| Date | Topic/Assignment | Speakers | What to turn in |
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 | Information Session | Nancy Amato | Complete and turn in student information form |
| Thursday, September 1, 2005 | Overview of TAMU Career Center and Interesting Statistics regarding computer science & computer engineering majors | David McMahon, Texas A&M Career Center | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Tuesday, September 6, 2005 | Building your Resume From the Ground Up and How to ``Work'' a Career Fair | David McMahon, Texas A&M Career Center | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Due: 5pm Monday, September 12, 2005 | RESUME ASSIGNMENT: prepare an up to date version of your resume suitable for use at the Engineering Career Fair, Sept 12-14, 2005. You are encouraged to have your resume reviewed at the career center or at Zachry from 9-12 on Friday, Sept 9. | Email an electronic version of your resume in PDF format to the instructor. | |
| Due: At the beginning of class on Tuesday, September 20, 2005. | CAREER FAIR ASSIGNMENT: Attend the Engineering Career Fair, Sept 12-14, 2005. (Class will not meet this week - to ensure you have time to attend the Career Fair.) | Submit a brief report (1-2 pages) in hardcopy at the beginning of class describing your experiences at the Career Fair. What booths did you visit? What do you think you did right? What do you think you could do better? | |
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 | Interviewing Skills and Salary Negotiation | David McMahon and Dr. Wayne Terrell, Texas A&M Career Center | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Thursday, October 6, 2005 | Panel: Opportunities with a Graduate Degree ( Opportunities in a Smaller Company - Corlette; Opportunities in Academia - Keyser; ) | Dan Corlette (KBSI & PhD Student, TAMU); Peggy Cruse (Hewlett-Packard); John Keyser(CS@TAMU). | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2005 | The Application Process for Gradaute School Admission & Fellowships | Nancy Amato | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Thursday, October 13, 2005 | Panel: Undergraduate Research - Why, When and How? | Jacob Beaudoin, Mike Pantaleano, Roger Pearce, Shawna Thomas | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Tuesday, October 18, 2005 | Panel: Career Opportunities in Government Organizations | Mark Mathis (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Jose Salinas (U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research). | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 | Different Career Paths in a Single Corporation | Hewlett-Packard Panel | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 | The Outlook for IT Professionals and Interviewing Tips | Bradley Jensen (Microsoft) | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Thursday, October 27, 2005 | Different Career Paths in a Single Corporation | IBM Panel | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Thursday, November 3, 2005 | Insights on Careers in Science and the National Science Foundation | Dr. Frederica Darema, Senior Science & Technology Advisor, NSF/CISE | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 | Microsoft and Academia: A Dialog |
William H. Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect,
Microsoft Corporation,
Maria Klawe, Dean of Engineering, Princeton University,
Richard F. Rashid, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research
Webcast from the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, July 2005 |
Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | Some Observations About Broader Societal Issues of Computing Research and Education |
Wm. A. Wulf,
president of the
National Academy of Engineering,
vice chair of the
National Research Council
Webcast from the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, July 2005 |
Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 | Different Career Paths in a Single Corporation | National Instruments Panel: David Fuller '94, Joshua Prewitt '01, Nick Neumann '02 and '04 | Complete and turn in the seminar report (available and due in class) |
| Thursday, December 1, 2005 | Seminar Wrap-Up | Nancy Amato | Complete and turn in the course evaluation (available and due in class) |