What is the smartest thing to do with a Marine Biology degree?
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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.
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- teach zoology, botany, biology, other science or math in community/junior college or university\n- lab assistant\n- pharmaceutical sales\n- medical equipment sales\n- lab equipment sales\n- science writer/editor\n- content expert for educational materials (textbook companies, instructional design companies, multimedia companies that make videos and animations for schools)\n- public health counselor, researcher, or consultant\n- wildlife biologist\n- wildlife photographer and/or videographer\n- expert witness (lawyers use science experts in court)\n- private investigator (because of your methodical research skills)
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To learn marine biology, you have to think like a fish. Becuase the environment in the ocean is different from our environment. In the ocean, organisms do not have heads, since the enemy doesnt only come from front and back and sides but from all around.
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Several friends are conservation biologists.  All of them work in marine biology, studying the health and condition of plant and marine life in rivers, wetlands, and ocean shore areas.\n\nThat can be important in a place such as Florida, where years of drought caused all sort of odd marine consequences.  For example, certain kinds of grasses  chocke the shrinking rivers and lakes.  Bacteria and algae can also fill the waters, removing oxygen and killing fish.\n\nOne of my friends specializes in marine animals - and for a few years she has been keeping track of populations of fishes in various rivers and swamps.  Sometimes she takes loads of young fish, raised in hatcheries, to be release in areas where the original populations have been fished out, died off, or diminished gretly.  She spends most of the week living out of her truck, diving into the water at all hours of the day and night.  She spends more time, on averge, in a diving suit with air tanks than she does in her official work uniform of shorts, blouse and heavy boots.\n\nAlthough most of her work is done on her own, when she has to go to places where there may be snakes or alligators, or there is a risk of harm from people, she takes a colleague along.\n\nThis is but one kind of conservation bilogist.  There are people who work with plains grasses and animals, forests, birds, and more.  It's a fascinating and vigorous life, full of hard work, and is not paid very well.  Oh, and there are conservation biologists who work in laboratories and offices, too.  Not all of those jobs are traipsing the outdoors!
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in the UK, an A-level in biology, two other a-levels with high mark (e.g. A's and B's) and probably a degree from a university in marine biology. All worth it though, its supposed to be a pretty cool career
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That is what I wanted to be when I was young!  I know Simon Fraser University in British Columbia is a good one!  Good Luck...and save the whales!  :)
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Teaching is not the only option; here are some of the Careers I know of:\n\n\n1) Pathologists concentrate on the effects of disease on cells, tissues, and organs of plants and animals.\n\n2) Physiologists specialize in the study of the life functions of plant and animals. These functions include growth, respiration, and reproduction.\n\n3) Geneticists study heredity and how traits or inherited characteristics vary in all forms of life. They expand our knowledge about how traits originate and are passed on from one generation to another.\n\n4) Anatomists study the structure of living things, ranging from single-celled plants and animals to human beings and redwood trees.\n\n5) Botanists are biologists who specialize in the study of plants.\n\n6) Microbiologists are those who work with microscopic forms of plant and animal life, such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses.\n\n7) Nutritionists study how food is used and changed into energy. They examine ways in which living tissue is built and repaired by its use of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and other nutrients. \n\n8) Pharmacologists study the effects of drugs and other substances, such as poisons and dusts, on living organisms.\n\n9) Biochemists specialize in the study of the chemistry of living organisms. \n\n10) Biophysicists concentrate on the atomic structure and the electrical and mechanical energy of cells and organisms.\n\n11) Ecologists are life scientists who study the relationship between plants and animals and their environment. \n\n12) Marine biologists, or biological oceanographers, study the organisms living in the ocean. \n\n13) Zoologists are biologists who study animals.\n\n14) Taxonomists, or systematists, specialize in the identification, description, and classification of animals and determines how a given species fits into the scheme of nature.\n\nGood Luck!
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You could really do almost anything that doesn't require math or science skills, based on your interests or extracurricular activities. Like, if you wrote for the newspaper you could get a job as a reporter, etc... Most likely, a Ph.D. and a professorship is your best option
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I am a Rutgers University, Cook College alumna and Cook College has a School of Marine and Coastal Sciences which is a highly reputable school. It's located in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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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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Best thing to do is something called an "informational interview" with people who work in the field.  Instead of framing this question along the line of degrees, look at *what it is you want to do*.  Then look at people who are in that job, call them up, and extremely politely ask them if they would be willing to speak with you about career/educational choices.  Ask them how they got where they got, whether a degree would be useful, etc.\n\nThere should be literature in your local library that would also be useful.  Good luck!
573408
I would say doing all those things with dolphins, porpoises, whales, or manatees would be spectacular....talk to SeaWorld, they can probably lead you to the right place.
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Wanna be a mammalogist? Studying biology or zoology first would help. Then, apply to the mammalogy department of where you study, the practical experience would help. After that, you can specialize in your post graduate studies.
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I have a Bachelor of Science in zoology and work as a wildlife biologist.  At my school the Biology major and the Zoology major only differed by a few classes.  Biology is a more general major and job prospects may be better.  It really depends on what you are most interested in...both majors will allow you to specialized once you get into upper division classes..you get to pick which ones you want to take so can concentrate on what you are most interested in.  I specialize in ornithology (study of birds) and have had no problems getting jobs.  I currently work for a non-profit and we do a lot of studying of local endangered birds.  If you are interested in birds it is a good option as birds are found all over the world and you can study them ANYWHERE! Good Luck.
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I think with many things, it depends on what you end up doing with it. Most colleges have a "what can I do with a degree in ____" webpage for students to look at. I'm a pmed biology major, not planning on being a doctor, but a biologist now, but I found a page for you to look at. \nhttp://www.canterbury.ac.nz/student/careers/subjectoptions/biochem.shtml
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A BS degree gears you toward teaching Biology/Sciences\nA BA degree gears you to non teaching science positions.\nI  have a BS/MS, plus credits toward my doctorate in biology and teach at a local university.
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Marine Biologist, Scuba Instructor, Zooologist