SL282091-Winter 2024-PHYS*1010 Introductory Electricity and Magnetism

Sessional Lecturer Work Assignment
Sessional Lecturer, Unit 2
Academic Unit: 
Physics
Semester(s) of Assignment(s): 
Winter 2024
Number of Available Work Assignment(s) / Sections: 
1
Level of Work Assignment(s): 
1
Right of First Refusal (RoFR)
A Sessional Lecturer holds a RoFR (i.e., for a particular course) if they have successfully taught the course in the past six (6) semesters. A SL who holds a RoFR to this course is required to exercise their right by way of the online hiring system. Also see: What is Right of First Refusal (RoFR)?
A Sessional Lecturer Currently Holds a Right of First Refusal for this Course: 
Yes
Number of Assignments that Carry the Right of First Refusal: 
1
Course Details
Course Number: 
PHYS*1010
Course Name: 
Introductory Electricity and Magnetism
Course Format: 
In-Class
Course Description: 
See Course Calendar
Other Course Description or Assignment Information: 
This is a course to introduce students to the fundamentals of electricity and magnetism. Practical activities such as problem solving, laboratory work and report writing are important elements of this course. Electricity, including Couloumb's Law, Gauss's Law and electric fields, electric potential, capacitance, currents, resistance, electromotive force and D.C. circuits. Magnetism, including magnetic fields and forces, the laws of Biot and Savart, Empere's law, displacement current, electromagnetic induction, Faraday's and Lenz' laws, and a brief introduction to Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves. This course is team taught and has GTA as well as administrative and technical support. Please reach out to contact for the Physics Department Teaching Assistant hiring policy per CUPE 3913 Unit 2 14.10 (d). The University of Guelph has vaccination and masking policies that may be altered with limited notice depending on COVID-19 circumstances and advice from government, public health authorities, and prevailing science. Currently, the vaccination and masking policies are paused but may resume with little advance notice to address the health risks. Should this occur, vaccinations will be required. You can choose to submit proof of vaccination before your start date. The University of Guelph has a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy and provides more Information about COVID-19 for Faculty and Staff.
Projected Class Enrolment: 
400 over 2 sections
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities: 
Orientation-Training
Office Hours
Preparation
Student Consultation
Lecturing
Email Correspondence/Monitoring
TA Coordination Meetings
Invigilating Exams
Grading
Other Duties (specified below)
Other Duties Described: 
TEXTBOOK: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 2nd Edition, by Hawkes et al. Teaching Assistants will run regularly scheduled tutorials, including in-person quizzes; assignment of content to be covered in tutorial will be overseen by instructor.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Degree: 
Masters related to field
Prior Teaching Experience: 
Successful teaching related to field at college or university level
Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: 
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Degree: 
PhD in progress in course content
Prior Teaching Experience: 
Many years of successful teaching related to contents of the course.
Specific Preferred competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: 
Labs will be conducted using iOLab devices; familiarity with this equipment is preferred.
Days Required and Wages
Days and Times Required: 
Section 1: M/W/F 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM Section 2: M/W/F 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Period of the Work Agreement (Start Date and End Date): 
January 4, 2024 to April 30, 2024
Wages (per semester, per full-load): 
minimum $7,758.48 (effective 2022/23)
Other Posting Information
Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day): 
Monday, December 4, 2023
Posting Email Contact: 
phys0285@uoguelph.ca
Hiring Contact Information: 
Rachel Baker, Administrative Officer, Department of Physics, CEPS, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 TEL: 519-824-4120, ext. 52262
At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. For more information, the Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) is a welcoming, safe and confidential one-stop shop for information, training and support on issues relating to diversity and human rights on our campus.
SL work assignments are unionized with CUPE3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 2 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: president@cupe3913.on.ca).

All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada specifically at the University of Guelph before applying for an academic work assignment. All successful applicants must reside in Ontario and must be able to attend on-campus in-person meetings as required.