Biology Department

Careers in Biology

Are you interested in:

• How humans, other mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates, fungi, plants, protists, or bacteria work?
• How these organisms fit together in ecosystems?
• How we can enhance our beneficial uses of organisms?
• How we can improve human health?
• How we can improve environmental quality?
• Do you want to work indoors, work outdoors, work at the microscopic level, at the global level or at any level in between?

If so, Biology may be for you!

A degree in Biology is one of the more versatile degrees you can get.

Here are a few of the Biology careers our program helps prepare you for:

Would you like to:
   Help protect the health of our communities?

   Then consider a career as a Biomedical Scientist:
       Doctor,
       Dentist,
       Physician’s Assistant,
       Clinical Lab Technician,
       Pharmacist,
       Optometrist,
       Geneticist,
       Public Health Officer,
       Epidemiologist,
       Veterinarian.
  

   Help protect our natural heritage for future generations?

   Then consider a career as an Ecologist:

      Fisheries and Wildlife Scientist,
      Endangered Species Specialist,
      Forest Manager,
      Ecosystems Scientist,

      Aquatic Ecologist,
      Marine Biologist,
      Land Use Planner.

Help young people learn biology?

 Then consider a career as a Classroom Teacher:
     Secondary Ed,
     Elementary Ed,
     College/University education.

Help build public awareness of biology?

  Then consider a career as an Informal Educator:
      Tech Writer/Illustrator
      Zoo/Nature Center Staffer

Help unlock the secrets of how organisms develop, grow and live and how ecosystems operate?

  Then consider a career as Research Scientist.

Lake Superior State University Biology alumni are in all of these careers and more!

Our alumni are leaders in all areas of biological sciences in Michigan and beyond. And it started with a degree in Biology from LSSU.

Many biology jobs require graduate or further professional training.

But it starts with a degree in Biology!
And there’s no better place to get a degree in Biology than LSSU!

What else can you do with a degree in Biology?
A degree in Biology also prepares you for any kind of career by building your abilities in:
   analysis of complex systems,
   project management,
   investigative procedures,
   quantitative skills in math and statistics,
   communications skills in written, verbal and graphical form,
   computer skills,
   skills you can take to the bank!
All kinds of different employers love to hire Biology Graduates!

Here are just a few places that LSSU Biology Alumni are now working:
   Michigan Dept of Natural Resources
   Michigan Dept of Environmental Quality
   US Forest Service
   US Parks Service
   US Fish and Wildlife Service
   Private Environmental Consulting Companies
   Local Conservation Districs
   Conservancies
   Zoos
   As private Doctors, Dentists, Pharmacists, Optometrists
   In small and large clinics (e.g., Mayo Clinic)
   As Veterinarians
   In private research labs
   In university and other government labs
   In private companies of all kinds and sizes Across the US and Canada and abroad
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Just ask, we can put you in contact with alumni in any of these fields.