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
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