If you have a general degree in biology are you considered a biologist?
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Not unless that is your chosen career, which usually requires some advanced degree or at least a good amount of experience.   \n\nA person with a BS in psychology would not be considered a psychologist -- much more training is needed to become a professional in the field.
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I have a degree in zoology and work as a wildlife biologist.  I love what I do.  I am outdoors all day, pretty much make my own schedule, get to do a lot of travel(have studied birds in the arctic tundra in Alaska, Florida, Tennessee,  Colorado and throughout California, and my job is always changing so I don't get bored.  One day I'll work with birds, the next reptiles or fish.  You can also work as a zookeeper with a biology degree or go into vet school.  You might also look into majoring in Biology or wildlife studies and see which program looks most interesting to you.  Hands on experience is a must.  Try to get in some volunteer work to see what you can expect and what you are best at and what you like to do the best.
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Biologists in microprop you say??  Well, it depends.  THere are several stages and a biologist could be responsible for any part of them.  For instance, making the callus culture and ensuring that the proper amount of plant horomones are present, to the actual studying of methods of microprop. Quality control, disease checking, all that jazz. If you want specifics, that's a lot of information but you could look up wikipedia.org, and I am sure they have anice section on microprop.  Good luck!
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the study of living being is biology. or the study of life is biology.....
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Depends on what you want to do with your life. General Studies degrees are typically meant for persons who want to transfer to a four-year college, and include most of your general education courses. These courses can be very helpful to you in terms of understanding more about things--the world, other people, diversity, poetry, music, etc. Will give you the edge over persons without a degree. \n\nIf you are aiming for a particular job category, though, it doesn't necessarily give you an edge. If you know what you want to do see if you can get a degree in an area that has more direct relevance to your desired job. Not necessarily even a technical degree, but if you know, for example, that you want to work in a field where science is relevant then you might want to major in a science. If you want to go into sales or marketing then you might want to get an associates degree in business.\n\nAs far as the future goes, the AGS will be a good college transfer degree. Maybe in the future you'll decide to work toward a BA degree.
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Basic introductory biology courses at the college level usually require nothing more than addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, basic algebra, and basic statistics (genetics). If you have the math skills to get thru high school you will be completely fine taking college level bio courses. There is usually almost no math in biology courses, with the exception of genetics. Also, biology is NOT all about memorization. Yes, you will have to memorize terms, but the majority of the material is understanding the concepts.
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A good way to find a career is to go to college and find out what is out there. If you go to a good school for biology, then many of your professors will have had experience doing just the sort of things you're describing. If you work hard, you could even get the chance to travel someplace exciting with your professors as soon as your second year. For instance, at my university, one professor does a trip to the Galapagos Islands to study birds every year and another does a trip to Baja, Mexico to study the coral reefs. Other professors I know of do different trips every year or two to study different things. It's very common at the more prestigious schools. Then, once you figure out what you want to research, ask your favorite professors for advice on how to get into those fields and how to get funding for your research in exciting places.
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Without a master's in marine biology, you'll be hard pressed to do funded research. But you could get jobs as a zookeeper, an aquarist, work at a rehabilation center, etc. Alot of those jobs are based off of experience rather than having a degree. Just keep in mind that jobs in this field can be hard to come by, and they don't pay well at first. I was originally a marine biology major, but I'm now contemplating getting my bachelor's in a more common area, and then getting my master's in marine biology. Good Luck!
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It really does depend on the person.  Math deals more with numbers, while biology deals more with the study of life and anatomy.  In my case, I like both equally.  In general, though, especially as you get into the higher levels of math, I think people start to like biology more because they can't visualize and solve math problems.
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Take basic bio courses followed by zoology courses.
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The requirements depend on the institution you obtain your degree at however it is essentially a biology degree that focuses on the animal kingdom.\n\nAs far as careers go there are many.\nAny zoo or animal sanctuary requires many people with such a degree for operation.  State and Federal agencies like the Fish and Game and Department of Natural Resources have positions available for them as well.\nOf course zoology is an excellent precursor to obtaining a Doctorate in Veterinarian studies too.\n\nBut to answer your sub question yes, you could work at a zoo planning diets and curing their ailments.
