The faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, Columbia campus, invites applications for a full time, professional-track position at the rank of Instructor to begin August 16, 2023. The position is a 9-month appointment with a teaching load of 8 courses in Microbiology over the 9-months ( or an equivalent of 12 credit hours of courses each academic semester). This is an annual appointment that may be renewed contingent upon Dean's approval, satisfactory performance, departmental needs, and the availability of funding.

The successful candidate will teach multiple sections of a combination of BIOL 250 (Microbiology), BIOL 462/462L (Advanced Microbiology and Lab), and/or BIOL 550 (Bacteriology). These courses are taken by both science (Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Exercise Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences) majors, and non-science (Nursing, Public Health, Psychology) majors. The 4:4 teaching load is equivalent to teaching 12 credit hours of courses each semester. These 12 hours can be any combination of lectures and labs as needed by the department.


The Department of Biological Sciences is a multidisciplinary unit of approximately 1,800 undergraduate students, 60 graduate students, and 35 tenure-line faculty representing a broad range of research areas (www.biol.sc.edu). USC (www.sc.edu) is comprised of the state's flagship university in Columbia (founded in 1801 and currently one of the top 50

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