Help! I am lost, I do not know what to major in I have looked into biology and conservation...?

Question

I love the outdoors and I am hopefully getting an internship this summer to help at some type of Nature Park. I am an average student and have a lot of passion for what i am involved with. I have shied away from being a Biology major because of the math and chemistry involved. Do you know of any majors or careers that would be involved with nature and also be challenging but are not structured around mathematics?
Thanks for your help

Thats very true Jerry, thanks for the input.

DR. Zoo, I am actually going to Kent State University its about 4 hours from OSU. What are you doing now with your degree?

Answer 1

Hello,

I'm not sure what your specific interests are (animals, agriculture, ecosystems?), but there are definitely some other options for you. At my university, some examples include: Zoology, Ecology, Wildlife Sciences, Animal Sciences, Forestry Science, Environmental Science, Marine Biology, and Agriculture. These majors are completely separate from a Biology major and require the "normal" amounts of math and chemistry, as much as any other major but no more. Instead, they focus on some lab work (just to learn techniques) and field work, for which you can often get course credit. Then you can spend the summers doing internships or co-ops so that when you graduate, you can immediately start work (or go to grad school). Many university labs offer positions to undergrads so that they can gain experience collecting data, identifying plants and animals, and studying conservation outside of the classroom setting.

The possibilities are really exciting, but these majors are most common at large state universities that have available faculty and field sites for you work/study/research at. Best of luck with your search!!

Answer 2

I'm a biological sciences major. It's kind of like the biology major, but instead of taking a bunch of the core science classes we pick a concentration and most of our classes revolve around that.
I have a friend who sounds a lot like you. She is an environmental sciences major. It's a lot less math and fewer of the sciences like chemistry than a biology major would be. She's graduating soon and is currently applying at different environmental companies.
You may also want to try zoology or perhaps Marine biology.
And if the chemistry is what is pushing you away from science majors more than the math then you can always go for the business major. It sounds kind of random, but you can do a lot of what you want if you start your own business.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

If you don't want to major in Biology, i think you can major in:

1. Environmetal Science
2. Fisheries and Wildlife Science
3. Forestry

To me Fisheries and Wildlife Science would be fun for you if you want to work with nature and conservation.

I know Oregon State University has a great program for Fisheries and Wildlife. I was once majored in Fisheries and Wildife Science, but I changed it to Zoology and graduated with it at OSU.

Answer 4

I recently had the honor of working with a soldier who was pursuing a degree in forest conservation. I don't mean to insult him, but he wasn't all that bright when it came to doing the numbers for our liquid inventories. He was always reading magazines about horses and last I heard he was working with a park ranger service.He also entertained himself during his transition working for a wildlife rescue organization identifying trails of wild cats and bear.He did mention he also hated math so never stick him with a job that dealt with numbers.I think you may just need to research your degree plans a bit more to find what you're looking for. He obviously had the right degree so it's out there. You just have to fins it.Goodluck and I hope I was at least encouraging.

Answer 5

Maybe you would enjoy a career as a Park Ranger? Possibly Agriculture? Internships aren't something you just get, it takes a lot of resume' sending, searching, and effort to land a good internship. Good luck, and I hope you find what you are looking for.

Answer 6

There are plenty of options for you, don't listen to naysayers. You can join the Peace Corps, which will give you hands-on experience, you can intern with the National Parks Service, and you can do Botany instead of Biology and avoid the math in school. That would be what I'd reccomend - look for a Botany course.

Answer 7

check the requirements for degrees at your local colleges/university, i know at my school, chemistry, calculus and physics are required even for botany, ecology, and zoology, also, it is true, you will be competing with others better at math, and there is alot of competition out there, fisheries/forestry sounds like a great idea, but there will probably be some math/chem, how bout asking the people you are working with over the summer, see what they suggest, and how they got into their careers

Answer 8

the subject is that Biology has replaced considering those nicely popular conservationists majored in it. immediately, "Biology" is code for pre-expert, as in pupils who choose for to bypass directly to the two scientific college to grow to be a doctor or veterinary college to grow to be a vet. you may look for classes in Ecology, Zoology, flora and fauna Biology (additionally popular as flora and fauna administration), or Conservation. i could additionally avert any classes in Environmental technology or Environmental learn, by using fact they only furnish a ordinary overview of a huge variety of matters and those classes are not consistent from college to college, meaning employers do no longer understand what they're getting while they see one in each of those huge substantial identify and prefer greater specific majors instead.

Answer 9

Consider that you will be competing for jobs against a pool of applicants that *did* take the more rigorous biology courses. All things being equal, who do you think an employer will choose?