Contract Instructor Teaching Opportunities:
Communication and Media Studies (COMS)

Pursuant to Article 16.3 of the CUPE 4600 Unit 2 Collective Agreement, subject to Article 16.2 and 16.4 through 16.7, applications are invited from members of the CUPE 4600 bargaining unit and other interested persons to teach the following Communication and Media Studies courses during the Winter 2025 term.

A note to all applicants: As per Articles 16.3 and 16.4 in the CUPE 4600 (Unit 2) Collective Agreement, the posted vacancies listed below are first offered to applicants meeting the incumbency criterion. A link to the current CUPE 4600 (Unit 2) Collective Agreement can be found at the Academic Staff Agreements webpage on the Carleton University website.

All positions are subject to budgetary approval. Some of these courses may be taught by employees who have the right to automatic reappointment. Advertisement is not a guarantee that a particular course will be offered.

Winter 2025

COMS 2300 [0.5 credit]
Communication as Propaganda

How business, government, and civil society actors have used media messages to persuade, influence, and manipulate the public. The impacts of propaganda on individuals and society, the roles of different media technologies in facilitating propaganda, and public resistance to propaganda.

Precludes additional credit for COMM 2301 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): COMS 1001 or COMS 1002, or PAPM 1000, and second-year standing in Communication and Media Studies (including BPAPM and BGInS related specializations and streams), or permission of the School of Journalism and Communication.
Lectures three hours a week.

Modality: In-person
Anticipated enrolment: 60 (course capped at 90) with TA support
Deadline:  Friday, August 16th at 12:00pm

All applicants must submit a cover letter and cv listing other courses previously taught at Carleton to Benjamin Woo, Associate Director, School of Journalism and Communication – c/o krysia.kotarba@carleton.ca. Applicants who have not taught this course within the last 5 years should also include a PDF dossier of no more than 5 pages documenting their teaching effectiveness.

 

COMS 4401 [0.5 credit]
Global Internet Policy and Governance

Public interest and policy battles over critical internet resources and implications for development of the internet, citizens’ rights and freedoms, the economy, and democratic culture; common carriage, privacy, security and surveillance, access, speech rights, and diversity of information sources.

Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for COMM 4401 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): fourth year Honours standing in Communication and Media Studies (including BPAPM and BGInS related specializations), or permission of the School of Journalism and Communication.
Lectures three hours a week.

Candidates should hold a postgraduate degree in Communication or a related field, and have particular research or employment experience in the relevant area of the course for which they are applying. Priority will be given to candidates with higher research degrees and teaching experience at the university level.

Modality: In-person
Anticipated enrolment: 30 with no TA support
Deadline:  Friday, August 16th at 12:00pm

All applicants must submit a cover letter and cv listing other courses previously taught at Carleton to Benjamin Woo, Associate Director, School of Journalism and Communication – c/o krysia.kotarba@carleton.ca. Applicants who have not taught this course within the last 5 years should also include a PDF dossier of no more than 5 pages documenting their teaching effectiveness.