Department Summary

The professional programs offered through the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design in the Design Department share a common mission that prepares students to not only meet, but to define and reinvent solutions for the fundamental challenges that impact their respective professions in an increasingly changing world.

Position Overview

The Department of Design seeks qualified individuals for its Adjunct Instructor pool and welcomes applicants at any time. This posting is for the Fall 2024, Spring 2025 and Summer 2025 semesters. The specific courses involved may vary from semester to semester and openings to teach these courses develop on a periodic basis, depending on department teaching needs.

Minimum Qualifications

Communication Design or User Experience Design: Bachelors degree and a minimum of 18 hours of graduate study, both in the related field to which you are applying. Professional work experience may substitute the 18 hours of graduate education. 

Interaction Design: Terminal master’s degree in User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Communication Design, or Management Information Systems, or Human-Centered Design, or Human Computer Interaction Design.

Preferred Qualifications

Communication Design, and User Experience Design: Terminal masters degree in related field or closely related field with professional and/or at least 2 years of teaching experience. 

Interaction Experience: At least six years of interaction design product, service or systems design management or project leadership experience in a professional interaction design or user experience design setting, or both. At least two years of previous teaching experience at the graduate level in design is preferred.

Complete an application through the UNT System website.