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I wrote a long list yesterday of the qualities needed to be a successful scientist, I'll copy and paste it later.  In order to be a biologist, you need to take a major in biology or biochemistry (I would recommend biochem, because it's more rigorous and harder to learn later in your career), then, assuming you want to be an independent scientist running your own lab, you need to get a PhD (4-6 yrs), an MD with research training (4-5 years not counting internship), or an MD/PhD (7 years, again not counting post-grad work).  Then, you need to do at least one postdoctoral fellowship, preferably in a top international laboratory (3 years)- often, 2 post-docs are required for very high-level training.  So, after high school, you are looking at 4 years of college, 5 years of grad school on average, and about 5 years of post-doctoral work-Generally scientists are hired as professors (or scientists by pharm companies) when they are around 27-30...this is when you start your independent career.  For me, and all those I know who run their own laboratories, it is a dream job- fascinating work, travel around the world, the feeling you are doing something important and helpful to humanity, nearly complete independence, close association with often brilliant and always interesting people, teaching and mentoring young students, good pay (about $80,000 to start), very very stable job security, never having to worry about being bored, ability to choose your own hours and work schedule, ability to research whatever you find most interesting or personally important, constantly challenging at a very high levels, being on top of the newest technology and discoveries....I could not imagine doing anything else.  A recent job satisfaction pole put University Professors as the second most satisfying careers because of a combination of job security, pay, community respect, intellectual and professional satisfation, and relatively low stress.\nAbout your specific question-no, they (don't say "he" since over half of the grad students coming up are women) dont make as much as physicians, generally.  As a prof, you make $80-150,000 a year, as a scientist in a pharma company you make $100-200,000 a year (but lose your independence)- The working hours are fairly low for a professional occupation with that pay-certainly lower than most physicians, but you pick what you work on, where you work, when you work, when you take time off...there is incredible independence and freedom.\n Now, about the qualities-Ill cut and paste the other question\n\n\nMoral values or professional values? Ethically: honesty would be the most important by far- Modesty or at least the ability to admit when you are wrong ( so you dont cling to a hypothesis against the data), generosity-this leads to collaborations and sharing of data, which accelerates the process of discovery; kindness, so that you design the experiments with the wellfare of the animal in mind.\nAs far as the professional values go: Open-mindedness for examining data and coming up with correct conclusions; logical thinking..that;s obvious; intuition, for those many times that verbal and mathamatical thinking fail you; conservation, to design experiments that use the least amount of material, time, and animals (or whatever test material or subject is being employed); sexiness, by this I mean the excitement or current interest level of the public or scientific community, so that you can obtain grants for your research; delayed gratification, because often it takes years to answer the question; patience, both for the time it takes through trial and error, and the training of students in a very difficult and demanding career; judgement, so that you choose the *most* important question to be addressed, and apply the proper proportion of effort; discipline, because the work requires extreme care and attention to detail, you must be able to ignore some very interesting questions so that you can apply yo
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I am not sure what you mean by uni-sex in biology....\n\nIn biology, sexual reproduction is not said to have been started with only females per se! Uni sexual is not the same as hermaphroditic either. Monoecious and dieocious are the usual terms. Monoecious means hermaphrodite and dioecious means separate sexes. But reproduction can be either sexual or asexual (and sometimes some organisms do both, like, mosses, liverworts, ferns with alternation of generations.) \n\nThere are a few species of animals who have only females, though....at least 22 species of parthenogenic lizards identified last I checked! They lay eggs, mate like "lesbian lizards" without sperm and have babies. Wild!\n\nHowever, a "male" is usually described in biology as any organism that makes "sperm" gametes, so in that case, hermaphroditic organisms like most flowering plants (sperm is in pollen) have males as PART of the often hermaphroditic flower known as the stamen.  (some flowers are dioecious) So males are found in plants or animals.  In fact the anther is the pollen producing part of the stamen and is sorta comparable to the testes of the animal. In fungus there are opposite strains of hyphae that reproduce "sexually" but not with gametes and they are described as + and - branches, which some claim are m-f, but it is still considered sexual reproduction, whereby genetic information is exchanged and a genetically DIFFERENT offspring is produced. Asexual produces gentically identical offspring-clones. Bacteria usually reproduce asexually, but sexual conjugation can occur (sexual) in bacilli. Paramecium are the most famous for their sexual reproduction-conjugation too. In the cases of fungi, bacteria, paramecia, however, the gender is not considered even though it is considered SEXUAL. So what biologists consider as very "primative" organism are capable of sexual reproduction.
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Most zoos require a Bachelor degee in Zoology to work as a keeper.  Zoo and Bio majors have very similar classes (at least they did at my university)  Includes lots of chemistry, physics, and upper division classes such as entomology, ornithology, mammalogy, animal physiology, animal behavior, etc.  Volunteering at a zoo will help you out a lot, the hands on experience is very valuable.  Good Luck.
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Right now I attend VCU as a forensic science major. You can't major in Biology to become a forensic scientist. It is a major on it's own. They make you choose a track before your sophomore year. You will either complete the forensic chemistry or biology. I chose the biology track. It depends on what you want to do with it. Biology is usually for health majors like pre-dentistry,pre-therapy etc... It you want to do biomedical engineering you would not be a biology major, but an engineering major. The fourth link I have included is to help you choose a major. VCU is a good school if you like diversity, and want to attend a large college. We also offer free tutoring for almost all subjects. Good luck I hope you are happy with whatever you choose.
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well i am into engineering,,,,so don know much abt biology.\nU can check this website for some good info.\nwww.wikipedia.org
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The type of degree you have is often irrelevant to your career path.  What is most important is that you have studied to that level and shown what you are capable of.  I took a degree in English and Archaeology but I now work in the public sector promoting languages and cultural skills!