STATUS:                             Part Time

DIVISION:                           Undergraduate Studies

REPORTS TO:                     Chair of Liberal Arts       

SUPERVISES:                      N/A       

FLSA STATUS:                    Non Exempt

Position Description

The College for Creative Studies (CCS) invites applications for adjunct faculty members to teach Understanding Politics in the Fall of 2026.

Course description: This course gives students the tools needed to understand modern political issues. Topics include the supposed justifications for political authority, reasons for limiting freedom, arguments for different kinds of property distribution, conceptions of justice, and responding to oppression and inequality. Students consider live political issues, the arguments and ideas behind different positions, and come to their own informed and reasoned political views.

Experience teaching political science at the college or university level is absolutely essential. Experience with Canvas or other LMS is a considerable advantage. The post requires teaching on campus in person, and there is no possibility of remote work.

Position Accountabilities and Essential Functions

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

• Deliver in-person instruction for assigned course sections
• Maintain scheduled office hours (minimum one hour per week per course)
• Evaluate and grade student work promptly and in accord with institutional timelines
• Respond to student inquires promptly
• Develop and submit course syllabus for departmental approval to deadlines
• Use institutional LMS for course delivery and communication
• Complete training in Canvas and use it as required by the department and college
• Deal promptly with all administrative responsibilities attached to this work
• Faculty are expected to comply with institutional policies, including those related to student privacy (FERPA), academic integrity, and Title IX.

About College for Creative Studies

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.

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