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SL - ECE427H1 F - Engineering Economic Analysis & Entrepreneurship

Job Posting for Sessional Lecturer

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

 

Date Posted:  07/07/2025
Req ID: 44119
Faculty/Division: Applied Science and Engineering
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Campus: St. George

Contact Email Address: ugta.ece@utoronto.ca

 

Course Number and Title:  ECE472H1 F – Engineering Economic Analysis & Entrepreneurship

 

Course Description: The economic evaluation and justification of engineering projects and investment proposals are discussed. Cost concepts; financial and cost accounting; depreciation; the time value of money and compound interest; inflation; capital budgeting; equity, bond and loan financing; income tax and after-tax cash flow in engineering project proposals; measures of economic merit in the public sector; sensitivity and risk analysis. Applications: evaluations of competing engineering project alternatives; replacement analysis; economic life of assets; lease versus buy decisions; break-even and sensitivity analysis. Entrepreneurship and the Canadian business environment will be discussed.

 

Estimated course enrolment: ~110

 

Estimated TA support: TBD 

 

Class schedule: Timetable Builder (utoronto.ca)

 

Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

 

Salary: $12,919.97

 

Qualifications: Knowledge in the subject matter. Preferred consideration will be given to applicants who have taught the course before (or course equivalent), or have teaching experience in the subject matter.

 

Description of duties:  Deliver lectures in accordance with the schedule specified in the course description. Perform evaluation of students' work and assign final grades.  Supervise course TAs and address any issues of academic integrity that arise related to this course.

 

Application Procedure: Please complete a CUPE3902 Unit 3 Application form from ECE's Sessional Lecturer webpage then send the application and a detailed teaching resume to ugta.ece@utoronto.ca by July 28, 2025 @ 11:59 PM.  Please label the PDF documents using the following format: LastName, FirstName - Course Code – Resume / Application.   Additional material (cover letter, teaching dossier, statement) is optional, but if included should be attached as a PDF (naming the document LastName, FirstName - Course Code – Document Type) as messages in the body of the email will not be considered.  If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Jennifer Lee at ugta.ece@utoronto.ca.  Further information can be found on ECE's Sessional Lecturer webpage. 

 

Please note applications that do not follow the procedure mentioned above will not be considered.

 

Closing Date: 07/28/2025

 

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

 

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

 

Candidates who are members of Indigenous. Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity-deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

 

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

 

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.

Diversity Statement

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Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.


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