SESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS
The following sessional positions have become newly available for Spring 2025
Application Opens: November 1st, 2024
Application Closes: November 15th, 2024 by 4 pm
Appointment dates: January 6 – May 2, 2025 (Subject to Change)
Qualifications:
- An MSc or PhD within the required discipline. Strong postdoctoral fellows, PhD candidates, or candidates with extensive (5+ years) industrial experience are also encouraged to apply
- Evidence of teaching ability
- Expertise commensurate with the specific requirements of the course
Required Employment Duties and Responsibilities:
- Works closely with the Associate Director, Academic and Administration, and with Teaching Assistants (if relevant)
- Delivers instruction, the content and syllabus of which is approved by the Associate Director, Academic and Administration
- Manages electronic and/or other platforms for the effective delivery of instruction
- If relevant, oversees Teaching Assistants while adhering to TSSU guidelines
- If relevant, holds regular meetings with Teaching Assistants to ensure continuity and cohesiveness in the course
- Holds regular office hours for students
- Undertakes the grading of assignments and examinations per the grading policies/practices of the University
- Compiles final examination and Term marks, and submits the final grades for students in the course
- Manages grade appeals, as necessary, in a timely manner
Documents Required:
- A current resume/curriculum vitae
- A list of past courses taught at SFU and/or another University or College
- A draft of the course outline you expect to use
- Upon request, three current letters of reference, including at least one from a department/school/program for which courses have been taught
- Upon request, short statement of applicant’s teaching pedagogy
Course Outlines: www.sfu.ca/outlines.html
Please email the required documents indicating which courses you are interested in teaching to: cs_manager@sfu.ca OR mail them to:
CS Manager
School of Computing Science, SFU
8888 University Drive, ASB 10700
Burnaby, B.C., V5A 1S6
Salary:
Contact hours for the courses listed below will between 3-5 hours. Please refer to the Sessional Instructors Wage Schedule for current rates, TSSU - Sessional Instructors Wage Schedule (sfu.ca)
The School of Computing Science is now accepting applications for Sessional Instructors for the Spring 2025 term. Instructors are required for the following courses:
Course |
Course Name |
Requirements to Teach the Course |
Campus |
Day/Time (Scheduled time and location subject to change) |
CMPT 295 D200 |
Introduction to Computer Systems |
Demonstrated familiarity with the fundamentals of computer architecture the digital systems underpinnings of computer systems, including: low-level programming, such as C and x86-64 assembler, knowledge of numeric representations, machine language programs, instruction set architecture, CPU and memory organization, basic digital systems, and program/code optimization. Delivery method: in-person. |
Burnaby |
Mon 1:30-3:20 pm Wed 1:30-2:20 pm |
CMPT 307 D200 |
Data Structures and Algorithms |
Demonstrated familiarity with the design and analysis of efficient data structures and algorithms. Experienced in the mathematical analysis of fundamental data structures and algorithms, including greedy methods, divide-and-conquer, dynamic programming, network flow, and basic NP-completeness. Delivery method: in-person. |
Surrey |
Mon 12:30-2:20 pm Wed 12:30-1:20 pm |
CMPT 310 D200 |
Introduction To Artificial Intelligence |
Demonstrated special expertise in the major approaches of artificial intelligence is required: logic, search, planning, knowledge representation, constraint satisfaction, natural language processing, and machine learning and statistical methods. Delivery method: in-person. |
Burnaby |
Wed 1:30-2:20 pm Fri 12:30-2:20 pm |
CMPT 365 D100 |
Multimedia Systems |
Reserve Sessional Instructor. Please note this position is open to all applicants but Graduates and Post Docs will have priority of appointment to the position. Demonstrated knowledge with multimedia systems design, multimedia hardware and software, issues in effectively representing, processing, and retrieving multimedia data such as text, graphics, sound and music, image and video. Delivery method: in-person. |
Burnaby |
Tue 4:30-6:20 pm Thu 4:30-5:20 pm |
CMPT 371 D100 |
Data Communications and Networking |
Demonstrated practical and theoretical knowledge of data communication fundamentals (data types, rates, transmission media); local area and wide area network architectures, and suitable communication protocols; ISO protocols and internetworking Network performance analysis under different loadings and channel error rates. Delivery method: in-person. |
Surrey |
Mon 4:30-6:20 pm Wed 4:30-5:20 pm |
CMPT 475 E100 |
Requirements Engineering |
Experienced with all aspects of software requirement engineering, including the methodological analysis, design, validation, and documentation of the key attributes of a system before its implementation. Demonstrated knowledge of best practices and common principles for requirement engineering. Delivery method: in-person. |
Burnaby |
Thu 4:30-7:20 pm
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