Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Colorado State University (CSU) is a land-grant institution and a Carnegie Research University. CSU was founded as the Colorado Agricultural College in 1870, six years before the Colorado Territory gained statehood. It was one of 68 land-grant colleges established under the Morrill Act of 1862. The doors opened to a freshman class of 20 students in 1879. In 1935, the school became the Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, or Colorado A & M, and was renamed Colorado State University in 1957. The University has grown to its present enrollment of approximately 34,000 students.

The landscape architecture program originated in 1975 and is committed to ongoing exploration of design, precedent/history, nature and culture in order to prepare students for the challenges of the future and to enable faculty to achieve excellence in teaching, advising, research, and service.
The location of Colorado State University in the Rocky Mountain / High Plains / Front Range Region offers an extraordinary variety of landscape architectural situations and a diverse mixture of governmental agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. The region offers exceptional learning opportunities for students and an expanse of teaching, advising, research, and service opportunities for faculty.
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Colorado State University is currently breaking ground on the new Richardson Design Center (RDC). The Richardson Design Center will offer cutting-edge technologies in inspiring spaces to encourage multi-disciplinary and hands-on learning. As CSU President Tony Frank describes, “The Richardson Design Center will position Colorado State University to become an innovative hub for design-thinking and entrepreneurship in the Rocky Mountain region. Integrating with our exceptional academic programs in design, engineering, business, and the arts, it will be a magnet for creativity, where talented students, faculty, and industry leaders gather to learn, discover, and design together.” https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/alumni-friends/rdc.aspx.

The Horticulture and Landscape Architecture department strives to discover, apply, and disseminate knowledge and technology while developing future leaders in the state, the nation, and the world. Through hands-on experiential learning in each of our three majors, Environmental Horticulture, Horticulture, and Landscape Architecture, we encourage human engagement with the landscape and demonstrate our focus to solve problems for people, agriculture, and the environment through scholarship and creativity fostered by teamwork and individual diversity.

Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University. This is a full-time, 9-month tenure-track position in the landscape architecture program (BSLA), anticipated to start August 15, 2018.

Areas of Contribution: The successful candidate will demonstrate knowledge of technical and construction methods, core principles of design, process oriented practice, design computing and hand drawing, and a passion for teaching and critical design exploration. The individual will be responsible for teaching an average of four courses per year across the curriculum in the undergraduate program. Course technology ranges from AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, and SketchUp – and course topics include landscape history, advanced computer modeling, site engineering and construction documentation, urban design, garden design, and a breadth of theory and practice.

The candidate will be expected to develop a program of research and outreach in landscape architecture. In the spirit of the land-grant university mission, the ideal candidate will embrace opportunities to participate in interdisciplinary research and projects throughout the University and the broader community.

• Master of Landscape Architecture
• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) or Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture (BSLA)
• An accredited degree in landscape architecture
• Minimum of two years of professional practice experience demonstrating working knowledge in landscape architecture
• Demonstrated ability to teach the technical and construction based skills with contemporary knowledge and use of design computing/3D modeling (Such as AutoCAD, Microstation, GIS, Rhino, SketchUp, and Adobe Creative Suite)
• Demonstrated ability to impart knowledge through teaching and mentoring
• Strong communication skills
• Potential to develop a program of landscape architecture research and outreach, to include interdisciplinary work

• Demonstrated pedagogical experience in advanced subjects of design, advanced technologies, analog and digital methods, planting design and design theory
• Evidence of contemporary professional practice and ability to demonstrate successful technical design within drawing/construction sets and/or built work
• Demonstrate professional accomplishments in the field

Please provide the following application materials:
1) A letter of application stating interest and qualifications
2) A statement addressing your teaching philosophy, background and experience in advanced technologies, site engineering and construction methods across the profession (2 page max)
3) A resume or CV
4) Unofficial transcripts
5) A portfolio of professional and scholarly work (9MB max)
6) Contact information for three references.
Reference will not be contacted prior to notification of the candidate. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled; however for full consideration, submit materials by February 1, 2018.

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Ability to advance the department’s commitment to diversity and inclusion through research, teaching and outreach with relevant programs, goals and activities.