Finance Affiliate Instructor

Position Summary

The Department of Finance at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty teaching positions. Affiliate Faculty are part-time, semester-by-semester instructors who teach courses as needed based on departmental demand. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate finance courses, which may include areas such as corporate finance, investments, financial institutions, personal financial planning, and related topics.

Responsibilities

• Teach three to nine credit hours. Areas to be covered include: Managerial Finance, Principles of Investments, Personal Financial Planning and other courses, particularly in the area of Real Estate as needed.
• Be available for consultation with students.
• Will work and interact with diverse groups of individuals including other department faculty and Department Chair.
• As the department is becoming increasingly oriented to online and hybrid delivery systems, successful experience with electronic LMS (in particular, Canvas) is a plus.

An affiliate faculty member's duties may include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if required, with department course coordination policies; and complying with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance or a closely related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. (ABD is accepted) in Finance or a closely related field
• Professional certifications (such as CFP, CFA, or CPA)
• Industry experience
• Prior university-level teaching experience