Is marine biology a good career path?
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The community college route is a good one but onluy if you study hard. You must realize that marine bio degrees require a lot of science,  including chemistry and often organic chemistry as well as statistics. \n\nONe way to help you decide is to begin volunteering or interning with different groups or gov't agencies to get an idea of the work required. This will also help you get into colleges. Experience, experience and more experience is the key!!\n\nAlso look at salary calculators on the internet or search job offerings with state or federal gov't agencies to get an idea of how much you will make.\n\nA college degree in marine bio usually gets you about $28-$35k salary right out of college. If you love the work, as I think one should, then go for it.\n\nGood luck!
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Accordind to prospects.ac.uk, for qualified graduates in these disciplines:\n\nTypical roles for experienced biology graduates include:\n\nEnvironmental manager - coordinates environmental management within a designated area in the private, public or voluntary sector. \n\nForensic scientist - provides impartial scientific evidence for use in courts of law to support the prosecution or defence in criminal and civil investigations. Primarily concerned with examining contact trace material associated with crimes.\n\nImmunologist - seeks to understand the role of the immune system in the control of infection, inflammation, and cancer. They are concerned with understanding the processes and effects of inappropriate stimulation which are associated with the development of autoimmune diseases, allergies and transplant rejection.\n\nScientist, industrial research - plans, organises and carries out systematic investigations into the properties of materials and the performance of components in order to develop new, or improve existing, products.\n\nScientist, process development - optimises the performance of manufacturing systems by improving the quality of the product, increasing production capacity and reducing costs.\n\nResearch scientist (medical) - plans and conducts experiments to increase the body of scientific knowledge on medical-related topics. Aims to improve our knowledge of the underlying basis of health and disease.\n\nToxicologist - plans and carries out laboratory and field studies to identify, monitor and evaluate the impact of toxic materials and radiation on human and animal health, and on the environment.\n\nHigher education lecturer - facilitates learning and carries out research activities in universities and some colleges of further education. Teaches academic or vocational subjects to undergraduate and postgraduate students from age 18 upwards.\n\nBank manager - establishes and maintains positive customer relationships; plans and delivers an effective sales strategy; monitors the progress of new and existing products and provides operational management support on a day-to-day basis.\n\nFinancial manager - provides financial advice and support to a company; from multinationals to supermarket chains, to NHS trusts\n\nPsychology:\n\nClinical psychologist - uses psychology to reduce mental distress in overcoming psychological difficulties. The role involves developing evidence-based practice and conducting research.\n\nEducational psychologist - usually a qualified teacher (with at least two years’ experience) who uses psychology to identify and support children with learning difficulties in schools.\n\nForensic psychologist (prison and probation services) - uses psychology to assess and treat offenders.\n\nFurther education lecturer or Higher education lecturer - teaches psychology in colleges and higher education institutions, mainly to people over 16.\n\nHealth psychologist - usually employed within The National Health Service (NHS), working to promote attitude and behaviour change in relation to health.\n\nOccupational psychologist - applies psychology to solve organisational problems including recruitment, selection and assessment, training, work design and dealing with change.\n\nCareers adviser/personal adviser (careers) - works with young people or adults providing information, advice and guidance, either individually or through groupwork.\n\nCounsellor - works with individuals, couples or small groups to help people problem solve and cope with difficulties or distressing incidents, eg rape counselling.\n\nPersonnel officer - advises on and implements policies relating to the use of human resources including employee planning, recruitment, training and welfare.\n\nPsychotherapist - works with individuals or small groups to treat mental or physical disorders through a process of psychological treatment. Often a specialism of other roles such as social work, medicine, or clinical psychology.\n\nRetail manage
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Hey its a vry good field.Thr is more demand n less professionals  in this field, ull have a vry good scope.Im going to go for bioinformatics.Best of luck.
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Excellent choice! The first thing you need to do is locate universities that offer this course. Choose a warm climate school that employs some of the best researchers in the world and funds field research continuously. Plan on Eight years of university to earn your doctorate degree in marine biology. You will be exposed to some very interesting work and research, not to mention the adventure! You will need to become a certified diver, have sound knowledge of the plant and animal life in the ocean's of the world. once in school attach yourself to the team that has lots of field research, do the work asked of you and you will have some of the most brilliant and life changing experiences you could ever imagine.
