In addition to doing research and taking courses, students also learn leadership and survival skills as part of their education in the Ph.D. program. Most directly, they obtain these skills through their advisors. To supplement this personal mentoring, we offer the Emigration Course . Whereas the Immigration Course prepares entering students for their graduate career while at Carnegie Mellon, the Emigration Course grooms finishing students for their career afterward. They also expose students to traditional and non-traditional career paths in academia, industry, and government.
Participation is open to the entire SCS community and is completely voluntary.