Chem 7020 is a professional development course that introduces graduate students to a range of tools and information that may be broadly helpful over their careers. Issues of safety in the laboratory, ethics in science and teaching, career planning, job opportunities/trajectories in academe, industry, and national laboratories, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, interactions with federal funding agencies, curriculum vitae/resume writing, and effective written and oral communication skills are discussed. Students are required to attend departmental seminars and colloquia in order to learn about a broad range of current experimental and theoretical topics in science. Each student will prepare at least one oral and one written presentation for the class.