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Week 1: Welcome to the Department of Physics at Oregon State [Intro Slides, day 1]

• 2:00 – Welcome. Introduction from Course Facilitator
• 2:05 – Zoom Poll
• 2:10 – Welcome from the Chair of Physics, Prof. Heidi Schellman
• Welcome from the Head Undergraduate Advisor, Prof. David McIntyre
• Welcome from the Head of Undergraduate Labs, Prof. David Craig
• 2:35 -- Interaction & Networking in Zoom Rooms: meeting your fellow majors by completing a collaborative Canvas quiz

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Week 2: Applying for Internships/Jobs/Graduate School [deck 1, deck 2]

With a physics degree, the sky can be the limit for your career options! In this session, Claire Wu, Assistant Director of Career Development Center, will use interactive activities to help you start thinking about how identifying how our values and interests will have an impact on your career satisfaction.

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Week 3: MLK Day (no class)

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Week 4: Internships and Jobs, Prof. Heidi Schellman

Which ones are there?  How do you apply?  Are you qualified?

Check out https://www.aps.org/careers/employment/internships.cfm#undergrad and https://physics.oregonstate.edu/career-resources-undergraduates for information about specific programs. We'll go over what's out there, how to get good reference letters, are you selling yourself short?  Check out the links above and ask about your favorite.

• Related links & opportunities.

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Week 5: Planning for the future and making yourself competitive now. [Slides]

Applying for Scholarships/Internships/Jobs/Graduate School

Hazel Betz's Internship Video

Hazel's Handout

Possibly helpful links:

COS Scholarships

SPS National Scholarships

URSA Engage

SURE Science mid-March

Letters of Recommendation

Personal Essays

Timeline

Letters

APS Jobs Powerpoint

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Week 6: Preview of Paradigms in Physics (slides)

Critical Resources:
i. Advising
ii. Physics Major
iii. Sample Curriculum
iv. CoS Help

Paradigms in Physics is the unique upper-division coursework in physics at Oregon State.

• Part I: The Basics of Paradigms Program by a Paradigms Instructor Matt Graham.
• Part II: Welcome Undergraduate Panel (Jessica, Kim, and Tom), please bring all your questions and concerns. Hear what OSU upper division physics is like from your peers.

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Week 7:
i. Introduction the Department Research and WIC Degree Requirement. Experiential learning (slide deck)

ii. Research lab scavenger hunt.

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Week 8:
i. Team-based exercises in Physics. Friendly 4-round competition via. google forms.
ii. Introduction to Optical and Condensed Matter Research in Physics; the Micro-Femto Energetics Lab

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Week 9: (day 9 intro)
i. Introduction to Research in Theoretical Physics, perspectives in quantum cosmology research by Professor David Craig

ii. Highlights of Breakthroughs in Physics: Nobel Prize 2020

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Week 10: Oregon State Physics in Industry Panel (day 10 intro)

Welcome our distinguished guest panelitsts Hazel Betz and Josh Kevek from Intel Inc. in Beaverton.