Basic concepts and skills:

o Scholarship skills, a course taught at OGI. Go to Dave's class page and Tim's.NSF

o Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology webpage.

o Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Sciences webpage.

Facts of (doctoral) life:

o How to Get a Phd : A Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors, Derek Salman Pugh, Estelle M. Phillips. You can get it from amazon.

o A Ph.D. is Not Enough, Peter J. Feibelman. You can get it from barnes and nobles.

o Advice for New Faculty Members (Nihil Nimus), Robert Boice. You can get it from amazon.

Useful links:

o Rice CS Dept online application form.

o If you're a graduating senior or a first-year PhD student, you should apply for an NSF fellowship.