Who will study physics, and why?

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 365-372

  Tobias, Sheila ^a   Birrer, Frans A J ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0347649469     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/20/6/302     Document Type: Article

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22. The authors' own continuing experience with the programme; also as summarized in: Birrer F A J and Tobias S 1998 Addressing the Beta image problem in the university curriculum: the Leiden workshop 'Cases from Private Enterprise' Justification and Enrolment Problems in Education Involving Mathematics or Physics ed J H Jensen, M Nis and T Wedege (Roskilde, Denmark: University of Roskilde Press) pp 183-93
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24. The Sloan programmes, particularly as regards physics, are described in: Kumagui J 1999 Professional Master's degrees promise quicker entry into industry jobs Phys. Today June 54-5 and more generally in: Jensen M 1999 Reinventing the science Master's degree Science 284 1610-11 Information is also available about Sloan and non-Sloan funded programmes at: www.sloan.org/education/science_masters, www.sciencemasters.com and www.kgi.edu
25. EUPEN Secretariat, Universiteit Gent, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent, Belgium; e-mail: anne.petit@rug.ac.be