Full-time Lecturer - Landscape Architecture

The Landscape Architecture (LA) Department in the College of Architecture & Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is seeking applicants for a full-time lecturer position beginning September 11, 2025. The position requires a commitment for one academic year of full-time teaching. Salary and teaching assignments will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Department seeks candidates who share our commitment to teaching excellence within a comprehensive landscape architecture curriculum and who are grounded in professional experience.

Required Qualifications:

1. A master’s or doctoral degree in landscape architecture or a related and complementary field. Where the master’s or doctoral degree is in a related or complementary field, the candidate shall have an undergraduate or master’s degree in landscape architecture and shall have evidence of experience in landscape architecture practice and/or teaching.

2. Evidence of potential for excellence in university-level teaching.

3. Evidence of potential for ongoing professional development that will keep the faculty member current with the profession of landscape architecture.

4. Demonstrable commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. 3 years or more of professional experience relevant to the teaching areas for which the candidate is applying.

2. Landscape Architecture license or demonstrated progress in the licensure process.

Primary responsibilities will be to teach in one or more of the following core subject areas:

• Lower division design fundamental studios and upper division topic studios.
• Landscape ecology lecture and/or activity courses.
• Introductory graphics (hand drawing and drafting), digital graphics (2D and 3D), GIS and/or AutoCAD.
• Site engineering, construction documentation, and/or implementation strategies for introductory and/or upper division courses.
• Landscape architecture history.
• Cultural landscapes lecture and/or activity courses.

A full-time teaching assignment may include design studios, activity courses, and/or lecture courses, including large lecture format, for beginning and/or upper division courses.

The department is especially interested in candidates committed to the support and success of first-generation and underrepresented students. Candidates with expertise in the areas of social justice design, sustainability, resilient design and green infrastructure are encouraged to apply. 

Rank and salary for lecturer faculty are based on professional experience and educational background and are determined by the hiring department.  As of July 2024, the classification salary ranges for the respective ranks are:
Lecturer A: $5,507-$6,677
Lecturer B: $6,221-$13,224
Lecturer C: $6,825-$14,523
Lecturer D: $8,593-$15,211

Anticipated hiring range: $75,000 - $82,000 per year

At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, we believe that cultivating an environment that embraces and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion is fundamental to the success of our students, our employees and our community. Bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and value systems fosters the innovative and creative thinking that exemplifies Cal Poly’s values of free inquiry, cultural and intellectual diversity, mutual respect, civic engagement, and social and environmental responsibility. Cal Poly's commitment to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment, hiring and retention. California Polytechnic State University is an equal opportunity employer.

Special Conditions

The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

Following a conditional offer of employment, a background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate may start work with Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may result in the withdrawal of the offer of employment. Note: Cal Poly cannot deny an applicant a position solely or in part due to a criminal conviction history until it has performed an individualized assessment and linked the relevant conviction history with specific job duties in the position being sought.

Please note: Current employees who are offered positions on campus will be required to undergo a background check for any position where a background check is required by law or that Cal Poly has designated as sensitive. Sensitive positions are those requiring heightened