Especially if you want to be a bacteriologist.
2007-10-01 16:08:51 · 2 answers · asked by random_me 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Highest degree is not necessarily the best degree. What do you want to do as a bacteriologist, research, medical lab work...? For research, definitely go for the advanced degree but to work in a diagnostic lab at a hospital, too much education might make you less desirable to hire as they would have to pay you more than someone with a bachelors degree.
Major fields of study include bacteriology, microbiology, epidemiology, immunology, virology, parasitolgy and perhaps even some sort of pathology.
2007-10-01 16:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by mtgranny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in bacteriology would be the highest degree in the field.
You may want to look at the many fields related. A common field in that area is epidemiology (the study of how disease is transmitted).
2007-10-01 16:18:13 · answer #2 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