New Lecturer Application

  • If you are applying to become a CU Succeed Gold Lecturer (you are currently employed at a Colorado High School and want to offer CU Denver Courses to your students) click here, or refer to job posting 20282.
  • If you are applying to become a CU Succeed Silver Lecturer (you are not employed at a Colorado High School but are able to be placed in a Colorado High School that requires an instructor in your discipline) click here, or refer to job posting 20283

Required Application Materials (to be submitted with the online application at www.cu.edu/careers):

  • CU Succeed Lecturer Appointment Form​​
  • Current Curriculum Vita, including Education (degrees, dates, institutions attended, etc.), Teaching Experience, Publications and References (names, titles and phone numbers)
  • Undergraduate and graduate transcripts
  • Department specific required education qualifications and additional requirements below

Degree Requirements

  • Master’s Degree or higher in the discipline taught or a Master’s degree in another discipline along with a minimum of 18 graduate credits in discipline being taught.

Degree Requirements

  • M.A. or M.S. in Biology or a closely related discipline, or ​
  • B.A. or B.S. in biology or a closely related discipline AND a M.A. or M.S. in Science Education, which includes at least 12 graduate level credit hours in biology or a closely related discipline, and at least 6 graduate credit hours in pedagogy courses specific to teaching science content.

Application Requirements

  • optional letters of recommendation
  • sample syllabus

Degree Requirements

  • Master’s Degree or higher in the discipline taught or a Master’s degree in another discipline along with a minimum of 18 graduate credits in discipline being taught.

Degree Requirements

  • M.A. or M.S. in Chemistry or a closely related discipline, or
  • B.A. or B.S. in chemistry or a closely related discipline AND a M.A. or M.S. in Science Education, which includes at least 12 graduate level credit hours in chemistry or a closely related discipline, and at least 6 graduate credit hours in pedagogy courses specific to teaching science content.

Application Requirements

  • two letters of recommendation

Degree Requirements

  • MA in Communication or
  • Master’s Degree in an allied field with at least 18 graduate credits directly related to communication and the Communication Department pathways, including: Community Service and Public Affairs, Composition and Rhetoric, Critical Reasoning, Legal Communication, Health Communication, Media Studies, Political Communication and Government, Strategic Communication

Application Requirements

  • Please see further department requirement explanations found here.

Degree Requirements

  • English – Composition (ENGL 1020 & ENGL 2030) & Literature (ENGL 1200, 1400, 1601, 2600) MA in English (Rhetoric, Writing, Humanities with adequate emphasis in English) BA in English, Rhetoric, Writing, Humanities AND an MA in any area with 18 graduate level credits hours in English, Rhetoric, Writing
     
  • English – Creative Writing (ENGL2154) MFA in Creative Writing BA in English or related area (Literature, Creative Writing, Humanities) AND an MA in any area with at least 18 graduate level credits in Creative Writing
     
  • English – Film (ENGL 2250) MA in Film Studies BA in Film studies or related area (English, Rhetoric, Writing, Humanities) and an MA in any area with 18 graduate level credits in Film Studies

Application Requirements

  • Optional prepared syllabus for review

Degree Requirements

  • Masters Degree plus 18 credits in Ethnic Studies or related courses

Degree Requirements
 

Environmental Sciences

  • M.A. or M.S. in one of the science disciplines (environmental science, geography, geology, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering), or
  • M.A. or M.S. in Science Education with 9 credit hours in graduate-level course work in science disciplines (environmental science, geography, geology, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering).

