The Department of Broadcasting and Cinema at University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications and nominations for the position of Department Head. The appointment will be at the rank of Professor with tenure and will be effective August 1, 2001. The Department, with eight full-time faculty and two staff positions, offers undergraduate degrees in Media Studies with concentrations in Media Processes and Aesthetics, Moving Image and Sound, Electronic Media News and Documentary, and Media Writing. It also administers a three-year MFA in Film and Video Production.
Enrollments are strong with selective admission at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
There are currently just over 200 approved undergraduate majors, with 125 pre-admission applicants. Ten MFA candidates were admitted in 2000, with eight others completing degree requirements. Salary is commensurate with academic and professional background. UNC Greensboro, one of the sixteen campuses in the University of North Carolina system, is a doctorate-granting university with approximately 13,000 students in the College of Arts and Science and six professional schools. Greensboro is a medium-sized city of about 220,000 in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina near the Research Triangle and other major educational institutions, a location providing easy access to recreational opportunities at the coast and the mountains.