New seminars to incorporate non-technical skills and improve access for all students in the undergraduate physics curriculum

At Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, we have recently revised our physics curriculum. Using the suggestions made in the JTUPP Phys-21 report, we designed six new 1-credit seminar courses, taught one per semester over the three required years of our new curriculum. These seminars focus on explicitly teaching the non-technical skills that our physics graduates need to become successful physicists in a variety of career paths, including working together in teams to develop new ideas, gathering and presenting information to a variety of audiences, applying for jobs, and being strong and inclusive allies for colleagues from all backgrounds. Perhaps most importantly, these seminars seek to develop a strong culture of belonging within our department. We present the structure of these seminars and gauge their present level of success.