Marine biology studies

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siddhu_r said:
well yah i got those 3 things settled . already learnt about mitosis , food webs and cellular structure at school .
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Good.

If you go to any sort of normal school, you're still 2-3 years away from touching your concentration courses. You'll be taking mostly general ed during your freshmen and sophomore years. Focus on that for now. Your concentration classes will draw back on the knowledge that you SHOULD have learned in your core classes. :)
 
Do you have a particular college in mind? You can go to that college's website, look up the major, and see what classes you need to take for that major. The core of bio degrees (marine bio too) are generally your bio and chem series (a years worth each) for science majors and some form of calculus, depending on the specific major it can be anywhere from calc 1 on up. People will generally study marine biology, fisheries biology, or zoology.


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You can do Biology with a minor in Marine biology but its hard to find a good program to get a straight BS in Marine biology - though it can be done. You will have to take and understand biology, cell biology, physiology, physics, environmental science, chemistry and math these courses are what you start with and then you start moving into base marine biology and then advanced and then specifics such as ichthyology, invertebrate bio, vert bio, etc. If you are interested in these things pick up a good book and start reading about them. Do your best to focus and pay attention in school. Also know that you will have to take base chemistry and organic chemistry, physics and a lot of math at minimum up to calc 1. I did my focus (minor) in Marine biology and related courses but my BS degree was in Environmental Science and Policy. A lot of what you can take/learn and what BS degrees are offered will depend upon the University you chose so make sure you really look into what you want to do and University best suits that. Also know that you will be taking a lot of base and general courses before you get into what you are really interested in.
 
http://web.uri.edu/marbio/ Here is some info on the Marine biology BS programe at The University of Rhode Island my step daughter goes to school here, nice campus. Anyway check out what it has to say some of the info may be useful. GL
 
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The foundations for future success in science, technology, engineering and math majors in college.

Also, an alternative to a BS in environmental science is environmental engineering. Lots more math and, of course, engineering design courses, than the env. science route but being an environmental engineer opens lots more doors, in my experience....and you can always take env. science courses as electives.

Matt

aclockworkorange said:
Focus on biology, chemistry, and calculus right now. Trust me.


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I'm going to go a different route and say make sure to take English, speech, and communication classes. At least for me, (BA in biology and BS in fisheries and wildlife) I went to school with and work/ed with some really smart biologists. Many of them couldn't write, spell, or speak publicly to save their ass. Everyone has to jump through the same biology, chemistry, and calculus classes but students who could write and speak well really stood out and it's a HUGE part of being hired these days. I don't care how amazing your work or research is, if you can't communicate it effectively it's worthless.

I'm lucky to be working in the field right now doing fish studies but we recently gave presentations to visiting Australian officials after winning some international restoration awards and they don't see our fieldwork, they see the presentations and dissemination of our data.

So yes, chemistry, biology, and math are important for any biologist. But you can set yourself apart with your communication skills.

Also, what do most "marine biologists" end up doing? I know one who bartends, one who teaches, one who serves food, and one who's sailing around the world doing research. It's a tough field to get into. Like Matt says, environmental engineering is taking off.
 
Excellent points, communication skills seem to be falling by the wayside over the course of the last couple of decades. When was the last time someone actually had to sit down and write something using pen and paper? Penmanship, spelling, public speaking and interpersonal skills are becoming things of the past. The skills needed to present and effectively communicate your point should not be overlooked.
 
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