Biochem or Biology?

<p>Ok so I really love science, mostly biology and chemistry, and I can't decide between getting a degree in Biochem or biology. I also have no desire to go on to med school (Pharm school is a maybe). What would be some good minors to have with those degrees? Another thing is that I've been researching these majors and I've seen posts about how getting a BS is biology or a field related to biology is worthless and I just wanted to know if that is completely true.</p>

<p>I’ll also add the fact that I am also interested is things such as medicine, disease, genetics and topics such as those.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys-4.html&lt;/a&gt; indicate relatively weak job prospects for biological sciences majors, if that is what you are concerned about. Chemistry is not all that good either on this front.</p>

<p>That does answer one question, thanks!</p>

<p>Computer science and/or statistics would be good supplements for minors if not majors. -Omics and dry computations (as opposed to wet lab skills) are pretty niche these days. Plus you can always take your programming/statistics to Google or w/e or anywhere really if you find out you don’t like biology.</p>

<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omics[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Biochem offers more variety in terms of future jobs you can get if Med or Pharm school doesn’t work out. However, if you do major in Biology, I suggest a concentration in Microbiology. I also opens up more job prospects!</p>