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FALL 2020INCOMING STUDENT
PRESENTATION
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CHOOSING COURSES
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CORE CURRICULUM CORE.TAMU.EDU
The Core Curriculum = 42 hours*. Many students meet the requirements through AP, dual credit or summer courses.
Required Core Areas:
• Communication
• Mathematics (met within major)
• Life and Physical Sciences (met within major)
• American History
• Government/Political Science
• Language, Philosophy and Culture
• Creative Arts
• Social and Behavioral Science
*TAMU requires all students to take one 3-hour course in International and Cultural Diversity and one 3-hour course in Cultural Discourse. Please visit core.tamu.edu for courses that meet these requirements.
Please note – a course cannot count in 2 core areas.
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CORE CURRICULUM – ICD AND CDCORE.TAMU.EDU
AFST 327 – Creative Arts & Cultural Discourse
ARCH 249 – Creative Arts & International and Cultural Diversity
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DEGREE PLANS FOR PHYSICSBS AND BS – ASTROPHYSICS TRACK
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DEGREE PLANS FOR PHYSICSBS – BUSINESS TRACK AND BS – COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE TRACK
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DEGREE PLANS FOR PHYSICSBA
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY POLICIES AND COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES
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DEPARTMENT AND UNIVERSITY RESOURCES
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COMPUTER SUPPORT
GROUP
The CSG can help with:
• card access
• your personal electronic device
Email [email protected]
The CSG cannot help with:
• NetID
• TAMU email
• TAMU wireless internet.
Email helpdesk.tamu.edu (Help Desk Central)
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LEARNING ASSISTANCE RESOURCES
Help is available on campus! Do not wait, find help as soon as you start to struggle! Ask an advisor for
resources!
• Study Hub (online): One stop shop for learning assistance
• Academic Success Center: SIs, Tutoring, Academic Coaching, Workshops (time management, test anxiety and test-taking skills, how to study)
• Help Desks: Physics, Chemistry and Math
• University Writing Center: writing guides, workshops and one-on-one appointments
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Dr. Patti [email protected]
Career Advisor for Sciences, Life Sciences & Geosciences
209 Koldus Bldg.
Call 979.845.5139 for an appointment
We can help with . . .
▪ Walk-in advising
▪ Advising appointments
▪ Pre-professional school advising Pre-Medical, Veterinary, Law, Dental, Nursing, Pharmacy, PT, OT, PA opsa.tamu.edu
▪ Career exploration▪ Resume development▪ Internship & job search▪ Interviewing skills▪ Salary negotiation
▪ Career self-assessment▪ Finding undergraduate research▪ Networking skills & tools▪ Job offer evaluation▪ Graduate school exploration
Events and Workshopscareercenter.tamu.edu/events
▪ Career Fairs
▪ Workshops
▪ Career
Panels
▪ Resume
Days
▪ Presentations
▪ Recruiting Events
▪ Employer Info Sessions
▪ Career Exploration Days
Career Advising
Online Resources careercenter.tamu.edu
Ms. Yari Arrieta Batista [email protected]
Graduate Assistant
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CAREER CENTER
Fall Career Fairs:
http://careercenter.tamu.edu/Events/Career-Fairs
• Engineering – Sept. 2 and 3, 9 am – 4 pm, Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center, Hall of Champions and All American Club of Kyle Field
• Business – Sept. 23 and 24, 10 am – 3 pm, Reed Arena
• Sciences – September 3, 10 am – 3 pm, MSC 2300 (BethancourtBallroom)
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NAVIGATE
Download NAVIGATE – the app
that gets you from orientation to
graduation:
• Make to-do lists and set reminders
• Get automatic reminders about
important deadlines
• Find campus resources
• See class schedules on your phone
• Receive alerts about holds
• Explore majors and careers
• Our appointment scheduling is currently
unavailable through Navigate, but you
can see when we are busy.
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WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A PHYSICS DEGREE?
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GET A JOB!
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GET A JOB!
