Political Geography - Credit Contract Appointment

About the Role

Mount Royal University’s Faculty of Science and Technology is accepting applications for a part-time appointment for the Winter semester which will commence January and end April 2024.

The department is seeking a qualified professional with the ability to teach the following course :

Political Geography

Days & Times Offered : Winter 2024 term, Tuesday / Thursday 10 : 00 a.m. - 11 : 20 a.m.

Course Description : As a branch of human geography, political geography is the study of power and place. It is concerned with both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures and boundaries.

Primary areas of study in political geography include : the spatiality of states; geopolitics; geographies of political and social movements;

places and the politics of identities; the geographies of nationalism and ethnic conflict; and the politics of the environment.

Responsibilities

• Instruction : course delivery including preparation of course outline, course activities, lesson preparation and assessments, and course D2L Brightspace site; and
• Administration : submit course attendance sheets, course outline signature forms, input final grades upon course completion, and participate in scheduled program meetings.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Master’s Degree is required in Geography or a closely-related discipline with a PhD preferred.
• Significant experience instructing undergraduate courses dealing with current global economic issues.

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