"Adjunct Faculty, First Year Experience"

Position:

Part-time Adjunct Faculty Appointment First Year Experience (FYE). The First Year Experience (FYE) program of Maryland Institute College of Art invites applications for this part-time faculty position in a non-tenure institution beginning Fall 2025.

FYE Website: https://www.mica.edu/undergraduate-majors-minors/fye/

Job Description:

The faculty position will teach a studio course within the First Year Experience (FYE) program, a 3 credit class. The faculty is expected to teach in one of the required core curricular courses in FYE: Inter-Trans-disciplinary Forum 1 +Forum II; Drawing Fundamentals; Color Design (2D); Fabrication (3D); New Media (4D). MICAs First Year Experience (FYE) is a foundation-level exploratory art and design program that supports the diversity of our community, the discovery of various learning pathways, and student curiosity. It is designed to provide a foundation-level exploratory art and design curriculum. It supports the diversity of our community, the discovery of various learning pathways, and student curiosity. Individual voices are honored while building community through a comprehensive learning experience that propels the intellect and imagination, research and critical thinking, making and fabrication, collaboration and critique. In addition, students are encouraged to explore ones roles and responsibilities as artists and designers in society. As a guided pathway, the programs robust and dynamic instruction strengthens foundation-level art and design skills to help students prepare for upper-level study within the Undergraduate Studies (UGS) programs.

The faculty must be able to instruct students to conclude the course with the FYEs Program Learning Outcomes. By the conclusion of the course, students will demonstrate foundation-level practical and conceptual skills, including personal artistic viewpoint and self-reflective inquiry in art and design processes; demonstrate foundation-level digital literacy and interdisciplinary skills to prepare for upper-level UGS programs; apply visual art and design communication skills with ideation, problem-solving, experimentation, and iterative processes; understand foundational-level professionalism, social and environmental responsibility, and ethical research while creating art and design work; engage in intercultural, community, and collaborative projects as the foundation of integrative and engaged learning.

Requirements:

• BFA / MFA degree requirement and/or professional equivalent degree or industry standard qualification.
• Proficiency in digital literacy to instruct first-year students in studio art and design making processes.
• Basic knowledge of Canvas or classroom LMS and Adobe Creative Suite is required to teach first-year students.
• Ability to inspire and guide first-year students in step-by-step foundational level studio skill building in art and design in using a variety of artistic approaches of art and design education.
• Ability to follow advice from senior faculty and fulfill required curriculum provided to instructors.

Additional Information:

Salary: Commensurate with experience and college policy.

Apply: The College will review applications as received. The position will remain open until filled. All inquiries, nominations and applications will be held in the strictest confidence.

Provide a CV including teaching experience and all professional work relevant to the course; a detailed list of relevant skill sets; and a link to professional work or portfolio.