Biotech or Biomedicine?

[rajzep]

<p>How much difference do we have here? And is Biomedicine an engineering field?</p>

<p>I have a state college in my mind and they offer B.S in Biotechnology., Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology (MCDB). Is there any accreditation for science programs? For engineering- ABET</p>

<p>What are the options after Bachelor's in MCDB? I have heard some go on to study Masters..Ph.D or some get into Business. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

[sschoe2]

<p>[Overrated</a> Career: Medical Scientist - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2007/12/19/overrated-career-medical-scientist.html]Overrated”>http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2007/12/19/overrated-career-medical-scientist.html)</p>

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60-to-70-hour workweek alone in a lab</p>

<p>the odds of landing a good research job are modest</p>

<p>10 years banging your head against an equation-filled blackboard in hopes of landing a $35,000/year post-doc job," with the prospect, in a couple of years, of getting that rare $70,000-a-year as a tenure-track professor or a somewhat-less-rare position at a pharmaceutical company</p>

<p>Adjusted for IQ, quantitative skills, and working hours, jobs in science are the lowest paid in the United States

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[zapfino]

<p>Biotech is an applied field, though not necessarily an engineering field. It’s broader than just molecular biology.<a href=“https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Biotechnology[/url]”>https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Biotechnology&lt;/a&gt;
Biomedicine just sounds like it focuses the basic biology underlying medical fields; it’s not an engineering field.</p>

<p>Your question isn’t very clear. Is the BS in biotechnology an option under a MCD biology major, or is an entirely separate program? As far as I know, there is not an accreditation process similar to that in engineering specialties.</p>

<p>After a bachelor’s in MCD biology, you can apply for a number of different graduate programs in various basic and applied bioscience fields. It also might prepare one to apply to various health professions programs, e.g., medical school, medical technology programs (lab medicine), grad programs in nursing, etc. Some bachelor’s level graduates find jobs as lab technicians, but these are not high level jobs and generally do not pay well. Jobs teaching high school biology are another option.</p>

<p>If you primarily are interested in an engineering field involving biosciences, then the options are biomedical engineering( <a href=“Biomedical engineering - Wikipedia);%5B/url%5D”>Biomedical engineering - Wikipedia);</a> agricultural & biological engineering (<a href=“Biological engineering - Wikipedia);%5B/url%5D”>Biological engineering - Wikipedia);</a> or, some aspects of chemical engineering ([Evolution</a> in Chemical and Biological Engineering Education](<a href=“http://www.aiche.org/sbe/education/chemicalbiologicaleducation.aspx]Evolution”>http://www.aiche.org/sbe/education/chemicalbiologicaleducation.aspx)). Just to expand your awareness of other options, you might also consider whether programs in applied microbiology or food science interest you.
If the state college that you have in mind is a land grant university, take a look at the program options in its college of agriculture.</p>

[LastThreeYears]

<p>stay the hell away from anything to do with bio. Everything that sounds high tech but doesn’t involve computers is unemployable. Oh yeah stay the hell away from anything that says “nano” including the music player, they’re sure roads to unemployment. When things that are supposed to be bulk products actually cost millions of dollars per gram, s***s gone wrong.</p>

<p>Pick up some valuable skills in programming, finance, accounting, plumbing, welding, etc. I am so angry that the people that fix my toilet make more money than I do. And stay the hell away from aerospace too, you’ll be crunching numbers in a cubicle just like Wall Street guys except they make 10x your salary. Aerospace PhDs have all left actual aerospace jobs in frustration and gone to wall street.</p>

[nyquist]

<p>When you say if it

doesn’t involve computers is unemployable

How about as BS in Biostatistics?</p>

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Biostatistics is the application of statistical techniques to data generated from biological problems. A career in biostatistics is ideal for students with strength in mathematics and science who enjoy working with computers and numbers, and wish to apply their skills to solving real-world problems in biological research. Graduates with a major in biostatistics can find employment in medical facilities, research institutions, pharmaceutical companies and data analysis organizations.

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<p>Is this just a [college</a> department web site](<a href=“http://www.emmanuel.edu/Departments/Biology/Biostatistics_Interdisciplinary_Major.html]college”>http://www.emmanuel.edu/Departments/Biology/Biostatistics_Interdisciplinary_Major.html) out of touch with the employment situation? or are there jobs - or decent careers - in this?</p>

[LastThreeYears]

<p>Biostatistics take almost all math and programming classes, but maybe take 3-5 Bio classes for “background”. It’s essentially a statistics program with a few more bio classes.</p>

[Medwell]

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@nyquist

Is this just a college department web site out of touch with the employment situation? or are there jobs - or decent careers - in this?

Every department at every school is going to say their field is “hot” and their graduates are eligible for a wide range of jobs. How else would they attract students?</p>