Career Course Document (Autumn 2013)
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This document applies to both Mathematics and Physics second year students.
This course is embedded in Calculus of Several Variables (G5210) for Mathematics and in
Scientific Computing for (F3212) for Physics.
Course conveners ;
 Career and Employability Centre (CEC): Mr Andy Howard
Email: A.D.Howard@sussex.ac.uk
 Mathematics: Dr Istvan Z. Kiss
Email: i.z.kiss@sussex.ac.uk
 Physics: Dr Kathy Romer
Email: romer@sussex.ac.uk
Office hours
 Mr Andy Howard (CEC): Mon to Fri 9.30 -5.30
 Dr Istvan Kiss (Mathematics): Pevensey III, Room 5C6, Office hours: Monday 10:00-12:00.
 Dr Kathy Romer (Physics): Chichester, Room 3R347A, Office hours: TBD
Lectures, Workshops and Presentations by external/internal guests
Location and
Joint/ Optional/
timing
Separate
Andy Howard
CH
Joint
Internships and work
Experience
Andy Howard
CH
Joint
09/10
Week 4
CV's & Applications
Andy Howard
CH
Joint
16/10
Week 5
PhDs
Internal speakers
PV(Math)
Separate
23/10
Week 6
Space/Defense industry;
Thales
External speaker
CH (Phys)
30/10
Week 7
Finance
External speaker
CH
Joint
06/11
Week 8
Careers Fair
On campus
Joint
13/11
Week 9
Teaching
External speaker
CH
Joint
20/11
Week 10
Operational
Research/Statistics
External speaker
PV (Maths)
Optional for Physics
27/11
Week 11
Computing/IT
External speaker
CH
Joint
04/12 Week 12
Wrap up session
IK and KR
CH
Joint
Date/Week
Type of activity
Speaker
25/09
Week 2
Careers Choice
02/10
Week 3
CH(Phys)
CH=Chichester 1 CHICH 1-LT, PV=Pev 1 1A7.
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Optional for Maths
Assessment (coursework/exercise):
There will be three written pieces of work. The topic and deadline for these are as follows:
Assessment 1
Topic of assessment
Self analysis report
Assessment 2
Career research report
Assessment 3
CV and cover letter
Deadline
Week 6 (T1) Monday 12:00 –
21 Oct 2013
Week 13 (T1) Monday 12:00 –
9 Dec 2013
Week 2 (of the Assessment
block 1) Thursday 12:00 – 16
Jan 2013
There is a penalty for submitting up to 24 hour late, namely a deduction of 5 marks from your attained
score. There is a penalty for submitting up to 7 days late, namely a deduction of 10 marks.
You will get zero for being more than 7 days late.
Assessments 1 and 2 will be completed on templated documents that will be available via Study Direct.
Mathematics students will need to submit directly to the Departmental Office.
Physics students will submit via Study Direct.
Course outline:
The aim of the course is to equip students with the most important skills needed for career planning. The
course is a collection of talks by Career Advising experts, as well as a number of presentations by
Mathematics and Physics graduates, and companies who mainly recruit mathematics and physics
graduates.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the course a successful student should have:
 accumulated sufficient knowledge of different career paths for mathematics and physics
graduates so they can draw up their own plan to achieve employment success after graduation.
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