Description:
Adjunct faculty positions provide quality, effective instruction in assigned courses on a part-time, temporary basis. Deliver course content in person to undergraduate Business and Liberal Arts students, including lecture and tutorial instruction. Oversee all assignments and grading and maintain accurate records of student work and attendance. One course is four hours of in-class instruction a week, for nine weeks.
Topics for the College Algebra course would include: core algebraic skills, including solving equations and inequalities; working with functions such as linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric; and exploring systems of equations, graphing techniques, and applications of functions in real-world contexts.
Topics for the Introduction to Calculus course would include: limits; continuity, derivatives and applications; antiderivatives; the fundamental theorem of calculus;
exponential and logarithmic functions. Applications include analyzing rates of change, modeling growth and decay, finding areas under curves, and solving practical
problems from everyday contexts.
Qualifications:
- Alignment with the vision and values of Thales College:
- https://www.thalescollege.org/about/faq
- https://www.thalescollege.org/about/principles
- https://www.thalescollege.org/about/overview
- Minimum of a Master's degree in mathematics or a related field required
- Ability to teach undergraduate courses in Physics or in other areas of STEM a bonus
