College of Agriculture

Academic Part-Time Employment

The College of Agriculture, California State University, Chico seeks to expand its part-time faculty pool in agribusiness, plant science, animal science, and agricultural engineering technology. Individuals are selected from this pool for semester or academic year part-time appointments.

Agribusiness courses that may be available to part-time temporary faculty members are: Introduction to Ag Business/Economics; Microcomputer Application in Agriculture; Farm Accounting; Microcomputer Application in Agri-Business Management; Agricultural Marketing; Agribusiness Management; Agricultural Finance; Farm and Rural Appraisal; Farm Management; Agricultural Marketing Planning; World Food and Hunger Issues; Farm Labor; Agricultural Law; Cooperatives Seminar.

Plant science courses that may be available to part-time temporary faculty members are: World Food and Fiber Systems; Food Forever; Production of Annual Crops; Rangeland Resources and Management; Agricultural Genetics.

Animal science courses that may be available to part-time temporary faculty members are: Introduction to Animal Science; Intermediate Animal Science; Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals; Advanced Livestock Selection and Carcass Evaluation; Basic Horse Science; Intermediate Horse Science; Food Sanitation and Quality Control.

Agricultural engineering technology courses that may be available to part-time temporary faculty members are: Agricultural Machine Systems; Curriculum Methods in Teaching Agricultural Mechanics.

Please see The University Catalog for course descriptions.

Qualified individuals are encouraged to apply now to be included in the part-time faculty pool for possible teaching assignments. Criteria used in the selection of part-time temporary faculty are

  • Appropriate education for course to be taught
  • Previous successful teaching experience at the community college level or above; and,
  • Demonstrated currency in course subject matter.

Those wishing to be considered for part-time positions must complete an Application for Academic Employment (PDF) (AAE Form, doc) to be submitted with a Letter of Intent and a Resume.

Call 530-898-5844 for more information (for TDD dial 530-898-4666). To apply, send cover letter and resume to:

College of Agriculture
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0310

As a University that educates students from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, we value a diverse faculty and staff and we seek to create as diverse a pool of candidates as possible.

California State University, Chico is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act Employer. California State University, Chico employs only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States.