Do we have anyone here who's a biology major?

It’s hard to totally separate the two. What about zooology? Oceanography?

I have a BA in biology. My career right now is somewhat related to biology in that I need to understand cancer from a medical perspective but really I went in a different direction. Ordinarily people who had a bio major in college were also pre-medicine. You can always go on to obtaining a PhD in bio and teach and do research.

Oh man, I’m totally with you on this one. I’m majoring in Biology and despise Chemistry.

I don’t know about Canada, but down here you have to take intro and some advanced chem courses to get your degree. If you really really love biology, you’ll suck it up for those two or so miserable years.

I don’t know much about the other fields of biology, but Cell Biology is pretty customizable in terms of how much chemistry you want to deal with. I’ve gotten jobs in cancer and psychiatry labs where I had no exposure to dealing with chemistry, in a theoretical sense. I only needed to understand basic concepts like acid vs. base, making a solution that has a <blank> molarity, etc. I’m planning on going to grad school and once there, I’ll pick a cancer biology project and while there will be some chemistry involved, I can focus on cell interactions instead.

There’s a chemistry basis for every biological inquiry but it’s really easy to zoom out from it and focus on what you want. If your goal is to become a good scientist one day, it will be wise to consider these chemistry aspects, but you’ve got plenty of time to warm up to the idea.

Ecology?

I’m in Canada and I think you do just have ‘to suck it up’ as @Iclamae says. bio and chem go together becuse they are so intertwined.

Career options for biology majors (BS):
1. Graduate school for PhD
2. Biotechnology
3. Pharmaceutical industry
4. Teacher
5. Patent law
6. Management consulting
7. Medical/dental/pharmacy school
8. Technician at university lab
9. Forensics
10. Science writer