PH 198: First Year Orientation meets 1 hour (Mondays for 1 hour) for ten weeks for a total of 1 credit. No class on MLK day (week 3).
Prereq: None
Guenter Schneider | M 12-1pm, R 10-11am | guenter.schneider@oregonstate.edu | |
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None required.
This course is an introduction and welcome to the physics department for freshman and transfer students. The course will include information about the department and the undergraduate curriculum--Paradigms in Physics, presentations and lab tours from faculty highlighting opportunities for undergraduate research in their labs, sessions on scholarship/internship/job applications, career opportunities, professional communications, and an alumni visitor from industry.
Students will:
100% attendance and participation. Attendance will be taken. You may miss any one class without penalty. For extenuating circumstances that require you to miss more than one class, you must contact the course instructor. For a third missed class you will need to write a short paragraph about three of the university resources that can be found at: https://experience.oregonstate.edu/resources
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