Humanities Faculty - Film (PTHUM-25)
Des Plaines, IL
| Employer: | Oakton Community College |
| Category: | Other |
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HUM 160 credit hours (lecture: 3 | lab: 1) Introduction to Film Course offers a survey of the historical development of film, emphasizing a study of films and innovations in film production that have had significant influence on film as an art form. Topics include basic film language, editing, light, sound, camera movement, and related topics. HUM 161 credit hours (lecture: 3 | lab: 0) Global Cinema Course offers a survey of the historical development of global cinema outside of Hollywood and the United States, emphasizing a study of films and innovations in film production, distribution, and exhibition, as well as changes in national identity, that have had significant influence on cinema as an international art form. HUM 260 credit hours (lecture: 3 | lab: 1) Perspectives on Film Course presents different modes of filmmaking. Content includes narrative, documentary, and animation; variety of current critical methodologies for studying film, such as genre theory, authorship theory, star theory, national cinema, feminist film theory, and structuralist theory (hero studies). Applicants must be strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student-centered environment. Oakton especially values candidates committed to working in a culturally competent environment. Cultural competence integrates and transforms knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services. Applicants should be current and skilled in their use of evolving technologies, active in promoting critical thinking, and committed to challenging our students to be knowledgeable, ethical, and capable global citizens. Oakton seeks enthusiastic faculty who are committed to innovation in college-level teaching and learning, and interested in non-traditional delivery of instruction. The College expects faculty to be professionally competent, have strong leadership qualities, participate in professional development activities, and engage in institutional and departmental service. Duties and Responsibilities:
Job Requirements: Master's degree in the specified area, or master's degree in a related area, with at least eighteen graduate semester hours in the specified area (based on course content) Prior college teaching experience is preferred. Additional Qualifications or Position Requirements Unique to This Search Ability to teach a range of film courses Ability to teach interdisciplinary course HUM 124) African American Culture and the Arts is preferred. Additional Information: Part-time faculty are paid on a lecture hour equivalents (LHE) basis. For most courses, the LHE is the same as a credit hour. For others, the LHE represents additional work for teaching the class, such as grading papers for Composition classes or teaching a class with a laboratory section (computers, languages, and the sciences); in those cases, the LHE represents a figure higher than the credit hour. All part-time faculty start at the beginning pay rates, regardless of the level and type of experience obtained elsewhere. For the 2024-25 academic year rates are $1191/LHE for faculty without doctorates and $1262/LHE for faculty with doctorates. Part-time faculty advance one step within the salary schedule with the successful completion of 2 fall & spring semesters where 3+ LHEs are taught in each semester. Applicants must be strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student-centered environment. Oakton especially values candidates committed to working in a culturally competent environment. Cultural competence integrates and transforms knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services. Applicants should be current and skilled in their use of evolving technologies, active in promoting critical thinking, and committed to challenging our students to be knowledgeable, ethical, and capable global citizens. Oakton seeks enthusiastic faculty who are committed to innovation in college-level teaching and learning, and interested in non-traditional delivery of instruction. The College expects faculty to be professionally competent, have strong leadership qualities, participate in professional development activities, and engage in institutional and departmental service. Oakton is accessible by public transportation. Benefits - https://www.oakton.edu/about/offices-and-departments/human-resources/ | |