Adjunct, Mathematical Sciences

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Newport (RI); On-site; USD 33,480 - 55,800; Part time

Job summary

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc. is hiring adjunct faculty for the 2024-2025 academic year in Newport, RI. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching courses such as MTH170 Concepts in Mathematics and MTH172 Quantitative Methods for Business. Applicants must hold a master's degree in mathematics or a related field and have prior teaching experience.

In-person classes will be taught on campus and candidates should be able to manage grading, prepare syllabi, and utilize the Canvas learning management system effectively.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• Teaching experience is necessary.
• Ability to teach in-person classes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and teach in-person, on-campus classes.
• Prepare, proctor, and grade examinations.
• Grade and return student assignments in a timely manner.
• Provide a course syllabus at the start of the semester.
• Use Canvas to distribute course materials.
• Hold weekly office hours.
• Use Salve email for official correspondence.

Education

Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline

Job description

Contract Type

Semester based.

Basic Function

The Department of Mathematical Sciences is seeking adjunct faculty for teaching assignments during the 2024-2025 academic year. Courses may include our MTH170 Concepts in Mathematics, MTH172 Quantitative Methods for Business, and STA173 Statistical Methods. Courses will be held in-person on our campus in Newport, RI.

Course Descriptions

• MTH170: Concepts in Mathematics (3 Credits) – Fulfills Core Requirement in Mathematics. This course stresses the breadth of mathematics both continuous and discrete, probabilistic as well as deterministic, computational and conceptual while providing students with tools needed to investigate, explore and understand the thematic connections that exist between discipline‑based courses. Students investigate appropriate mathematical subject matter drawn from areas such as graphs and networks, the concept of change, combinatorics and probability, modern algebra, number theory, and personal finance. In addition to considering mathematical concepts that are the foundations of these areas in mathematics, students investigate applications of mathematics.
• MTH172: Quantitative Methods for Business (3 Credits) – Fulfills Core Requirement in Mathematics. Students study some of the great achievements and concepts in the discipline of mathematics along with their use in the analysis and solution of business problems. Students study the mathematics of finance, decision analysis, project management, and demand forecasting. Students study and apply the mathematical concepts related to expected value decision making and linear programming. Students also study exponential, trend adjusted, and seasonal forecasting as well as quantitative financial concepts such as interest, discounts, annuities, and present value analysis.
• STA173: Statistical Methods (3 Credits) – This course will address a broad spectrum of fundamental statistics concepts. The topics include exploratory data analysis, basic probability distributions, sampling distributions, interval estimations, hypothesis testing, and significance testing (P‑Values) with single, paired and two‑sample problems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and teach in‑person, on‑campus classes.
• Prepare, proctor and grade examinations.
• Grade and return student assignments, examinations, reports, etc. in a timely manner.
• Provide a course syllabus at the start of the semester to the department chair (a template will be provided by the department chair).
• Use the Canvas learning management system to disseminate syllabus, and other course material to students.
• Hold weekly office hours.
• Use Salve email (i.e., @salve.edu) to send and receive official email correspondence with students, staff, and administrators.

Requirements

• A minimum of a master’s degree in mathematics, statistics, or a related discipline, along with teaching experience.
• Ability to teach in‑person classes at the scheduled class times.

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