Lecturer Positions
Department of Informatics
Lecturer Position

Although our teaching plan is mostly complete for the 2013–2014 academic year, the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, has a need for a part-time lecturer in the area of games and games design, in particular teaching ICS 166: Game Design. The catalog description for ICS 166 reads:

Game design takes into consideration psychology, narrative, platform features and limitations, marketing, computer science capabilities, human-computer interface principles, industry trends, aesthetic judgment, and other factors. Students focus on video game design through lectures, readings, presentations, implementation, and play testing. Prerequisite: ICS 161.

Desirable qualifications include actual experience in game design, an advanced degree in Computer Science, Informatics, or equivalent education or experience in a related field plus ideally successful university-level teaching experience. Applicants must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, all available teaching evaluations, and the names of three references. Salaries are commensurate with technical and teaching experience and/or level of education. Appointments will be made at 33% time.

Appointment will begin on September 23, 2013, the first day of Fall quarter 2013.

Applications for Fall Quarter positions are due on or before May 1, 2013.

Please send your application materials to Marty Beach, mbeach@ics.uci.edu.

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