Giving Physicists the Business

By KAREN KAPLAN

May 17, 1999 12 AM PT

The job market for physicists has been waning for years, but USC is hoping to change that with its new Physics for Business Applications Program.

The two-year master’s program aims to produce graduates who combine scientific and technical knowledge with business savvy, because physicists must increasingly look to the commercial world for job opportunities. The program--offered by the university’s College of Letters, Arts and Sciences in cooperation with the Marshall School of Business--will enroll its first students this fall. USC’s department of physics and astronomy developed the program with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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