Adjunct Faculty - Computer Science Masters

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We are seeking Adjunct faculty to help deliver courses in the Computer Science Masters degree program and Graduate Certificates in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Human Computer Interaction. Topics covered will include Fuzzy Logic, Expert Systems, Neural Networks, Cognitive Sciences, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Clustering, Regression, Classification. Students will apply these techniques to create knowledge-based AI agents and their own machine learning solutions. Candidates with terminal degrees are preferred. This position is part time working no more than 20 hours per week, on-campus OR online and must be resident in the state of Florida.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create an environment of learning through effective teaching skills, maintain student-centered focus, and update curriculum to keep current and relevant to industry standards.
• Utilize a variety of teaching strategies and encourage active learning.
• Create learning activities, including assignments, tests, quizzes and labs, and assess student outcomes in a timely manner through effective assessment and constructive feedback to students to support the learning process.
• Perform lectures for campus courses, and hold scheduled virtual course meetings for online courses. Teaching will be conducted through on-campus and online delivery.
• Interact positively with diverse student populations; provide all students with equal opportunities for learning.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the industry, maintain knowledge and skill relevancy through continuing education as defined in the faculty development plan.

Other Responsibilities:

• Adheres to the policies and procedures of Full Sail University
• Maintains strict confidentiality of student and company information
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to the mission and values of the organization
• Adheres to company attendance standards
• Performs other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:  n/a

Competencies:

• Strong organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including proofreading and editing for grammar and punctuation
• Detail oriented
• Ability to multi-task while working independently and collaboratively with other teachers and university staff
• Ability to interact professionally and constructively with students and staff at all levels in an immersive, fast paced environment

Education and/or Experience:

The ideal candidate must have a minimum of four (4) years related and verifiable work experience and required to hold a terminal degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited college or university. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:  

• N/A

Skills:

• Proficiency in programming languages such as C++, Python, C#, JAVA
• Proficiency using software programs such as Visual Studio, MS Word, Excel, Keynote/PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Experience as a software developer, software engineer, programmer, etc.
• Communication, teamwork, and flexibility/adaptability
• Empathy toward student issues/concerns

Environmental Factors/Physical Demands:

Work is performed in an office and classroom environment.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to maintain active student and employee communication; access, input and retrieve information from the computer system. May be subject to; bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping and lifting up to thirty (30) pounds.

Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.