SKILLS FOR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS
Explores strategies for navigating key phases of the graduate student experience: transitioning into graduate school, the formation of professional identity, and charting post-graduation career pathways within the pharmaceutical sciences. Builds skills needed for success in graduate-level coursework, as well as professional competencies valued in today's scientific workplace. Focuses on effective scientific communication, career development, collaboration skills, personal reflection, self-advocacy, metacognitive practices for learning, and commitment to personal integrity - and how each of these connect to the core concepts of the Wisconsin Experience.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences, Capstone Certificate in Applied Drug Development, or Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify, access, and utilize program, campus, and professional resources to further academic and career-related goals. Audience: Graduate 2. Generate effective job application materials and demonstrate interpersonal and scientific communication skills needed for academic and professional success. Audience: Graduate 3. Classify common team dynamics and develop personal strategies for collaborating productively in academic and professional teams. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify situational factors that impact academic and scientific integrity and develop personal strategies for maintaining integrity. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify, access, and utilize program, campus, and professional resources to further academic and career-related goals. Audience: Graduate 2. Generate effective job application materials and demonstrate interpersonal and scientific communication skills needed for academic and professional success. Audience: Graduate 3. Classify common team dynamics and develop personal strategies for collaborating productively in academic and professional teams. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify situational factors that impact academic and scientific integrity and develop personal strategies for maintaining integrity. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027