Project QCC TechASCEND

Web and Other Resources for Career Information

Professional organizations with career services:

• Optical Society of America www.osa.org
• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) www.spie.org
• American Physical Society www.aps.org
• American Institute of Physics www.aip.org
• Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers: www.ieee.org

Career information for laser, test, and holographic technicians:

• www.chronicleguidance.com/brf415.htm 

Careers in Optics:

• Occupational Outlook Handbook – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Winter 2002 – 2003 edition
• National Science Foundation, document #nsf02313 – www.nsf.gov
• Photonics Spectra Magazine: www.photonics.com
• Laser Focus World Magazine: www.laserfocusworld.com
• Other sites:
  • www.lightwaveonline.com
  • www.corning.com
  • www.laserinstitute.org

Web sites for optics employment opportunities:

• www.optics.org
• www.photonicsonline.com
• www.photonicsjobs.com
• www.workinoptics.com
• www.spie.org  

QCC Laser and Fiber Optics Technology Program:

• http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/lfot/

For Women:

• SPIE’s Women in Optics: www.set4women.gov.uk
• www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/nsf9775/resource.htm
• www.binarygirl.com
• www.sciquest.com/k12/index.html
• www.nsf.gov/sbs/srs/nsf00327/start.htm
• National Council for Research on Women 2001
• Balancing the Equation: Where Are Women & Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology? By Mary Thom
• Women, Minorities, and Disabled Persons in Science & Engineering:
  www.nsf.gov/sbs/srs/nsf99338/hilight.htm

Career Information in General:

• NSF - Trends in Science and Engineering Employment:
  www.nsf.gov/sbe.srs.seind00/access/c3/c3s2.htm
• Bureau of Labor & Statistics: www.bls.gov

Information about Science and Math Education for Minority Students:

• O'Brien, V. , Kopala, M., Martinez-Pons, M. (1999). Mathematics self-efficacy, ethnic identity, gender, and career interests related to mathematics and science. Journal of Educational Research, 92 , 231-235.
  Butler, M. B. (1999). Factors associated with students' intentions to engage in science learning activities. Journal of research in science teaching, 36 455-473.

• Britner, S. L., & Pajares, F. (2001). Self-efficacy beliefs, motivation, race, and gender in middle school science. Journal of women and minorities in Science and Engineering, 7, 271-285.
  Hoffmann, L. (2002). Promoting girls' interest and achievement in physics classes for beginners. Learning and Instruction, 12 447-465.
  Smoot-Taylor, V., Woods-Erwin, K., Ghose, M., Perry-Thornton, E., (2001). Models to increase enrollment of minority females in science-based careers. Journal of the National Medical Association, 93, 74-77.