UCI Public
Health Association
General Meeting
Minutes
http://ucipublichealth.googlepages.com
e-mail:
ucipublichealth@gmail.com
Last meeting of the quarter:
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I.
Ice
Breaker
II.
Announcements
a. UCLA
i.
Meet
ii.
Rides
arranged + lunch
b. E-mail
c. T-shirt logo
d. Newsletter
e. Club fees ($15, includes t-shirt)
III.
a. Applying to graduate school
b. Should I go?
i.
Determine
your career goals
ii.
Test
drive your future career if possible
c. What are your reasons for pursuing
Grad school?
i.
Career
advancement, increased marketability, career change, increased pay, love of
learning, others?
d. Where can you research about
schools?
e. Also have schools send you
information
i.
You
can research the strengths and weaknesses of programs
ii.
opportunities
f. Master’s/Professional Programs
i.
1-5
years
ii.
purpose:
solid education in a specialized field
iii.
Fastweb
(checking scholarship qualifications)
iv.
Thesis,
internship, field study component
g. Ph.D.
i.
4-8
years
ii.
training
you to be a professor
iii.
purpose:
to give you an extensive knowledge of your field; train you to do original and
meaningful research; and prepare you to function as a member of a teaching
faculty
iv.
choose
faculty advisor who has similar research
h. What should I consider when
evaluating grad schools/programs?
i.
Size
ii.
Geographic
location
iii.
Ranking
iv.
Research
v.
Internship/placement
opportunities
vi.
Faculty
1. do they work outside community?
2. what information, resources,
knowledge or work experience do they have?
vii.
Cost
viii.
Accreditation
ix.
Financial
assistance
x.
Look
at placement after graduation
xi.
Where
are graduates going?
xii.
Attrition
rate
i.
Statement
of purpose
i.
Convince
school to accept you
ii.
Qualitative
data
iii.
Tie
breaker
j.
Final
recommendations
i.
Begin
early
ii.
Follow
a timetable
IV.
Grad
School Pamphlets