SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Department of Humanities

AQ5115, phone: 778-782-3689, fax: 778-782-4504

FALL 2009

SESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS REQUIRED

The Department of Humanities, an interdisciplinary department at SFU, requires Sessional Instructors during the FALL 2009 semester (September to December) to teach the following courses. All appointments are subject to budgetary approval and sufficient enrolment.

Applications are invited for:

HUM 102W*-4 Classical Mythology (Surrey Campus)

HUM 130-3 Introduction to Religious Studies (NOW Program @ Harbour Centre)

HUM 202-3 Great Texts in the Humanities II (NOW Program @ Harbour Centre)

HUM 204-3 Great Religious Texts (Burnaby)

HUM 302W*-4 The Golden Age of Greece (NOW Program @ Harbour Centre)

HUM 303-4 The Latin Humanist Tradition (Burnaby)

HUM 321-4 Humanities & Critical Thinking (Integrated Studies Program @ Harbour Centre)

HUM 322-4 Humanities & the Critique of Culture (Burnaby)

*Note: Hum 102W and HUM 302W are writing intensive courses – feedback on students’ written work is an essential part of the course grading requirements.

Qualifications:  A minimum of a Master's degree or PhD and/or outstanding teaching experience in the course area or topic and/or distinguished professional experience as detailed in the postings and in accordance with the current TSSU Collective Agreement (Article XIV,E.).

Please note that as an interdisciplinary department, Humanities gives consideration in its hiring decision to different or innovative ways in teaching the course topic. As such, applicants should be aware that a factor in the selection process will be the course outline which an applicant submits, indicating how they would present the course. Please contact the department to consult course outlines of past offerings of the course(s) to acquaint yourself with the focus of the course(s) in previous offerings and to help you determine how you may wish to present the material in future offerings.

Application: Please submit a curriculum vitae, a course proposal (including required and recommended texts, grading breakdown, short description), three letters of reference (if you have not taught for the Humanities at SFU in the past) and a statement of interest to:

Christine Prisland, Department Manager

AQ5114 [prisland@sfu.ca]

Department of Humanities

Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive

Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6

Applications will be received until 20 April 2009.

In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, this advertisement is directed to people who are eligible for employment in Canada at the time of application. Simon Fraser University is committed to the principle of equity in employment and offers equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants.

Freedom of information and protection of privacy: The application information requested is collected under the authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c.468, s. 27(4)(a)), and the University's policy of Collection of Personal Information.(I 10.05). The information is directly related to processing your application for a sessional instructor appointment and for offers of employment to qualified applicants. If you have any questions about the collection and use of this information please contact the Department Manager (AQ5114, 778-782-4094).

1 April 2009