Physics Senior Seminar (Phys 545)

I'm in charge of the "fuzzy" parts of the course -- not the review material, but the part about putting together your portfolio, discussing grad school and careers, graduation, and putting together personal statements, resumes and all that.

To get hold of me, the best way is e-mailing me (you can look up my address on the Truman directory), and barging into my office, BT 258, particularly in my office hours.

There's some stuff, like the portfolio and the resume etc., that I'll definitely do. However, much of what I'll do and where I place my my emphasis will depend on your particular needs and what you explicitly ask me to do. So please don't hesitate to speak up. There's no such thing as a generic graduation process, so help me out by telling me what you're interested in.

Links

I'll be giving you a bunch of reading material in class. But there's also plenty of useful information out there on the web. I'll list them here as I find out about them. If you find anything that you think is helpful, please let me know!

• American Institute of Physics: The most important source of information for physics people at all levels. Finding what you want is sometimes a challenge, though. Check it out!
• Careers Using Physics: Connected with the national SPS. A good place to start looking.
• Graduate Program Rankings: A good way to search for the sort of program you want.
• GradSchoolShopper.com: A searchable listing -- good browsing tool.
• GradView.com: Good search engine, with more options than GradSchoolShopper.com, though with less of a detailed breakdown of physics sub-disciplines.
• Petersons
• Physlink.com

Thanks to Kevin Haworth, class of 2003, for many of these links...