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Editor's Notes
In college, biology majors learn many valuable skills that directly translate to the working world (even when their jobs aren’t directly related to biology at all). Not all graduates work in an occupation that’s directly related to their major, though. Many graduates work in sales, education, management, and marketing.
Biology & Educational Studies special majors learn to catalyze comprehension and inspire interest in medical, environmental or other biological topics. This major is an excellent choice for pre-medical and other pre-health professional students as well as for aspiring college professors, teachers and environmental educators. Read on for descriptions of each track, including suggestions for additional courses.
Educating patients and colleagues from a range of scholastic and cultural backgrounds about health, disease and treatment is integral to the practice of medicine.
Environmental conservation efforts depend on the support of local communities, including their industrial and political representatives. Activism and professional advocacy require advancing arguments that depend on helping the audience understand biological and other scientific topics.
Biology teachers prepare the next generation of citizens and scientists with information vital to political and personal decision-making. As a certified teacher, you can get a job right out of college and have an engaging and meaningful career throughout your professional lifetime.
use the laboratory skills and techniques which biology majors learn in their labs, academic research, and collaborative research with faculty.
Biology majors are well positioned to excel in many of the specialty areas of legal practice which draw upon scientific knowledge and reasoning.
spend much of their time interacting with health service professionals and must be equipped to communicate with them about scientifically based policies and procedures.
evaluate stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other investments for clients and businesses. Many analysts use the advanced mathematical skills possessed by biology majors to help assess the viability of various investments.
Health educators must have a solid understanding of human biology as well as verbal communication skills to convey scientific content in language which their clients can easily comprehend.
Health educators, like biology majors, need to write about scientific topics like nutrition, safe sex, substance abuse, and stress reduction.
Presentation and writing skills cultivated as a biology major is helpful for presenting proposals and findings to colleagues and potential funding sources
