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
The College for Creative Studies subscribes to the principle of equal opportunity in its employment, admissions and educational practices and strives to provide an environment and workplace free from unlawful harassment or discrimination. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are part of our Core Institutional Values and we encourage applications from all individuals.
