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Communications and SPC Administrator, Drinking Source Water Protection Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority (Ontario)

"Most natural science classes at LSSU offer students as much hands-on experience (lab hours) as lecture hours, which ensures that the university experience prepares us for the real world careers, whether you work at a desk or out in the field, or both. There are endless advantages and opportunities available to LSSU students due to its location on an international border.

I found my career path on campus when my advisor posted a job for the Bi-national Public Advisory Council (BPAC), a group dedicated to and overseeing the clean-up the St. Mary's River. I was able to gain experience and network on both sides of the border, ultimately finding full-time employment before I graduated with my biology degree."

Loralei Premo '07
Biology Major

Biology

LSSU biology students hard at work
Careers
 
Qualified and Competitive!

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.


  

"LSSU's Biology program provide rigorous academics, extensive hands-on experience and professional development opportunities that create students who are highly qualified and competitive for jobs and graduate school positions."

--Ashley Moerke
Assistant Professor

Average Salary of Graduates (NACE)

  • $36,962

*Based on survey of 2004-2006 LSSU graduates

Student Research...

Thaddeus Lewandowski Fisheries and Wildlife

Thaddeus assessed habitat changes over the past 11 years at the Vermilion Ecological Research Station, located some 10 miles west of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior. He compared vegetation records with a survey of current plant communities to describe aspects of ecological processes at the site. While changes to the landscape have occurred during the past decade, the effects may not significantly impact animals such as the Great Lakes endangered Piping Plover.

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