Course Developer, Management & Entrepreneurship

UC Merced Extension is looking for qualified professionals to develop management, entrepreneurship, and other related offerings intended to be offered as professional development and personal enrichment. Offerings may include non-credit or academic credit-bearing courses.

UC Merced Extension currently offers various non-credit offerings related to professional development, personal enrichment, and corporate education to the Central Valley region. These types of offerings are attractive to lifelong learners, career professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as staff and faculty at various institutions.

Potential Areas of Expansion:

Managerial Courses

• Project Management
• Conflict Resolution & Difficult Conversations
• Working in & with Teams
• Supervisory Leadership for New Managers
• Social Media/Digital Marketing
• Emotional Intelligence at Work
• Effective Communication Skills
• Self-care & Work Life Balance
• Understanding Customer Needs
• Managerial Strategies & Tools
• Financial Training
• Operations/Supply Chain Management

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

• Pitching
• Business Planning
• Term Sheet
• Angel Investing
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Lean Startup Method
• Design Thinking
• Disruptive Innovation

*[Applicants are welcome to propose new or different course topics within the Management & Entrepreneurship area. Please specifically state your proposed topic to develop in your statement of teaching. Extension is open to new topic areas not listed above.]

As a Course Developer, you will develop, in partnership with academic departments and/or regional industry experts, course outlines and course materials to be offered in short course, synchronous, asynchronous, or another format as appropriately identified. Course outlines and course materials may include but not limited to course syllabi, program learning outcomes, course learning outcomes, assignments, exams or quizzes, online supplemental questionnaires, grading rubrics, and identification of supplemental course materials. A course developer may be hired to develop as minimum as one (1) course and as up to as many as four (4) courses in a pathway or sequence. Courses developed vary in review and approval process, in which the course developer will remain accessible throughout the duration of the review and approval process to support revisions proposal materials and topic area-related questions.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of Full Vaccination or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, and/or Religious Objection) or Deferral (based on pregnancy) no later than the applicable deadline. New University of California employees should refer to Appendix F, Section II.C. of the policy for applicable deadlines. (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.) Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

Unit: https://extension.ucmerced.edu

As a Course Developer, you will bring:

• a master's degree in related field as designated topic area
• demonstrated theoretical and practical knowledge in the designated topic area

Additional, but not required qualifications include:

• experience teaching at the associate, undergraduate, or graduate level
• understanding of effective pedagogy of face-to-face and online modalities

• 2-3 required (contact information only)

The University of California, Merced, is the newest of the University of California system's 10 campuses. With over 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students (https://cie.ucmerced.edu/analytics-hub/student-statistics), UC Merced is committed to interdisciplinary excellence in research and teaching as well as to diversity, equity and inclusion. Ranked as one of the best public universities in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, UC Merced provides outstanding educational opportunities to highly qualified students from the heart of California, the nation, and abroad. The campus has special connections to nearby Yosemite National Park; is on the cutting edge of sustainability in construction and design; and supports the economic development of Central California. The Merced 2020 Project doubled the physical capacity of the campus, and enhanced academic distinction, student success, and research excellence (https://merced2020.ucmerced.edu/).

The University of California, Merced is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements. This includes the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy.