Description

Guiding students through their first six weeks of college, from their first day of classes through their first round of midterms, the First Year Seminar provides Engineering students with a foundation to thrive as university scholars. The discussion-based seminar examines how students can approach their university education in order for it to be a healthy, challenging, rewarding transformative experience. As a one-credit course that meets on a 3-credit hour meeting pattern for the first third of the semester, this seminar has both a common curriculum taught across all sections and a unique curriculum determined by the interests, passions and concerns of individual instructors. The common curriculum and assignments explore a series of key questions fundamental to a successful university education:听What is its purpose? How do you thrive as a unique individual and a member of multiple communities? Who tells your story and what does it mean to be the author of your own story and a co-author of the College鈥檚 collective story? And what does it mean to ask these questions in a technological world鈥攂oth as consumers of tech and future producers of tech?听The unique portion of each section, determined by each instructor, will focus on some aspect of students鈥� relationships to knowledge, learning, things and desire.听It is required of all first-year engineering students living in the Engineering Connections residential community.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead class discussions around the content of the common curriculum (40% of the curriculum: philosophy, literature, social science) and evaluate the common curriculum assignments.
  • Develop curriculum for 60% of the course that supports the cultivation of Engineering Connections values based on your individual areas of expertise, including the design and evaluation of corresponding assignments.
  • Be part of the UCB 鈥淐ulture of Care鈥� by participating in the pilot collaboration with the CEAS Early Alert system, as well as attempt to get together with your students at least twice during the rest of the AY.

Minimum requirements

  • Each instructor-mentor must be a full-time employee at CU Boulder, and associated with the Engineering Connections initiative.
  • You must have 2-3 hours available each week during the semester.
  • Each instructor is required to have a master鈥檚 degree. This is an Office of Faculty Affairs requirement.听

Compensation

  • Compensation for teaching one section of this class will range from $2,200-$3,500, dependent on enrollment and qualifications.

Special Instructions

To inquire about this role please contact Scot Douglass at听Scot.Douglass@colorado.edu prior to Tuesday, Aug.听27, 2024.