Jack G. Glassman, Hernando Garcia, Abdullatif Y. Hamad, David H. Kaplan,. "A photonics Masters program at a regional metropolitan university," Proc.
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A photonics Masters program at a regional metropolitan university
Jack G. Glassman, Hernando Garcia, Abdullatif Y. Hamad, David H. Kaplan
Jack G. Glassman, Hernando Garcia, Abdullatif Y. Hamad, David H. Kaplan, "A photonics Masters program at a regional metropolitan university," Proc. SPIE 9665, Tenth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 96651T (3 June 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.2207803 Event: Tenth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Downloaded From: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie on 1/30/2018 Terms of Use: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/terms-of-use
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A Photonics Masters Program at a Regional Metropolitan University Jack G. Glassman, Hernando Garcia, Abdullatif Y. Hamad, and David H. Kaplan Dept. of Physics, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, Illinois 62026 Many Physics students opt for a master’s degree in Physics without plans for pursuing a doctorate in the future. These students typically wish to find jobs in industry after receiving the M.S. degree. The traditional Physics master’s degree program, with courses mirroring those of the first year of a program leading to a Ph.D., is not addressed to the needs of many of these students. On the other hand, offering broad and extensive training for a variety of careers in industry may place burdens on the resources of smaller graduate programs. In this presentation, we describe a new Optics-Photonics program and course sequences developed for a small graduate Physics department at a regional metropolitan university (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) which has successfully placed students in rewarding careers in industry that heavily utilize their Physics training.
Tenth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, edited by Marc Nantel, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9665, 96651T · © 2007 SPIE, OSA, IEEE, ICO doi: 10.1117/12.2207803 Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9665 96651T-1 Downloaded From: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie on 1/30/2018 Terms of Use: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/terms-of-use
