Job Description
Salary: See Position Description
Location : Quad Cities Campus - Moline, IL
Job Type: Adjunct / Part-Time Faculty
Job Number: 22-00200
Department: Arts, Design, & Performing Arts
Opening Date: 03/27/2025
Closing Date: Continuous
Work Hours: see description
Application materials required: Resume/CV
General Information & Responsibilities Black Hawk College seeks a part-time/Adjunct Faculty instructor to join the Art Department.
Description of Duties Faculty member is expected to encourage learning by preparing appropriate syllabi; by developing lectures, discussions, and other presentations or activities to enhance the students educational experience; develops, and executes appropriate methods of evaluating students performance; develops, secures, and maintains the equipment and other instructional materials essential to the presentation of the classroom material.
Education & Experience ART HISTORY - M.A., M.F.A. or Ph.D. in Art History required. Emphasis on Non-Western Art and studio art preferred. Teaching experience in art appreciation and art history courses preferred. Must possess demonstrated oral English proficiency for classroom 8 instruction.
Supplemental Information Applications accepted online through the Black Hawk College website or through
Candidates are encouraged to upload/attach a cover letter and resume/CV with the online application. Candidates needing assistance with the online application process should refer to the online help guide available at
Any instructor hired at Black Hawk College will be required to submit official transcripts at his/her own expense. Transcripts, once submitted, become property of Black Hawk College.
Hours per week vary by course load, semester, and schedule.
Minimum starting pay for adjunct faculty (as of Fall 2024)
Less Than a Master's Degree = $693.36 per equated hour
Master's Degree = $808.92 per equated hour
Doctorate = $866.70 per equated hour
Black Hawk College does not sponsor employment visas.
Black Hawk College is an AA/EEO employer.
While you contribute your talent and enthusiasm to BHC, as an eligible employee you will have access to outstanding health benefits, ample time off, a pension plan, educational opportunities, and much more. In this section, you will find an overview of our comprehensive and generous benefit programs. Be sure to check out the Compensation section as well.
Core Benefits for Qualifying Adjunct Faculty (To qualify for benefits, an adjunct faculty member must qualify for membership in the Adjunct Faculty Bargaining Unit at the beginning of the second consecutive semester of teaching six (6) equated credit hours or more per semester (fall/spring or spring/fall) or have 160 contact hours per semester (fall/spring or spring/fall.) Tuition Waiver
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Spending Account / Dependent Care Account
Sick Leave
Retirement Pension Plans State University Retirement System of Illinois (SURS): Employees working in a regular and continuous position or one in which services are expected to be rendered on a continuous basis for at least four months or one academic term, whichever is less, may be eligible to enroll in SURS. To learn more about SURS, visit
Optional 403b Tax-Deferred Investment Program: Employees may set up a 403b plan through Empower Retirement. Black Hawk College
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