Philosophy & Religion Teachers, Postsecondary

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Assistant Professor, Philosophy Professor, Professor, Religion Professor

What they do:
Teach courses in philosophy, religion, and theology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
On the job, you would:
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students and the community on topics such as ethics, logic, and contemporary religious thought.

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

  • philosophy and religion
  • English language

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Math and Science

  • sociology and anthropology

Safety and Government

  • law and government

Skills

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems

Memory

  • remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Independence
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Initiative

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Word processing software

  • Google Docs Hot Technology
  • Microsoft Word Hot Technology

Computer based training software

  • Learning management system LMS
  • Moodle

Data base user interface and query software

  • InteLext Past Masters
  • Philosopher's Information Center The Philosopher's Index

Education

doctoral degree or
master's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Bright
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

Salary:

$78,780
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