Graduate Physics Seminar (Physics 697, 831, 832)  

Spring 2009

Course Syllabus

Suggested Abstract Format

Schedule of Talks

Required Reading - Professional Ethics:

1. “Ethics and the Welfare of the Physics Profession,” by Kate Kirby and Frances Houle, Physics Today, November 2004, pages: 42-46
2. “Professional and Ethical Standards for the AAS Journals,” The Astrophysical Journal, 652, 2006, pages:  847-848

Suggested Reading:

1.  "Who is listening? What do they hear?" by Stephen G. Benka
Physics Today, December 2008, p. 49-53
From the ODU network, the article can be downloaded from
http://ptonline.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=PHTOAD&Volume=61&Issue=12

2.  "The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid"
           by Michael Alley, Springer (2007)
Web pages of the author:
http://writing.engr.psu.edu/csp.html
http://writing.engr.psu.edu/slides.html

Announcements:

• There will be no class on April 2 and 9. 
• We will have class on April 16 and 23 to discuss issues related to ethics in the physics profession.  We will base those discussions, at least in part, on information presented by the American Physical Society (APS) at

                 http://www.aps.org/policy/statements/02_2.cfm

Click here for specific information about what you should read (at a minimum) and what topics we will discuss in class.