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Michigan State University
Location
East Lansing

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Professional Fields, Law & Legal Studies, Science & Technology, Agricultural Science & Extension
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Part Time
Institution Type
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Job Details

Job no: 711833
Work type: Faculty/Academic Staff
Major Administrative Unit / College: College Of Agriculture And Nat Resources
Department: Food Laws And Regulations Institute 10002345
Sub Area: FAS- Fac./Acad Staff
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: Research/Scientific, Fixed Term Faculty, Part Time (1-49.9%), Union
Position Summary

The Institute for Food Laws and Regulations (IFLR) at Michigan State University invites applications for a part-time, fixed-term instructor to teach the online course, FSC 817, Animal Health, World Trade, and Food Safety (OIE) and FSC 852, The Law of the Preventive Controls for Food.

FSC 817 is a graduate-level course that provides an overview of the workings of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), world animal health issues in world trade, food safety, and disease transmission. The course is taught in the fall semester, and the course starts in the fall 2021 semester (August 16, 2021 to December 31, 2021).

FSC 852 is a graduate-level course that focuses on understanding the human and animal food rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act. The course offers an in-depth look at the major provisions of the rules. The course is taught in the spring semester, and the course starts in the spring semester of 2022 (January 10-May 15, 2022).

The instructor is expected to present an outstanding educational experience for students using a combination of online readings, lectures, exercises, discussions, and assessments. The instructor is also responsible for being available to students to answer questions by course email and in written discussion forums. In addition, the instructor will enter the students' grades through the online course site. This appointment is renewable annually based upon successful performance and continued funding. The course is taught completely via the Internet using Desire2Learn. Being entirely online, there is no residency requirement for this position.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

  • Prepare and deliver recorded course lectures
  • Develop reading assignments, exercises, and assessments
  • Lead discussion and respond to student questions
  • Make continuous course improvements
  • Update course materials as needed (syllabus, readings, lectures, exercises, and assessments)
  • Grade assignments, quizzes and/or exams, and enter grading records on the course Web site
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Masters -animal science, food safety, food law, a

Minimum Requirements

The successful candidate will minimally possess the following:

  • Master’s degree in animal science, food safety, food law, a related discipline, or equivalent
  • Expert knowledge and ability to deliver a graduate-level, college course in global animal health, world trade, and food safety, and global food trade law
  • Expert knowledge and ability to deliver a graduate-level, college course on the law of the rules for preventive controls for human food and preventive controls for animal food
  • Two or more years of relevant online teaching experience contributing toward the candidate’s ability to perform the expected teaching duties
  • A strong commitment to student education and well-being
  • Excellent communication skills
  • An excellent academic record
Desired Qualifications

Desired qualifications for the position are:

  • Experience developing and teaching courses
  • Skill with online graduate-level education
  • Knowledge of best practices in education
  • Ability to work independently with little direction
  • D.V.M. degree or Ph.D. or degree in animal science, food safety, or related discipline
Required Application Materials

To apply, qualified applicants must submit an application at the MSU Human Resources website at https://careers.msu.edu (Posting #711833). Applicants must include a: 1) letter of interest; 2) curriculum vitae; 3) statement of teaching philosophy; and 4) names and email addresses for three professional references.

Special Instructions

The salary of this position is $7,500.00 per semester. While rare, if there are fewer than 5 students by the first day of the semester, the course will be canceled.

Website

https://www.canr.msu.edu/iflr/

MSU Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.

Advertised: Jun 7, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Jul 6, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time

Organization

Working at Michigan State University 

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.

Together, we tackle some of the world’s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better—from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.

We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.

We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.

The nation’s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.

Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world—on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we’re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.

In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

Top Distinctions

U.S. News & World Report ranks MSU

  • 29th among the nation’s public universities
  • First in the nation for 19 years for graduate programs in elementary and secondary education
  • First in the nation for graduate programs in nuclear physics and industrial and organizational psychology
  • First in the nation for undergraduate program in supply chain

Recognized for 11 consecutive years as one of the top 100 universities in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in its annual Academic Ranking of World Universities

Ranks 46th among public universities for in-state students in Kiplinger’s 2013 edition of Best Values in Public Colleges

Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS program, which measures and encourages sustainability in education and research; operations; and planning, administration, and engagement

Member of the prestigious 62-member Association of American Universities

Only university in the country with on-campus medical schools graduating allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians, and veterinarians (DVMs)

Among the largest single-campus residence hall system in the country with 27 halls in five neighborhoods and two apartment villages.

 

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