As a pre-professional course, students will learn about various career paths associated with degrees in chemistry and biochemistry. They will receive instruction on developing application materials for internships, graduate and professional schools, and jobs. Graduate school and career opportunities will also be presented, in part by invited speakers from both industry and academia. Opportunities for laboratory research at Hillsdale and elsewhere will be explained, and students will decide on a faculty research mentor. Students will also be introduced to the scientific literature, including the peer review process, skills for searching within scientific research databases, and the use of citation management software. They will be taught the processes of reading scientific literature, using discursive reasoning for evaluation, and writing a scientific paper. To be taken by the fall of the junior year by all biochemistry and chemistry majors.