Lecturer - LING 101: Mysteries of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics (Spring 2026)
San Marcos
October 06, 2025
May 31, 2026
The Department of Liberal Studies at California State University San Marcos seeks a part-time lecturer for Spring 2026 to teach an introduction to linguistics course. The course introduces the richness and diversity of language, how languages work, and how the study of language provides insights into the human mind. Covers foundational concepts in core areas of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, neurolinguistics, language acquisition, and bilingualism), and analyzes how languages are similar and different from each other.
Lecturer - LING 351: Language Acquisition (Spring 2026)
San Marcos
October 06, 2025
May 31, 2026
The Department of Liberal Studies at California State University San Marcos seeks a part-time lecturer for Spring 2026 to teach LING 351 - Language Acquisition. The course is a general introduction to the study of language development examining current issues and linguistic theories of language acquisition, including those related to cognitive and cultural development, and the effects of sociolinguistic factors, such as gender and socioeconomic status, on language acquisition. Also explores multilingualism, early literacy, and language development in special populations. Students will discover how language is acquired via the interaction of internal and external factors.
Lecturer - LING 300: Linguistics in the Classroom (Spring 2026)
San Marcos
October 06, 2025
May 31, 2026
The Department of Liberal Studies at California State University San Marcos seeks a part-time lecturer for Spring 2026 to teach LING 300 - Linguistics in the Classroom. The course explores practical approaches to linguistic analysis of the languages and dialects that teachers are likely to see in the classroom. It includes the production and organization of natural sound systems, word and sentence formation patterns, the linguistic organization of meaning, language history and change, language acquisition, multilingualism, dialect variation according to culture, region, ethnicity, social group, gender, and age. The course also addresses these topics as relevant both inside and outside the classroom.
Lecturer - LING 355: Heritage Languages and Heritage Speakers (Spring 2026)
San Marcos
October 06, 2025
May 31, 2026
The Department of Liberal Studies at California State University San Marcos seeks a part-time lecturer for Spring 2026 to teach LING 355: Heritage Languages and Heritage Speakers. The course introduces the linguistic and cultural properties of heritage languages, which are acquired in the home and later supplanted by the dominant language of the community. The course also investigates phonological, morphological, and syntactic properties of heritage languages, the relationship between language and identity, the role of motivation in language re-learning, of bilingualism on cognition, and the role of family, community and public policy on language maintenance.
Clinical Counselor
San Marcos
September 30, 2025
June 30, 2026
The Student Health and Counseling Services is seeking interested mental health providers for a non-tenure track Student Services Professional, Academic-Related I (SSP-AR I) clinical counselor position. This position will be full-time and may be renewable pending budget, campus need and satisfactory evaluations. This position is responsible for providing short-term individual, couple, group therapy, triage, outreach, consultation, and crisis counseling. Counselors are expected to spend about 60-65% of their time providing direct service to eligible CSUSM students per Executive Order 1053. Counselors are also expected to participate in a multidisciplinary treatment team, providing referrals when appropriate, and consultation to faculty, staff and the community.
