The goal of the course is to address the need for professional development activities within the MAT program. We currently offer, on a yearly basis, a career alumni panel and academic jobs application panel. We plan on offering around 3 to 4 sessions per year with some compulsory sessions (e.g., professional ethics and etiquette, sexual violence and harassment policy, milestones for completion of the graduate program and advice on navigating the program), and some voluntary sessions alternating the various topics as needed: career alumni panel, academic jobs applications, short descriptions aimed at a broad audience about research ("elevator pitch"), grant proposal and research paper writing, and submission strategies, etc.