What can I do with my biological sciences degree?
Knowledge & Skills Developed:
- Adaptability to different work environments
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills (verbal & written)
- Critical & inferential thinking
- DNA extraction & amplification
- Environmental sampling
- Ethical practice
- Experimental design
- Laboratory equipment operation
- Organization, analysis, & interpretation of scientific data
- Physiological understanding of micro-organisms
- Project management
- Scientific writing
- Species identification
- Stamina & endurance for field work
- Theory development
Potential Careers:
- Bacteriologist
- Biological Technician
- Biologist
- Botanist
- Cancer Researcher
- Conservationist
- Cytologist
- Ecologist
- Entomologist
- Environmental Education Specialist
- Forensic Laboratory Analyst
- Geneticist
- Health Care Professions
- Hydrologist
- Ichthyologist
- Marine Biologist
- Medical Librarian
- Microbiologist
- Parasitologist
- Professor/Teacher
- Research Scientist
- Virologist
- Zoologist
Note: Additional education or specialized training is required for many occupations.
Explore hundreds of Alberta Occupational Profiles .
Potential Employers:
- 3M Science
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Agroforestry Development Centre*
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)*
- Alberta Environment and Parks
- Amgen*
- BioLargo*
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories*
- Canadian Space Agency*
- Delta Genomics*
- Ducks Unlimited Canada*
- Environment Canada*
- Husky*
- Johnson & Johnson
- Maple Leaf
- Natural Resources Canada*
- Parks Canada Agency*
- Public Health Agency of Canada*
- Syncrude Canada Ltd.*
- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre*
- University of Alberta*
*These companies have partnered with our Science Internship Program to offer you working experience during your undergraduate degree.