ENGR 8006: Professional Practice Workshop

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGR 8004
In today’s competitive job market earning a PhD degree alone is not enough to be successful. This course equips the doctoral students with the personal and professional skills needed to launch a successful career path. The focus of the course is the three main career paths that most PhD graduates enter: academia; industry; and entrepreneurship. The course covers topics important for these three career paths, including engineering education, patents, intellectual property, self-awareness and personal SWOT, and entrepreneurship.