What kind of job can a insert type of degree here get?

[Norman]

What kind of job can a "insert type of degree here" get?

We seem to get a lot of questions of this nature on PF, so I thought I would compile a list of the appropriate professional organizations since these are a great source of information on the fields that different university majors can possibly go into.

Physics
American Institute of Physics: http://www.aip.org
American Physical Society: http://www.aps.org
American Association of Physics Teachers: http://www.aapt.org/
American Association of Physicists in Medicine: http://www.aapm.org/
Optical Society of America: http://www.osa.org
Acoustical Society of America: http://asa.aip.org
The Society of Rheology: http://www.rheology.org/sor
American Crystallographic Association: http://www.hwi.buffalo.edu/ACA/
American Astronomical Society: www.aas.org
American Vacuum Society: www.avs.org
American Geophysical Union: www.agu.org

Mathematics
American Mathematical Society: http://www.ams.org/
Mathematical Association of America: http://www.maa.org

Computer Science
American Association for Artificial Intelligence: http://www.aaai.org/
Association for Computing Machinery: http://info.acm.org/
IEEE Computer Society: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/ieeecs/index.jsp
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: http://www.siam.org/

Chemistry
American Chemical Society: www.acs.org
Royal Society of Chemistry: www.rsc.org
Society for Electrochemical Analysis: http://www.electroanalytical.org/

 

[Norman]

Feel free to propose additional societies for these and other fields. I will update the first post as needed.
cheers,
Ryan

 

[ZapperZ]

You missed the American Insitute of Physics. The AIP not only has statistics on physics students and physics professionals/employments, it also has JOB OPENINGS advertisements.

www.aip.org

Zz.

 

[Norman]

Yeah I was going to add that to the top- it really isn't a profession organization- I don't think you can be a member of IOP can you? But I know they are associated with APS.

 

[Norman]

added chemistry

Maybe somebody (like moonbear maybe?) can recommend some biology/genetics societies.

 

[Norman]

Genetics
Genetics Society of America: http://www.genetics-gsa.org/
American Society of Human Genetics: www.ashg.org
European Society for Evolutionary Biology: http://www.eseb.org/
European Society of Human Genetics: http://www.eshg.org/

Biology-General
A great website with tons of information including jobs:
http://www.sciencecareersweb.net/BioWeb/BioSocieties.htm

 

[brewnog]

Fantastic work Norman.

Can someone Stickify this?

Engineering

Institute of Mechanical Engineers: http://www.imeche.org.uk
Institute of Civil Engineers: http://www.ice.org.uk
Institute of Electrical Engineers: http://www.iee.org.uk
Engineering Council: http://www.ecuk.org.uk
Royal Aeronautical Society: http://www.raes.org.uk/
Institution of Chemical Engineers: http://www.icheme.org
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining: http://www.iom3.org
Institution of Nuclear Engineers: http://www.inuce.org.uk
Institution of Structural Engineers: http://www.istructe.org.uk

 

[Norman]

Thanks Brewnog!

Earth Science/Geology

Soil Science Society: http://www.soils.org/
Geological Society of America: http://www.geosociety.org/
American Geological Institute: http://www.agiweb.org/
American Association of Petroleum Geologists: http://www.aapg.org/
American Institute of Professional Geologists: www.aipg.org
Association for Women Geoscientists: http://www.awg.org/
Seismological Society: http://www.seismosoc.org/ssa/
Society for Sedimentary Geology: http://www.sepm.org/
Society for Exploration Geophysicists: http://www.seg.org/
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: http://www.vertpaleo.org/

 

[Norman]

More Mathematics

London Mathematical Society: http://www.lms.ac.uk/
Australian Mathematical Society: http://www.austms.org.au/
European Mathematical Society: http://www.emis.de/
Association for Women in Mathematics: http://www.awm-math.org/
Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society: http://www.caims.ca/
Canadian Mathematical Society: http://www.math.ca/
Association for Symbolic Logic: http://www.aslonline.org/
International Association of Mathematical Physics: http://www.iamp.org/