MLA or BLA with significant professional experience
Prior Teaching Experience:
Successful teaching related to field at college or university level
Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content:
The candidate should demonstrate the ability to teach the Student Learning Objectives for this course, which are:
(1) Knowledge: achieve visual and historical literacy of cultural form; recognize the historical legacy of the landscapes of today; appreciate the connection of allied fields of architecture, engineering, city planning, garden design and sculpture, amongst other disciplines, in the study of landscape and the influence of culture on the art and science of design; be fluent with the themes, principles and typologies of the design of built form
(2) Skills: use this acquired literacy and vocabulary to engage in discussions of cultural form, making broader connections to historical movements and cultural forces; develop analytical capabilities for understanding cultural form; develop communication skills from in-class discussion and in the preparation of assignments; refine university-level scholarship: the writing and design skills needed for assignments and the final examination
(3) Values: build a more comprehensive and balanced appreciation of the built environment based on the values of both nature and culture; develop a commitment to high standards of academic performance; apply fair-use guidelines and principles in the acknowledgement of intellectual property; acquire an understanding of how the academic world borrows, recognizes and credits sources of information as a basis for the development of ideas