Michael von Hausen’s Full Teaching Experience

Masters in Urban Studies, Simon Fraser University

Michael von Hausen is an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University.

The City Program, Simon Fraser University

Vancouver, British Columbia, 2002 - 2020, City Program’s Urban Design Certificate Program Curriculum Coordinator and chief Instructor teaches or assists in nine different courses for mid-career professionals ranging from Urban Design Economics and Implementation to Visual Communications and Urban Design Theory and Practice.

Urban Development Institute, Pacific Region

2002 - ongoing – Curriculum development and facilitates/teaches three seminars in real estate development including: “The Fundamentals of Real Estate Development”, “The Numbers Behind Housing Development”, and "The Art of Approvals".

Master of Community Planning, Vancouver Island University

2017 - ongoing – Teaches in VIU’s Master of Community Planning program, and was appointed as adjunct professor in the School of Community Planning.

Master of Urban Design Program, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, 2014 - ongoing, Affiliate of the Master of Urban Design Program

Previous teaching experience

• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2000-2002, Sessional Lecturer, Fall 2001 and Spring 2002; “Professional Practice”, 3rd year Graduate Course in the Master of Landscape Architecture Program, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.

• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia,1992-1999, School of Community and Regional Planning, Professional and Community Programs:

  • Site Planning Certificate Program Faculty Member (Urban Design and Ecological Principles, Planning Policy, Site Design Process, Implementation, Graphic Communication);

  • Contemporary Planning Series: “Planning Visual Communications for Informed Decision-Making” (1997, Courtenay, BC).

• Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, April 1999
  City Program short course: Community Ecological Planning and Design.

• Kwantlen University College, Langley, BC, 1997
  Development Committee Member for the proposal to develop a Landscape and Environmental Technology Degree Program.

• University of Colorado at Denver, 1997
  Tenure review evaluation for Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture.

• University of British Columbia, Landscape Architecture Program, 1996

  • Intermediate Graphic Communications

  • Advanced Graphic Communications

• University of British Columbia, 1996
  Member of President’s Advisory Committee on the selection of a Director of Landscape Architecture (as President of the BC Society of Landscape Architects).

• University of Colorado at Denver 1990-1991

  • Directed Graduate Planning Studios I and II, 1990-1991;

  • Independent Study Faculty Advisor – Community Implementation, 1991;

  • Land Use Planning Workshop (APA Student Event);

  • Visiting Critic, Graduate Landscape Architecture and Architecture Studios, School of Architecture and Planning.

• Pennsylvania State University, tenure review evaluation for Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Program, November 1990.

• Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario, Fall 1989
  Instructor, Landscape Graphics.

• University of British Columbia, 1984-1987
  Board Member, Harvard Management Game, School of Commerce and Business Administration.

• University of British Columbia, 1983-1984

  • Sessional Lecturer, 3rd Year, Urban Landscape Studio, Landscape Architecture Program 1983;

  • Visiting Critic, Landscape Architecture Program, 1984.

• Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1979-1980

  • Teaching and Research Assistantship, Real Estate Economics and Urban Development Course and Studio (Case Writer for “Angus Crowe A.I.A.” published at the Harvard Business School, 1980);

  • Student Representative, Real Estate Curriculum Committee.