Assistant / Associate Professor of Biology

Description

About the Job

The successful candidate teaches courses and develops curriculum in the Biology and Health Sciences programs housed within the School of Science and Engineering in the College of Undergraduate Studies. Courses are traditional, in-seat, and offered on our Lakewood, Colorado campus. Minimum requirements are a . in Biology or a related discipline combined with a passion for teaching at the undergraduate level.

Faculty members of Colorado Christian University (CCU) teach assigned courses for which they are highly qualified within the College of Undergraduate Studies (CUS). Courses are traditional, in-seat, and offered on our Lakewood, Colorado campus. Each faculty member uses effective instruction techniques as a subject matter expert, but their primary responsibility is to integrate field-specific pedagogy with the Bible and a Christian worldview. They are also expected to integrate and teach CCU’s spiritual, academic, and cultural.

Other duties are to support the mission and vision of CCU. This may include actively participating in committee / task force / team meetings, writing curriculum, reporting on assessments / outcomes, advancing scholarship, engaging with the community, supporting colleagues, or doing other work assigned by the dean. Faculty members are expected to keep regular office hours, to engage with students, and assist them with their academics or other activities that support the University’s holistic approach.

The standard teaching load is 24 credit hours of undergraduate courses per year or four courses per semester.