What Can You Do With a Major in Biological Sciences?
Biological sciences major careers and jobs
Marquette's Department of Biological Sciences offers three bachelor of science degrees: the biological sciences major, the biochemistry and molecular biology major, and the physiological sciences major. It also offers two specialized majors: a track within physiological sciences for direct-admit physical therapy students, and biology for the professions, which is for College of Education students who plan to teach high school science. A major in biology prepares students for a variety of careers, as well as professional schools and graduate schools.
Jobs for biological sciences majors
What can you do with a major in biology? Marquette's biology graduates have found success and leadership roles in:
- Academic and hospital research
- Biotechnology
- Dentistry
- Ecology
- Environmental science
- Food industries
- Forensic science
- Government agencies (FBI, FDA, DNR, NASA, USDA)
- Graduate school
- Law
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Pharmaceuticals
- Physical therapy
- Physician assistant
- Public health
- Science writing or journalism
- Veterinary medicine
- Wildlife management
Recent employers of Marquette biology majors include:
- Abbott Laboratories
- BloodCenter of Wisconsin
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Eli Lilly
- GE Healthcare
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Prodesse
- Pfizer
- USDA Forest Products Laboratory
Marquette biology majors have gone on to graduate school at:
- Case Western Reserve University
- Columbia University
- Georgia State
- Harvard Medical School
- Loyola University Medical School
- Marquette University
- Mayo Clinic
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Stony Brook University (SUNY) Medical Center
- Tufts University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Irvine
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School
- Yale
Additional resources for careers in biological sciences
The biological sciences major lives at the leading edge of science, using the latest technology to explore molecular medicine, ecology and the environment, genetic regulation of plant and animal development, microbial physiology, and cell dynamics and motility.