 

Human Geography

  • M.A. or M.S. in one of the social science disciplines (geography, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, economics, religious studies, international studies, geospatial sciences), or
  • M.A. or M.S. in Education with 9 credit hours in graduate-level course work in the social sciences (geography, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, economics, religious studies, international studies, geospatial sciences)

Degree Requirements

  • M.A. in History, or
  • M.A. in any area AND 18 credit hours of graduate-level course work in History

Application Requirements

  • two letters of recommendation

Degree Requirements

  • MS in Mathematics or
  • MA in Mathematics or
  • MA/MS in any discipline AND 18 graduate-level credits of Mathematics courses

Application Requirements

  • one letter of recommendation

Degree Requirements

  • MA in language taught, language pedagogy or related field and documented superior-level proficiency in the language as defined by ACTFL

Application Requirements

  • Prepared syllabus (simple, not CU Denver style) for review

Degree Requirements

  • Master’s degree or higher in Philosophy or a closely-related discipline. The latter may include, but is not limited to history, linguistics, literature/criticism, law, political science, economics, international studies, environmental studies, war and peace studies, ethnic and gender studies, religious studies, women's studies, or related fields. The determining criterion for acceptance of graduate credits in applicants' closely-related master’s level studies will be: whether or not the studies contain a large amount of courses taking a theoretical or philosophical approach to their subject matters. Such subject matters may include, but are not limited to, topics including the nature of knowledge, reality, values, logic, science, values, aesthetics, social theory, power relations (including race, gender, disability), theories of social change, etc. or
  • Master’s degree in any area AND 18 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in philosophy or a related discipline (as described above).

Degree Requirements

  • Master’s degree or higher in physics or a closely related, physics-intensive discipline from an accredited university or
  • Bachelor’s degree in physics or a closely related, physics-intensive discipline AND a Master’s degree in science education, which includes at least 12 graduate level credit hours in physics or related field, and at least 6 graduate credit hours in pedagogy courses specific to teaching science content or
  • Bachelor’s degree in physics or closely related, physics-intensive discipline AND a Master’s degree in any area AND 18 graduate credit hours in physics or a closely related, physics-intensive discipline or
  • Bachelor’s degree in physics or a closely related, physics-intensive discipline AND a Master’s degree in education AND a combination of some of the following qualifications that add up to 18 points:
    • Graduate course work containing significant physics content or focused exclusively on the teaching of physics (1 point per credit hour)
    • Three or more years of professional experience involving the application of physics in real-world situations, the breadth and depth of which establishes expertise in the content being taught (6 points per year of experience)
    • Physics-specific professional development. (1 point for every 15 contact hours, up to a maximum of 6 points)

Degree Requirements

  • Master’s degree or higher in Political Science and its subfields or a closely-related discipline. The latter may include, but is not limited to, history, law, political-economy, international studies, environmental politics and policy, war and peace studies, ethnic and gender studies, or related fields in which master’s level studies typically contains a large amount of political topics including power in society, power and cultural constructs, negotiating perspectives among political actors, institutions and multiple stakeholders, theories of social change, or analysis of community activism, public policy and international relations or
  • Master’s degree in any area AND 18 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in political science or a related discipline or
  • Master’s degree in any area AND significant professional experience in politics either via government work, policy work, campaigns, community organizing or other forms of significant political activism. Significant professional experience must be determined to appropriately match the subject matter to be taught, in accordance with the conventions of the academic field.

Degree Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Psychology or a related field, or
  • 18 hours of graduate coursework in Psychology (you must have Demonstrated teaching competence and experience teaching introductory Psychology)

Application Requirements

  • sample CU Denver style syllabus for review
  • two letter of recommendation

Degree Requirements

  • M.A. in Sociology or Masters Degree in a closely related field or
  • B.A. in Sociology or closely related field, AND a Master’s degree in any other field, with:
    • Minimum 18 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in Sociology
    • Or minimum of 18 credit hours of graduate-level course work in non-Sociology courses addressing: research methods and statistics; organizations or institutions (e.g., workforce, education, family, religion); social and/or critical theory; culture and society; or, diversity and/or inequalities (e.g., race, social class, gender).

Application Requirements (for Silver applicants only)

  • two references

Application Deadlines

Fall Semester: April 30th

Spring Semester: October 1st