Careers in Biology
| Flexibility appears to be a key trait for anyone entering the job market in the future. While educational requirements for most fields of biology and medicine tend toward specialization, the actual jobs developing for the 21st century place a premium on adapting to change, moving into new settings, and combining diverse areas. |
| John A. Snyder |
| Biology Careers for the Next Century |
Keep an open mind before deciding on a specific career goal.
Think about your interests and the way you like to spend your time. Does immersing yourself in research appeal to you? Or do you prefer interacting with others? Perhaps combining science with another field such as education or business appeals to you. While planning your career, keep in mind that most people change careers at least once in their lifetime. In addition to using your undergraduate experience as training for a specific career, you can use this time to broaden your knowledge base and prepare yourself for a lifetime of creative problem solving.
Below are just a few of the possibilites that await you:
| Environmental Law | Forestry |
| Immunology | Pharmaceutical Sales |
| Genetic counseling | Dentistry |
| Neurobiology | Forensics |
| Molecular biology | Secondary education |
| Veterinary medicine | Wildlife conservation |
| Medicine | Medical technology |
Careers such as medical technology or pharmaceutical sales can be entered with a bachelor's degree alone. Many, like secondary education and environmental law, couple a science degree with additional study in another field. Still others, for example immunology, medicine, or neurobiology, require an advanced education in science. Whatever career you choose, employers value the skills fostered by science training — critical thinking, problem solving, research design and experimentation, communication and the ability to work effectively in groups.
