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Choosing a biology/chem degree path?

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  • 23-02-2011 11:43am
    #1
    Victoria.
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    I'm currently in first year science in UCD and we've been asked to make a decision about what 2 streams we would like to take next year and I'm having trouble deciding which ones would be the best for me.

    I love biology and chemistry so I would want to pick one with both of these involved.

    The ones I'm currently looking at and researching are:
    Biochemistry
    Pharmacology
    Medicinal Chemistry
    Chemistry
    Genetics

    I would be grateful if anyone here has completed a degree in these subjects could give me an idea of what was involved and what they ended up doing.

    Thanks :)


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    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Victoria. wrote: »
    I'm currently in first year science in UCD and we've been asked to make a decision about what 2 streams we would like to take next year and I'm having trouble deciding which ones would be the best for me.

    I love biology and chemistry so I would want to pick one with both of these involved.

    The ones I'm currently looking at and researching are:
    Biochemistry
    Pharmacology
    Medicinal Chemistry
    Chemistry
    Genetics
    I would be grateful if anyone here has completed a degree in these subjects could give me an idea of what was involved and what they ended up doing.

    Thanks :)

    I completed a degree which was excellent and served me well in terms of employment but to be honest I used it to add to bulk up my zoology degree and advance my career in a different direction so havent worked in labs for long. That being said I also have a love for both biology and chemistry and I cant recommend biochemistry enough in this respect. Biology is basically chemistry, with chemical reactions and chemical signalling ect you'll be at home with this subject. Its fantastic and there are a lot of jobs out there for graduates (maybe not so much in ireland).


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    aidoh
    Registered Users Posts: 620 ✭✭✭aidoh


    The best thing you can do is talk to your lecturers about it. If you like plants then you could do a degree in plant genetic engineering or botany - which has loads of biotechnology & chemistry in it. I only did botany until last year (which was my 2nd year) but it was good. Or you could do physiology. That's chemistry-ish too.

    Or zoology. Because it's probably more fun than all of them.


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