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Here's a good link for research on careers related to biology. If you dig into the resources here, you'll find the answers to your questions: http://www.niu.edu/careerservices/weblinks/Biology.htm\n\nAnother similar site with somewhat different resources:\nhttp://www.udel.edu/csc/mrk.html\n\nAnd, to find out about what it takes to get into medical school, check out these sites:\n\nhttp://prehealth.uchicago.edu/handbook/toc.html\n\n\nAmherst has an excellent "Health Professions" page on its web site with many links to information about what medical schools look for in applicants and how best to prepare for medical school and other health profession grad programs such as dentistry, veterinarian school and pharamacy school. http://www.amherst.edu/~sageorge/health.html\n\nSyracuse University has an excellent website of links to information and associations in for a variety of health related professions:\nhttp://hpap.syr.edu/intsites.htm\n\n\n\nCarolyn Lawrence, www.AdmissionsAdvice.com
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If you want a career with a Bachelors in biology, you should at least get your Masters, but Phd gives you alot more options. Without a PhD, you could teach high school students or under, work as a tech for a pharmaceutical company or in academia. PhD programs in biology are tough these days due to lack of funding in several areas, which unfortunately, is a larger deal than it should be, but the cause of much stress in a grad student's life. You should apply to programs in cancer, obesity, and diabetes research using molecular and/or bioinformatics techniques since that is where the money is.
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Most people misunderstand the benefit of going to college and gaining a degree.  To a prospective employer, it doesn't say that you know everything about whatever your major was, but it does say you have the ability to focus, apply yourself to a goal with a timetable, and follow through with the required work & effort.  That's why even a degree in Marine Biology will help you get a job in a bank.\n\nThe salary differential between someone with a High School Diploma and someone with a Degree more than makes up for those "four years lost income".\n\nAverage High School graduates starting salary: $24,000\n\nAverage College graduates starting salary: $38,000 (add $10K more for engineers/computer science)\n\nThe really important thing, though, is do do something you really like to do!
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Well there are Graduate Degrees availabe in Ocean Science, Nauticle Science, Marine Engineering. U can get job with Navy, or Oceanic research, Also u might want to work for research agencies that go deep into oceans to discover secrets.\nU may also want 2 work for Discovery, national gographic, BBC and other such Channels as they also have dedicated teams for Oceans etc.\nIndira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi India offers a distance learning Graduate course in Nauticle Science that spans from 1-2yeasr and thi sis very cheap and good start.\nwww.ignou.ac.in\nhttp://www.ignou.ac.in/schools/soet/acourses.htm#adwre\nhttp://www.ignou.ac.in/schools/soet/igdgs_cover.htm
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as a zoological cell biologist, you could even get a job working with human cell biology ... human or veterinary (agricultural animal) field is probably a more likely place to find a job than the general animal field.
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Land animals are awesome, but we seem to know more about them than marine animals. Marine animals are so amazing, so fascinating, so mysterious. Underwater wildlife is so beautiful. If I were you, I'd go with marine animals. They are so breathtaking. I love whales. I really want to go whale watching. It's so amazing that I want to cry because of the beauty.....I love marine wildlife. If you major in marine biology, just think of the amazing opportunities you'll get....all the marine wildlife to see, to discover....go for it.
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start by looking at sites like this one:\n\nhttp://www.biosci.ohiou.edu/faculty/currie/ocean/MEJobs/\n\nwrite some letters to people who are influential in the field, include your CV/resume, and start building a network of contacts.\n\nhere's a job site listing:\n\nhttp://www.hirebio.com/?source=overture&OVRAW=employment%2B%20%22marine%20biology%22&OVKEY=biology%20employment&OVMTC=advanced\n\ngood luck in your search!
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If you majored in biology with special emphasis in marine biology, and graduated with a BS degree, you can apply for a job in this field, but to make any real money, you must have at the very least a master's degree.
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My cousin does this.  She started out in basic biology and got very high grades.  She then went on to get a Masters degree and some post grad research.  There are not a lot of jobs like that so it's a buyer's market (employers get to pick and choose).  You have to have good qualifications to be a serious contender.  Good grades and having internships at known companies really helps.  Oh, and publish, publish, publish!
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The ways counselors guide college/university students through their system is really backwards.  A person should identify what kind of lifestyle they want.  Lifestyle is defined in varying degrees of security, money, and time.  You need to identify that first.  What and how much do want of each? This should help you with the degree that you have already gotten.  There should be something in the biology field that would meet your requirements.  If you really truly don't want to be in the biology field, still identify your lifestyle requirements, and choose studies that would place you in that career path.  It will also help motivate you b/c you already know what your end result will be.  One other thing is to go out and find and interview people who have already been in that particular field for 5 plus years.  They will also be able to help you b/c of their own experience.  Remember wisdom is learning from someone else's experience.
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Commerce is not a bad career line. You should pursue in your own field. If, however, you have aspiration in animal care, you can do a lot in this field. Many universities offer variety of courses without considering previous qualifications, specially, in certificate courses.
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University of Maine at Orono has a very large biology program including biology, zoology, botany, molecular biology, and biochemistry.  Excellent research institute while maintaining a low student to teacher ratio (21:1) which is excellent for a school with 10,000+ students.  So you get personal attention while having lots of oppurtunites.
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Usually it is best in the practice of marine research, but one could become an adviser on marine impact issues for companies or the government or one could just get a job unrelated to their degree, very few jobs necessitate that someone has a particular degree - it is simply important to have one.