I know that biochemistry or chemistry will qualify you for veterinary school, medical school, dental school, and maybe pharmacy school. Also you can get a M.S. or Ph.D. in chemistry with an undergrad. but what else can you do?
Would an undergrad in biochemistry open the door to all medical or pharmaceutical related graduate fields?
Can’t say much about science-related fields, but if you have the talent and interest, why not consider a Master in Journalism?
You could write for science publications, or just have a step up on other journalists without your science background.
Also, I have an ex that went to optometry school. He has a psychology undergraduate degree. His sister is a pharmacist, though she went through the old B.S. degree program. Now you need a Pharm D.
Just a couple of thoughts. Good luck.
There’s also the Library/Information Science route. My impression is that people with science backgrounds are rare in MLS programs - there are some, but a lot more with undergraduate degrees in the social sciences.
I have a casual friend who has his undergrad in Chemistry (I think - it may be ChemE). His PhD in Chemistry. And his JD.
Makes a mint as a patent attorney. 'Course money isn’t everything, he works a ton of hours.
My cousin has his undergrad degree in Biology. His Masters in Electrical Engineering. Put an MD on top of those and is a cardiologist.
Seriously, a lot of people completely switch when they go to grade school. What interests you?
JD, as in Juris Doctor? I didn’t know there were law schools offering chemistry-oriented programs.
what interests me? i guess hard science (chemistry, maybe biology), medicine, pharmacology or anatomy. i think medicine runs in my blood. my dad and both my brothers are in or going into medical fields. right now im working on an unrelated medical degree.
:smack: I answered my own question: Joint JD/MS degree in Chemistry
i dont want to be a lawyer. 4 years of grad school to enter an oversaturated field? no thanks. I have friends who graduated with law degrees, couldn’t find a job and had to become police officers. no way would i want to walk that route.
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Wesley Clark a lot of people with technical backgrounds go to law school to become patent lawyers. You have to have a degree in a scientific field to take the patent bar, so there’s a bottleneck naturally imposed. With the biotech explosion, there’s a real demand for patent lawyers to have that sort of background, so biochemistry would be perfect. I’m considering it myself in a few years (majored in biomedical engineering and biochemistry, graduated this past May) and I had a chat with a patent lawyer with a BS in biochem a couple months ago. I told her I was thinking about going to grad school first, and she said the cost/benefit ratio really made it not worth it.
You could always work in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology fields. I am a biochemist (Getting my BSc after this semester) and that’s sort of what I’m headed for, I think. I am considering completeing my Masters, though precisely in what field is still up in the air. Organic synthesis will likely be involed somehow. A BSc in chem or biochem and an MBA, if you have the guts for it, can get you into a VERy well-paying managerial job in the industries. I think I like the R&D side of it better, myself.
Theres always academia as well. You can do research and teach. Some people love this, others hate it, I suppose it’s up to you.
pharmaceuticals seems like a good field. if i got a biochem degree i’d rather work with chemistry, not in an office filling out forms like i would as a lawyer or something.