What You'll Do

  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as molecular biology, marine biology, and botany.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Supervise students' laboratory work.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.

Essential Skills

Speaking 4.25/5
Learning Strategies 4.12/5
Instructing 4.12/5
Reading Comprehension 4.0/5
Active Listening 4.0/5
Writing 4.0/5
Science 4.0/5
Active Learning 4.0/5
Critical Thinking 3.88/5
Monitoring 3.88/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.75/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.62/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Intellectual Curiosity, Dependability, Integrity, Achievement Orientation, Social Orientation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Expression 4.62/5
Oral Comprehension 4.12/5
Written Comprehension 4.12/5
Written Expression 4.12/5
Speech Clarity 4.12/5
Deductive Reasoning 4.0/5
Inductive Reasoning 4.0/5
Speech Recognition 3.75/5

Technologies & Tools

Aipotu Blackboard Learn Blackboard software Calendar and scheduling software Collaborative editing software Course management system software Desire2Learn LMS software DOC Cop Email software Geographic information system GIS software Google Docs Graphics creation software IBM SPSS Statistics Image analysis software Image scanning software iParadigms Turnitin Learning management system LMS Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Intellectual Curiosity (High importance: 4.81/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.57/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.45/5)
  • Achievement Orientation (High importance: 4.43/5)
  • Social Orientation (High importance: 4.42/5)

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How to Become One

This career requires extensive preparation, typically including a graduate degree (Master's or Doctoral) and several years of experience. Most professionals in this field have invested significant time in education and training.

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Also Known As

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