CIS Adjunct Faculty, UG - COR3001 Big Questions (Wealth and Poverty), AY202 at Southern Methodist University

, , Singapore -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

23 Sep, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Teaching, Research, Interdisciplinary Learning, Critical Engagement, Curriculum Development, Humanities, Social Sciences, Communication, Analytical Skills, Identity Construction, Power Dynamics, Inequality, Progress Studies, Course Design, Student Engagement, Feedback Analysis

Industry

Higher Education

Description

The College of Integrative Studies (CIS) at Singapore Management University (SMU) invites applications for part-time instructors with a track record in excellent teaching at the tertiary level to teach Big Questions: Wealth and Poverty. The course explores the manifold forms of wealth and poverty that mark the human experience. Through critical engagement with various disciplinary perspectives and lived contexts, it considers the ways that wealth and poverty intertwine in theory and practice. It will analyse how notions of wealth and poverty are embedded in the construction of our identity–and in our axiomatic mental models of power, progress, inequality, and so forth. Big Questions is part of the Core Curriculum and is a mandatory course for all freshmen. It aims to introduce students to disciplinary, multidisciplinary, and integrative learning across a pre-assigned course programme. However, instructors are encouraged to teach around the broad course programme and theme, according to their own discipline-specific knowledge and interests. For more information on the Core Curriculum’s Big Questions, see: https://cis.smu.edu.sg/core-curriculum/big-questions Singapore Management University is a research university committed to an interdisciplinary and integrated curriculum. Undergraduate classes are capped at 48 students. Interested applicants should apply online, providing a cover letter; CV; evidence of previous teaching feedback and two references. The positions are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences, including, but not exclusive to, the fields of anthropology, geography, history, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. The successful candidate would be employed under a contract of service (Adjunct) appointment on a term basis. Candidates must have a doctorate in a relevant discipline by the date of appointment and, a track record in excellent teaching and scholarly research.

Responsibilities

The instructor will teach the course 'Big Questions: Wealth and Poverty' as part of the Core Curriculum for freshmen. The course involves critical engagement with various disciplinary perspectives on wealth and poverty.