Spring 2027

Skills for Professional Success

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.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Lindy Stoll

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify, access, and utilize program, campus, and professional resources to further academic and career-related goals.

  • Generate effective job application materials and demonstrate interpersonal and scientific communication skills needed for academic and professional success.

  • Classify common team dynamics and develop personal strategies for collaborating productively in academic and professional teams.

  • Identify situational factors that impact academic and scientific integrity and develop personal strategies for maintaining integrity.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences, Capstone Certificate in Applied Drug Development, or Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

    • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Capstone Certificate in Applied Drug Development
    • Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
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PHMSCI 748

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  • Any of
    • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Capstone Certificate in Applied Drug Development
    • Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

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Spring 2027

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 300
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

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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.

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Topics

  • Transitioning into graduate school, formation of professional identity, and charting post-graduation career pathways
  • Scientific communication, career development, collaboration, personal reflection, self-advocacy, metacognitive practices, and personal integrity

Skills

  • Effective scientific communication, career development, collaboration skills, personal reflection, self-advocacy, metacognitive practices for learning, and commitment to personal integrity
  • Identifying, accessing, and utilizing program, campus, and professional resources to further academic and career-related goals
  • Generating effective job application materials and demonstrating interpersonal and scientific communication skills
  • Classifying common team dynamics and developing personal strategies for collaborating productively in academic and professional teams
  • Identifying situational factors that impact academic and scientific integrity and developing personal strategies for maintaining integrity

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UW–Madison

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PHMSCI 748 · Spring 2027

Skills for Professional Success

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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