A second masters gave me practical experience and a place to meet a network of colleagues. Some new programs anticipate such needs, giving graduate students and even some postdocs more options to explore.
The Science Masters program (www.sciencemasters.com) is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in about 30 colleges and universities for master study in eight disciplines: bioinformatics, biotechnology, chemistry, computational sciences, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, and physics.
Marc Doble, a Sloan student at the Keck Graduate Institute, says the program does a "great job" preparing him for a biotechnology career. With a BA in chemistry, Doble tried academic re-search, but decided he wanted to marry his aptitude for science and business. After graduation this spring, he plans to work in a biotechnology company.
Doble's internship at the start-up AlleCure in Valencia, Calif., helped crystallize his goals. He evaluated possible competitors in therapeutic research to help the company chart ...
