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Part-Time Lecturer(s) Pool in Music

California State University
United Statespart_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Jun 2026

About the role

Faculty Employment Opportunity

POSITION:

Lecturer in Music: The Department of Music invites applications for a pool of prospective part-time teaching appointments to teach lower and upper division music education courses and specialized instrument lessons. Candidates are encouraged to apply indicating their specialty as well as their teaching experience. This position is contingent upon the availability of authorized funding and need.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A Masters degree in Music is required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Prior college level teaching experience is preferred.

HOW TO APPLY & DEADLINE:

A complete application must include an application letter qualifying your interest and preferences for courses to teach. Applications must include names, addresses and telephone numbers of references, a current vita and unofficial copies of college transcripts.


If you have any questions regarding this recruitment, please contact:


Dr. David D. Chapman, Department Chair
Department of Music
California State University, Stanislaus
One University Circle
Turlock, CA  95382
dchapman1@csustan.edu


Consideration of applications will begin upon submission of complete documentation and work being available.


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COMPENSATION:

Commensurate with qualifications and experience.  As a member of the 23-campus CSU System, we offer an extremely competitive benefits package.

Newly hired lecturers with terminal degrees are placed in Range 3 of the salary schedule and others are normally placed in Range 2. Starting salaries are usually at or near the minimum of the range. The full-time (15 units per semester) monthly base salaries indicated in the schedules are prorated based on the number of units assigned and are paid in six monthly payments for each full semester. Salary rates for California State University Lecturers (Academic Year) can be found in the schedules linked below.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT and THE COLLEGE: 

The Department of Music at California State University Stanislaus is one of three divisions within the School of the Arts in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music.  There are eight full-time and approximately seventeen part-time faculty who teach in modern, well-equipped facilities.  In addition to providing instruction in general education courses, the department has approximately 70 students working towards the Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts in Music degrees concentrating in music education; instrumental, jazz, keyboard and vocal performance; composition; music technology; or general music.  Department facilities include a 10-station Music Technology lab and the 315-seat Bernell and Flora Snider Music Recital Hall.  To learn more about us, visit our website at: http://www.csustan.edu/music/ 

CAMPUS & AREA:

California State University, Stanislaus serves the San Joaquin Valley and is a critical educational resource for a six-county region of approximately 1.5 million people. The University is fully committed to creating a culture of diversity and inclusion – one in which every person in the University community feels safe to express their views without fear of reprisal. Widely recognized for its quality academic programs, the University has 10 nationally accredited programs and 662 faculty members. 94 percent of full-time faculty holds doctorates or terminal degrees in their fields. The University offers 43 undergraduate majors, 16 master's

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