41200 – University professors and lecturers
41200 – University professors and lecturers
University professors and lecturers teach courses to undergraduate and graduate students and conduct research at universities. University professors who are heads of departments are included in this unit group.
Profile
Index of titles
Agriculture professor - university
Anatomy professor - university
Anthropology professor - university
Archaeology professor - university
Asian studies professor - university
Assistant professor - university
Associate professor - university
Astronomy professor - university
Bacteriology professor - university
Biochemistry professor - university
Biology professor - university
Biomechanics professor - university
Botany assistant professor - university
Botany professor - university
Business administration professor - university
Chemical engineering professor - university
Chemistry professor - university
Civil engineering professor - university
Classics professor - university
Computer science professor - university
Criminology professor - university
Dentistry professor - university
Department chairman/woman - university
Department chairperson - university
Department head - university
Drama professor - university
Economics professor - university
Education professor - university
Electrical engineering professor - university
Engineering and architecture professor - university
Engineering instructor - university
Engineering professor - university
English professor - university
Fine arts professor - university
Food science professor - university
Food sciences department chairman/woman - university
Food sciences department chairperson
Food sciences department chairperson - university
Food sciences department head - university
Forestry professor - university
French language professor - university
Full professor - university
Geography department chairman/woman - university
Geography department chairperson - university
Geography department head - university
Geography professor - university
Geology professor - university
Geophysics professor - university
History assistant professor - university
History professor - university
Humanities professor - university
Hygiene professor - university
Indigenous studies professor – university
Industrial engineering professor - university
Journalism professor - university
Laboratory technology professor - university
Language professor - university
Law professor - university
Lecturer - university
Library science professor - university
Life sciences professor - university
Linguistics associate professor
Linguistics department chairman/woman - university
Linguistics department chairperson - university
Linguistics department head - university
Linguistics professor - university
Literature professor - university
Mathematics professor - university
Mechanical engineering professor - university
Medical sciences professor - university
Medicine professor - university
Metallurgical engineering professor - university
Metallurgy professor - university
Meteorology professor - university
Music professor - university
Natural sciences professor - university
Nursing professor - university
Oceanography professor - university
Pharmacy professor - university
Philosophy professor - university
Physical sciences professor - university
Physics department chairman/woman - university
Physics department chairperson - university
Physics department head - university
Physics professor - university
Physiology professor - university
Political science professor - university
Postdoctoral fellow
Professor emeritus - university
Professor of computer science
Professor of computer science - university
Professor of medicine
Professor of medicine - university
Psychiatry professor - university
Psychology professor - university
Public administration professor - university
Public health professor - university
Recreology professor - university
Religion professor - university
Research professor - university
Sculpture professor - university
Social sciences professor - university
Social work professor - university
Sociology professor - university
Surgery professor - university
Teacher - teacher's college
Theology department chairman/woman - university
Theology department chairperson - university
Theology department head - university
University department head
University lecturer
University professor
Urban planning professor - university
Veterinary medicine professor - university
Visiting professor - university
Visiting scholar - university
Visual arts department chairman/woman - university
Visual arts department chairperson - university
Visual arts department head - university
Zoology professor - university
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Teach one or more university subjects to undergraduate and graduate students
Prepare and deliver lectures to students and conduct laboratory sessions or discussion groups
Prepare, administer and grade examinations, laboratory assignments and reports
Advise students on course and academic matters and career decisions
Direct research programs of graduate students and advise on research matters
Conduct research in field of specialization and publish findings in scholarly journals or books
May serve on faculty committees dealing with such matters as curriculum planning and degree requirements, and perform a variety of administrative duties
May represent their universities as speakers and guest lecturers
May provide professional consultative services to government, industry and private individuals.
Employment requirements
A doctoral degree in the field of specialization is required for university professors.
A master's degree in the field of specialization is required for university lecturers.
Licences or professional certification may be required for professors teaching future practitioners in certain professionally regulated fields, such as medicine, engineering, architecture, psychology or law.
Additional information
Progression to senior positions within a department, faculty or university is possible with experience.
University professors and lecturers specialize in a particular subject matter such as biology, chemistry, anatomy, sociology, business administration or law.
University professors who are also practitioners in their field of specialization must have the appropriate licences or certification.
Exclusions
College and other vocational instructors (41210)
Other instructors (43109)
Post-secondary teaching and research assistants (41201)
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