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TAMU B.A. AND B.S. IN PHYSICS
• Applied Research Labs at UT
• Amazon
• Department of Defense
• General Dynamics
• General Motors
• Government Solutions (NASA contractor)
• Lockheed Martin
• Odyssey Space Research
• Onit
• Samsung
• Silicon Labs
• Synthetik Applied Technologies
• TEEX (Engineering Extension Service)
• Willis Towers Watson
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GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL
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TAMU B.A. AND B.S.GRADUATE SCHOOLS AND FIELDS OF STUDY
• Applied Statistics and Data Analysis
• Computer Science
• Education
• Electrical Engineering
• Finance
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Math
• Medical Physics
• Plasma Physics
• Public Health
• Robotics
• Cal Tech
• Duke University
• Georgia Tech
• MIT
• Purdue
• Rice University
• Stony Brook University
• University of California – Santa Cruz
• Univ. of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
• University of Southern California
• University of Washington
• Yale University
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Grad Schools:
• UC, Berkeley
• Notre Dame
• Rutgers
• Stanford
• Texas A&M
• Washington University
Medical School:
• TAMU – Health Science Center
TAMU - CLASS OF 2016
56%
37%
7%
Class of 2016
Job Grad or Prof. School Unknown
Jobs
• Amazon
• American Airlines
• Capital One
• Capsher Technology Development (software)
• Credera (management consulting)
• General Dynamics Information Technology
• Reynolds and Reynolds
• Cy-Fair High School
• Texas Engineering Extension Agency
• Universidad de El Salvador
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TAMU - CLASS OF 2017
32%
53%
15%
Class of 2017
Job Grad School Unknown
Grad Schools:
Duke University
Georgia Tech
Montana State University
Southern Methodist
University
Stony Brook University
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
University of California,
Santa Cruz
University of Minnesota
University of Southern
California
University of Texas, Austin
University of Washington
Jobs:
ASD Healthcare
Ceiling Outfitters
Eurofins Lancaster
Laboratories
General Motors
Infosys Limited
LG Virtual Solutions
Silicon Labs
TAMU Sponsored
Research Services
Willis Towers Watson
Vandegrift High School
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TAMU - CLASS OF 2018Grad Schools:
Lehigh University
MIT
Purdue University
Texas A&M University
Yale University
Commissioned:
Navy
Jobs:
Dept. of Defense
Genesis 10
Omnitracs
Odyssey Space Research
Texas A&M University (IT)
Wesley Foundation
26%
4%
35%
35%
Class of 2018
Job Commissioned Grad School Unknown
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
The Physics and Astronomy Department has a long history of award winning undergraduate research in many areas:
• Applied Physics
• Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
• Atomic Physics
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Materials Physics
• Nuclear Physics
• Quantum Optics
• Quantum Computing
• String Theory
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PLANNING YOUR SCHEDULE
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COMMON ERROR MESSAGES
• prerequisite and test score error – check the prereqs in Howdy
• student attribute error – usually for a Lab Safety Acknowledgement, sometimes for an Honors section
• field of study restriction – reserved for specific majors, pick another section
• time conflict error – two or more classes overlap
Always check for ‘attributes’, ‘restrictions’, ‘corequisites’ and ‘prerequisites’ before trying to add a class to your schedule.
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HOW AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR CAN HELP
❖Academic planning for Physics majors – course scheduling, degree plans, minors, double majors/degrees
❖Referrals to other offices, we’ll try to direct you to whomever has the correct piece of the puzzle
❖If you don’t know how to address a particular situation
❖If you just need someone to listen (we’re not counselors, but we can listen)
❖Recommendation letters
❖Questions about opportunities after physics
❖Finding research
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HOW AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR CANNOT HELP
❖Financial Aid; we’ll refer you to the Financial Aid office
❖Counseling; TAMU has the Counseling and Psychological Services office
❖Advising for other majors; we know a small amount about other majors, but not enough to feel comfortable advising on them; we will point you to the right person
❖Help with homework; no, we do not have Physics degrees and when our students start talking about their coursework, it sounds like a foreign language
We cannot help if you don’t ask!
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THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS
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How often should you check your student email?
What should you do as soon as you begin struggling in a class or anything else?
How often are classes offered starting in the 4th
semester? How long are you pushed back if you get off track?
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Sherree Kessler
Academic Advisor IV
BA – English, MS – Higher Education Administration
P&A Advisor – 8 years
RaéChel Superville
Academic Advisor III
BA – Psychology, MA – Teaching
P&A Advisor – 4 years
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYACADEMIC ADVISORS
Sherree Kessler
Senior Academic Advisor
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: 979.458.5948
Office: Mitchell Physics Building, 156
RaéChel Superville
Academic Advisor III
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: 979.845.7738
Office: Mitchell Physics Building, 154
https://physics.tamu.edu
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CONTACT US FOLLOW US
Mitchell Physics Building, Rm 154 or
156
@TAMUPhysAstr
TAMUPhysAstr(979) 458-5946 or (979) 845-7738