Located in sunny Miami, Florida, St. Thomas University is a private, non-profit university that offers 39 undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate degrees at its picturesque 144-acre campus and through distance learning. Its academic offerings include one of the oldest (and most highly ranked) undergraduate programs in Sports Administration in the country. STU has been ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report in Social Mobility for regional universities in the South, which means it takes students from the lowest financial strata and catapults them to much higher financial strata in only ten years. St. Thomas University is the only Catholic Archdiocesan-sponsored university in Florida, and one of the only eight Archdiocesan universities nationwide.

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

A Computer Science faculty member to serve as Program Director and to lead, manage, and teach in the Bachelor of Science of Computer Science program as well as the Master of Science in Data Science program and/or the Master of Science in Cybersecurity & Analytics program.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Direct the University's computer science programs. This includes ongoing management functions such as class scheduling, selection of course materials, hiring adjuncts, as well as evaluations of courses and faculty.


• Develop new program initiatives in AI and IT.


• Teach undergraduate lectured Computer Science courses such as Data Structures and Algorithms, Database, Software Engineering, and programming in C++, Java, and Python.


• Teach graduate lectured data science courses such as Data Engineering, Applied Machine Learning, and Statistical Methods, or cybersecurity courses such as Cybersecurity Technologies and Ethical Hacking.


• Carry a minimum class load of 12 credits per semester.


• Available for a minimum of 12 hours a week for office hours.


• Other Computer Science and Data Science teaching, research, and advising duties as assigned.