Professional Guidance

Dr.-Ing. J. Mossbrucker

Dr. O. Petersen

GE300 – Purpose

Provides Perspectives On: Different Engineering Disciplines and Functions Professional Issues and Career Planning

Does the Following: Vote on Senior Electives/Senior Projects Discuss Senior Design/Senior Projects Form Plan for Post-Graduation

What GE300 is & is NOT!!!! It is intended to be informative

– But being informed is an active process– YOU must be willing to listen and think and PARTICIPATE

Potential disappointments– Entertainment aspects are coincidental– Not all material will be relevant to all of you

Impossible task with a diverse group

Course and session feedback used for improvements

GE300 – Course Focus

Helping you get the job you want– Career opportunities – Placement office, Resume writing

Preparing for the senior year– Electives, Senior Design

Career financial planning Professional Societies, PE Registration Graduate School

Career Opportunities – Example

What industry?– Telecommunications– Automation, etc.– Mature industries/Startups

What company within that industry?– Motorola, ATT, Nortel

What function within that company?– System/Component Design– System Integration– Customer Applications/Marketing

Examples of Job Functions

Research Design Manufacturing Testing Product Development

Components Systems Interfacing Technical Marketing Applications

Something VERY Important

Do you want to be successful?– Really?– What are you doing about it?

Do you know how to get what you want in life?– How to prepare for life?– Do you understand the world you will enter?– What to say to people?

Your Future and the Rules of Life

80/20 rule - Technical competency – Assumed, nothing special– Ratio of time spent on technical versus other topics

50/50 rule - Professional competency– Ratio of needed technical versus professional skills – Does this define you?

Are you prepared for this?

Are you serious about this?

GE300 – Syllabus

You are expected to attend ALL scheduled lectures/sessions for GE-300. In addition, you must hand in the following work on the given deadlines:

Assignment Due

1. Your Expectations of GE300 W2D1

2. Research Paper on a Company W2D1

3. Resume and Cover Letter W3D2

4. Live-Audience Interview Analysis W3D1

5. Career Expectations Upon Graduation W5D1

6. Academic Program Explanation to Potential Employer W6D1

7. Self-Analysis of Professional Interests/Senior Year Plan W8D1

GE300 – Syllabus cont.

How your grade will be determined:

A one-half letter grade reduction will be made to your final grade for each of the following:

– Each unexcused absence from a lecture– Late assignment

A one letter grade reduction will be made to your final grade for each of the following:

– Unsatisfactory assignment not made up per instructor’s directions

A grade of “F” will be given for the course if there are:– Any missing assignments as of 12:00PM noon, Friday, Week 10– Any missed lectures not made up per the instructor’s directions as of

12:00PM noon, Friday, Week 10– Any unprofessional behavior based on the sole judgment of the instructors

Schedule 2005

Tentative GE300 Schedule – Winter 2005-2006

Day TOPIC

11/29/05 GE-300: Purpose, assignments, grades 12/01/05 Quality Engineering 12/06/05 Gaining Employment, part 1 12/08/05 Gaining Employment, part 2 12/13/05 A Live-Audience Interview 12/15/05 Careers in the Military 12/20/05 Teamwork Concepts