The Duties Associated with the Position Nominally, the duties of the position include both teaching and research. In addition, some administrative work, in the form of membership on departmental committees and working groups, is expected.
Duties are divided according to time.
Since all undergraduate students are required to write such a thesis, there is ample opportunity and need for senior lecturers to assume this task. Therefore, this position involves a minimal instructional load of two courses per year. Research is also an essential duty of a Senior Lecturer. This amount may be realized as instruction, or as a combination of instruction and direction of undergraduate theses. Research time for senior lecturers must be funded from some source.