APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 27, 2024
Note: Applications will be considered after this date until the positions are filled.

The Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy anticipates hiring term adjuncts to teach one or more courses in the Winter term of 2025. Applicants should hold an undergraduate degree or higher in Physics or a related field and have experience in teaching undergraduate physics.

Applications are due by Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Applications will be considered after this date until the positions are filled. Please send the following to Melissa Balson in the Department of Physics at 4mjb5@queensu.ca:

  • a complete and current curriculum vitae (CV)
  • a teaching dossier
  • the names of two referees who may be contacted

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen鈥檚 is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized/visible minority and Indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons. Applicants who require accommodation as part of the application process should contact Melissa Balson.

Anticipated Course Openings are:

APSC 111J, Physics I - Extended

  • An introductory undergraduate course in Newtonian Mechanics taught to first-year students in Smith Engineering
  • Expected enrollment: 100
  • Location: Main campus
  • 3 lectures per week plus tutorials
  • START: Jan 1, 2025; END: February 28, 2025

APSC 112, Physics II

  • A continuation of APSC 111, which covers electricity and magnetism, rigid body dynamics, and oscillations
  • Expected enrollment: 250
  • Location: Main campus
  • Instructor responsible for one of four sections
  • 3 lectures per week plus tutorials
  • START: Jan 1, 2025; END: April 30, 2025

PHYS/ENPH 460 Laser Optics

  • advanced undergraduate course intended for fourth year students
  • Expected enrollment: 50
  • Location: Main campus
  • 3 lectures plus one tutorial per week
  • START: Jan 1, 2025; END: April 30, 2025

APSC 112J, Physics II - Extended

  • Continuation of APSC 111J, equivalent to APSC 112
  • Expected enrollment: 100
  • Location: Main campus
  • 3 lectures per week plus tutorials
  • START: February 24, 2025; END: June 30, 2025
Article Category