ENV100Y5 Y The Environment (Sci)

Date Posted: 03/06/2024
Req ID: 36418
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Geography
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Description:

Course Number and Title: ENV1005Y The Environment (Sci)

Course Description: This introductory environmental science course examines large-scale features of Earth, natural hazards, Earth's climate and weather systems, energy and mineral resources, human population growth, extinction and biodiversity, environmental toxins, vanishing soils and expanding deserts, forests, urban environmental management, and food resources. Interdisciplinary interaction among Science, Social Science, and Humanities is a major theme.

Estimated Course Enrolment: 500 students

Estimated TA Support: will be subject to final enrollment figures.

Class Schedule: Asynchronous.

The mode of instruction for this course is online Asynchronous; in-person final exam.

Sessional Dates of Appointment:
F courses May 1 – June 30, 2024.
S courses July 1 – August 31, 2024
Y courses May 1 – August 31, 2024

Salary: In accordance with the current CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement, rate of pay is $9,457.89 for a Half (F/S) course, $18,915.79 for a full (Y) course. All pay rates are inclusive of vacation pay

"Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail."

Note: Sessional positions involve completion of any course grading remaining incomplete at the end of the academic session.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12. Positions are tentative pending final course enrolments.

Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in geography or related field. Evidence of teaching excellence in the subject covered in the course is required. Previous experience managing a large online course and a large team of TAs is required.

Description of Duties: All normal duties related to the design and teaching of a university credit course, including preparation and delivery of course content; development, administration and marking of assignments, tests and exams; calculation and submission of grades; holding regular office hours; supervising TA’s assigned to course; order all necessary readings. The mode of instruction for this course is online Asynchronous; in-person final exam. .

Application Instructions: This Sessional Lecturer positions is available in the Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment at the University of Toronto Mississauga for the Summer 2024 Academic Session. This posting is in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the Governing Council of the University of Toronto and CUPE 3902 (Unit 3). As required by the agreement, this posting is being emailed to all those in the Department’s Applicant Pool, which consists of all Sessional Lecturers who are teaching for the UTM Department during the current academic year or who have taught for the Department, and also to those who have submitted an application and CV within the past twenty-four months. Applications from others are also welcome. To be considered for a position applicants must submit the attached CUPE application form as well as their CV of no more than 3 pages together with recent course evaluations by email to the department Chair, Laura Brown, at: [email protected] .

Closing Date: 03/26/2024, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

 It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.