Plain Biology or Chem Degree

Hey

I was wondering if any1 on here is thinking or currently doin a straight Biology or Chemistry degree. Ive heard that unless your take on a spealised degree the chances of getting a job after graduation become much harder. I know that most unis offer very flexible biology courses so you can major in whatever you want but its still a pure bio degree.

Im very interested in studying pure bio but feel it will make employment harder to find/ obtain.

any thoughts?

THANX!

Reply 1

moojoo

8

I'm applying for straight biology, I don't think employment opportunities will be that much harder. What specialisms are you interested in? There aren't that many unis that offer specialised courses in biology/chemistry though. That's more of a postgraduate thing I think.

Reply 2

Olivia22

6

Ive just started my pure bio degree, and I know that at my uni (Manchester) you can swap onto any of the other courses (e.g. genetics) after the first year once you know what you are interested in.

Reply 3

Jassmine

I went the pure root (well sort of I did combined honours biology and materials science) and I am now specialising at postgrad level. Anyway had I not chosen to specialise I was told that having a biology degree wouldn't cause me problems with employment prospects at all as long as there was a logic in the units I chose. So for example I chose to do plant, physiology and ecology + behaviour modules each year.

Excuse me if this doesn't make sense I started my course today and my brain has turned off for the night

Reply 4

ProfessorFitBoy

2

Im thinking of doing straight Chemistry at uni.

I think that all degrees are highly respected by employers regardless of their discipline - although some more than others of course.
Also, some have more employment prospects.

Of course, for any degree you can be sure that you could specialise in that subject at postgrad level and go into research.
However not that many people choose this route.

I think a degree in biology or chemistry will give you excellent employmnt opportunities - Chemistry in particular is meant to be a great degree because of the lack of chemists and the breadth of the skills gained.

However im not really in a position to dictate what degrees are better than others nor do I really know about all the different employment prospects for each.

Reply 5

Dr Doughnut

OP

What do people wana go into after their degree then?

Im thinking in spealising in human biology/microbiology. But then again i havent evan decided if i wana do that. I was also thinking of pharmacy because the job emplyment prospects are so high.

I know it seems like i cant make my mind up but i just wana see what other people are doing.

Please help me!

I like science so much i dont know what part i wana work in. lol

Reply 6

ProfessorFitBoy

2

Dr Doughnut

What do people wana go into after their degree then?

Im thinking in spealising in human biology/microbiology. But then again i havent evan decided if i wana do that. I was also thinking of pharmacy because the job emplyment prospects are so high.

I know it seems like i cant make my mind up but i just wana see what other people are doing.

Please help me!

I like science so much i dont know what part i wana work in. lol

Hopefully after a degree in Chem which ill probably do (im swinging towards maths a lot though) ill do some postgrad research in chemistry/ biochemistry, and then become a chemical patent attorney.

This is basically a lawyer who specialises in drug patents - intellectual property law etc.
Its a very worthwhile career as theres a lot of lawyers but not a lot of lawyers who no about science - which is essential.
Its meant to be interesting work and the pay is meant to be excellent (6 figures).

If you specialised academically in biochemistry/pharmacy you could probably do the same thing.

Plain Biology or Chem Degree

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