Career opportunities for those who major in the Biological Sciences and obtain a Bachelor’s
or advanced degree include a variety of interesting occupations related mainly to
biology, agriculture or medicine. Biological professions include anatomist, aquatic
biologist, bacteriologist, biologist, biotechnologist, botanist, cytogeneticist, cytologist,
ecologist, embryologist, entomologist, geneticist, herpetologist, ichthyologist, mammalogist,
marine biologist, microbiologist, molecular biologist, morphologist, mycologist, ornithologist, paleobotanist,
paleozoologist, parasitologist, pathologist, pharmacologist, photobiologist, phycologist,
physiologist, protozoologist, systematist, taxonomist, toxicologist, tropical biologist,
virologist, wildlife biologist, and zoologist.
Many biologists are educators as well as scientists. Biologists are also employed
as forensic scientists, illustrators, museum specialists, naturalists, photographers,
and science writers/editors. Agricultural professions include agricultural biologist,
agrigeneticist, animal scientist, apiculturist, farmer/farm manager, field crop manager,
fish and game warden, food technologist, foresters/forestry technicians, horticulturist,
plant and animal breeder, plant and animal physiologist, plant quarantine/ pest control
inspector, range scientist, and soil scientist/conservationist.
Medical professions include audiologist, chiropractor, coroner, dentist, exercise
physiologist, health care administrator, medical laboratory technologist/technician,
medical librarian, nurse, nutritionist, optometrist, pharmacist, physician, podiatrist,
public/ environmental health specialist, sanitarian, speech pathologist, and veterinarian. Additional
medical careers include specialists in sports medicine, and manual arts, music, occupational,
physical, and recreational therapists.
