ANNOUNCEMENTS
- (22 Apr) Make sure you got copies of all the handouts. Recently
I passed out an AIP report discussing employment trends
and another AIP report discussing salary trends.
- (28 Feb) I will collect your notebooks next week and return
them after spring break.
- (25 Feb) Assignment for next week: Pick 3 non-graduate school
career options. Include at least one position in industry; you might
also explore options in education/outreach. Try to find 3 possible jobs
that utilize the skills you've developed as a physics major and that
you plan to develop through your research experience. Determine how
to apply, what criteria they are expecting, what kind of salary range
you might expect, etc. Write it all up for you notebook, and be
prepared to discuss it in class next week.
- (4 Feb) Assignment for next week: Pick 3 possible grad schools, one
that's above the level you think you can get into, one that's at the level,
and one that you feel would be a good "fall back". Study what they do there,
what their admission requirements are and how you would go about
applying. Use the AIP guide to graduate programs (in 145 or 104a),
web sites, and faculty interviews. Include all this information in your
notebooks. We'll discuss what you found out, though you won't be presenting
everything to the class. Make sure to study what kinds of research is going
on at each of these schools.
- (26 Jan) Come prepared to discuss your professional society (those of
you who didn't present it last time) and your funding agency. Our theme
will be how and why scientific research is funded.
- (14 Jan) Assignments for next week: 1) Start your notebook, 2) Research
your organization [purpose, membership, cost, what they do, etc.], 3) Research
your federal agency [purpose, what kinds of physics they do, how they
do it, how they fund it, basic v. applied , etc. 4) Be prepared to make a short
presentation to the class next time.
- (14 Jan) Our first class meets today at 11 AM in Room 108 SCIC.