looking for something in which there is potential to make a good living out of, I don't want to do masters in biology, b/c i don't want to be stuck in a lab or become a proffessor, please help me
2006-09-01 07:53:25 · 5 answers · asked by J B 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Try Eco-tourism. I have a BS in biology as well. I guided tourists in the Amazon rainforest, right after college and now am the operations manager for the jungle lodge. Check it out: www.sachalodge.com. I am going to go back and get a masters as well. There are some cool programs at Colorado State, and AU that offer programs in conservation and eco-tourism. You may also want to try Wildlife management and conservation. Thats what i´m leaning towards. Good luck!
2006-09-01 08:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by natron10 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom has her bachelors in Biology as well and she works in regulatory for medical companies. She has worked for Baxter, 3M, Toshiba, GE, and currently works for Johnson & Johnson. She makes about 150K a year doing this so I am sure you can make a good living out of it. She was hired right out of college by Baxter and has worked her way up since with different companies. There is a very high demand for these positions and currently there are about 5 regulatory affairs positions for every one person. Basically what regulatory affiars entails is writing and composing documents and other legal type processes to get new products approved with the FDA and other foreign governments. She also handles recalls of products and other such things.
I don't know where you live, but I know that University of Southern California (USC) offers a masters program for Regulatory Affairs. Visit this link for more info http://regulatory.usc.edu/program.aspx
Look into some colleges around you and find out what they offer. I know many colleges are starting to offer programs like USC's since it is such a high demand job. My mom loves her job and it is very exciting and not dull. She gets to do something science related without being in a lab or teaching. It is an office job, with enough of the familiarities of working a typical office job, but at the same time much, much different.
Here is a link with more information about regulatory affairs
http://www.raps.org/s_raps/sec.asp?TRACKID=&CID=2923&DID=25717
Hope I could be of some help and this is something that might be of particular interest to you.
2006-09-01 11:37:35 · answer #2 · answered by ms.applegate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look into biotech related fields. Bioinformatics, biostatistics, epidemiology (emphasis on clinical trials) are hot topics. There are plenty of MS and MPH programs where you can major in these subjects. I have a MPH and I studied epi-biostat.
I admit I don't make huge sums, but that is because i chose a lower-paying gig so I could work in infectious disease surveillance. My job is VERY cool, even if it pays less. Still, if I have to do epi forever, I will sell out to Big Pharma and go into clinical trials 'cause I'd be able to make 6 figures.
2006-09-01 08:56:51 · answer #3 · answered by Gumdrop Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Business, Law, Medicine.
All of these can be paired with Biology for an interesting result and should make you good money.
2006-09-01 11:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by CLH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also have a BS in biology. I think Nate's suggestions sound great.
2006-09-01 08:25:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