What Can I Do with a Biological Sciences Degree?
What Can I Do with a Biological Sciences Degree?
What Can I Do with a Biological Sciences Degree?
Biology is the broad area of science that studies living things at every level of life - how they function, grow, interact, and evolve. It includes everything from microscopic cells to entire ecosystems and is essential to helping us understand how our bodies work, how diseases spread and are treated, how plants grow and make food, how animals behave, and how ecosystems stay balanced.
Biology is a huge field, but scientists usually break it into twelve main branches, which may often overlap:
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology (Cytology)
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Zoology
- Botany
- Ecology
- Evolotionary Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Neurobiology
Common Career Paths
Research & Development:
- Basic
- Applied
- Quality control
- Administration
- Grant writing
Healthcare:
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Optometry
- Podiatry
- Pharmacy
- Veterinary medicine
- Allied health: occupational therapy, physical therapy
- Medical technology
- Nuclear medicine
Bioinformatics:
- Algorithm and statistical techniques
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Information management
- Organization and retrieval
Education:
- Teaching:
- Elementary
- Secondary
- Post-secondary
- Non-classroom education
Communication:
- Technical writing
- Editing
- Illustrating
- Photography
- Public relations
Biotechnology:
- Medicine
- Agriculture
- Food science
- Biological engineering
- Bioremediation
- Environmental protection/Regulation
Organismal/Ecological Biology:
- Structure, Function, Development, Evolution
Legislation/Law:
- Lobbying
- Regulatory affairs
- Environmental law
- Science policy
- Patent law
- Nonprofit or public interest
- Mediation
Business/Industry:
- Technical and pharmaceutical sales
- Management
- Consulting
- Marketing
Biomedical specializations:
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Cellular and molecular biology
- Genetics
- Immunology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Virology
Employers
- Federal government:
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Armed Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Agriculture
- Private research institutions
- Public health departments
- State and local government
- Group or private practice
- Hospitals
- Clinics
- Health networks
- Nursing homes
- Rehabilitation centers
- Mental health institutions
- Correctional facilities
- Large corporations
- Professional schools: colleges of pharmacy, dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine, and agriculture
- Clinics and hospitals
- Private research foundations
- Independent laboratories
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Veterinary hospitals
- Zoos and aquariums
- Fish hatcheries
- Wildlife preserves, nature centers, and parks
- Conservation agencies
- Botanical gardens and arboretums
- Museums
- Agricultural experiment stations
- Inspection agencies and control boards
- Private recreation organizations
- Private research foundations
- Software development firms
- Public and private schools, K-12
- Two-year community colleges/technical institutes
- Four-year colleges and universities
- Publishing companies
- Educational and scientific software companies
- Lobbying
- Regulatory affairs
- Environmental law
- Science policy
- Patent law
- Nonprofit or public interest
- Mediation
- Industry and laboratories:
- Pharmaceutical
- Healthcare
- Agriculture
- Agricultural chemicals
- Food processing and safety
- Environmental
- Biotechnology
- Food production
- Textiles
- Medical device and equipment
- Research and testing
- Plant propagation and production businesses
- Technical and pharmaceutical sales
- Management
- Consulting
- Marketing
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