The School of Architecture at Dalhousie University invites applications for a Part-Time Academic Instructor position in the Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (BEDS) Architecture Program. BEDS is a Pre-Professional undergraduate Architecture degree. Students enroll in the BEDS degree in their third year of undergraduate education, entering a two-year sequence in Year 3 and 4.

The course is structured as a hr lecture + 3 hr seminar/workshop each week. Seminars are led by the instructor graduate teaching assistants. The format of the seminar/workshop is adaptable based on instructor’s course structure.

From prehistory to the 1500s, this course explores pre-modern formations and transformations of settlements, buildings, and landscapes through an environmental lens. With a comparative analysis of global examples, it traces how water, cosmos, animal and vegetal worlds, geology, and climatic systems have influenced patterns of la...