ARCHITECTURE - Faculty-Architecture

Job Classification

  Faculty Full-Time (75-100%)

Position summary

The Assistant or Associate Professor of Architecture holds a faculty appointment and has academic, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission and philosophy of the School of Architecture & Interior Design.  This individual demonstrates competence in design studio education, teaching of assigned lecture courses, and curriculum development at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Qualifications summary

• Master’s degree in architecture or equivalent terminal degree


• Commitment to Christ, personal spiritual maturity, and exemplary character


• Licensed Architect or equivalent professional certification (preferred)


• Teaching experience, preferred


• Keep current with best practices of the profession

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

• Teach students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.


• Create/review, and update applicable syllabi for courses assigned.


• Evaluate students’ course work and studio work for assigned courses.


• Advise students as needed.


• Participate in accreditation preparation and visit when applicable.


• Maintain weekly office hours as required by policy to be available to students.


• Participate in school and university committees as required by policy.


• Participate in creative scholarship, research, service and teaching activities as required by Andrews University’s faculty policy.


• Maintain professional expertise.


• Participate in collecting assessment data for the school.


• Other duties as assigned by the School of Architecture & Interior Design and/or the University.

Supervisory responsibilities

Supervise assigned students, student workers and graduate assistants.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in architecture or equivalent terminal degree


• Commitment to Christ, personal spiritual maturity, and exemplary character


• Licensed Architect or equivalent professional certification (preferred)


• Teaching experience, preferred


• Keep current with best practices of the profession

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

• Current knowledge and experience in the use of information and computer technology (e.g. AutoCad, Revit, and SketchUp) or proven ability to learn these skills.


• Ability to navigate the online environment and work with Learning Management System (LMS) – Moodle (Learning Hub) preferred but training will be given.


• Hands-on construction experience preferred.


• Hand drawing skills preferred.

Interpersonal interactions

• Must be competent mentoring students about living a Christian witness in the workplace.


• Must be competent interacting with students in an advisory role.


• Must be competent interacting with multiethnic and multinational faculty and student population.


• Must be able to work effectively as a team member.


• Must have the ability to form good student and peer relationships.


• Must be an effective presenter/speaker/teacher.

Physical demands

• Must be able to perform normal classroom and design studio instruction.


• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Work environment

Lecture and studio courses will be taught mostly in the Architecture building; while some courses may require use of the design/build workshop, as well as domestic or international field trips and/or study abroad.