The Landscape Architecture (LA) Department in the College of Architecture & Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is seeking applicants for a full-time lecturer position beginning August 17, 2026. The position requires a commitment for one academic year of full-time teaching. Salary and teaching assignments will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
The Department seeks candidates who share our commitment to teaching excellence within a comprehensive landscape architecture curriculum and who are grounded in professional experience.
Required qualifications:
1. A master’s or doctoral degree in landscape architecture or a related and complementary field. Where the master’s or doctoral degree is in a related or complementary field, the candidate shall have an undergraduate or master’s degree in landscape architecture and shall have evidence of experience in landscape architecture practice and/or teaching.
2. Evidence of potential for excellence in university-level teaching.
3. Evidence of potential for ongoing professional development that will keep the faculty member current with the profession of landscape architecture.
4. Demonstrable commitment to universal student success.
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Three years or more of professional experience relevant to the teaching areas for which the candidate is applying.
2. Landscape Architecture License or demonstrated progress in the licensure process.
Primary responsibilities will be to teach in one or more of the following core subject areas:
- Lower division design fundamental studios and upper division topic studies
- Introductory graphics (hand drawing and drafting), digital graphics (2D and 3D), GIS and/or AutoCAD
- Site engineering, construction documentation, materials and/or implementation strategies for introductory and/or upper division courses
- Lecture courses in landscape architecture history, cultural landscape, professional practice and/or landscape ecology
- Activity courses in resilience, social equity, climate change, planting design, and/or implementation
A full-time teaching assignment may include design studios, activity courses, and/or lecture courses, including large lecture format, for beginning and/or upper division courses.
Rank and salary for lecturer faculty are based on professional experience and educational background and are determined by the hiring department.
Apply online: https://jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/553470/ |
