<p>What would I major/minor in to pursue this field?</p>
<p>probably majoring in a science such as biochemistry may be more useful than majoring in an engineering field (though you may be able to get away with it in bioengineering). regardless, i think most of that work is done in academia, which means you probably need a graduate degree. mit has a program in biological engineering which relates to genetic engineering, but I'm not sure how many other schools have something of that nature.</p>
<p>Biological Engineering or possibly Biomedical Engineering.</p>
<p>BioEngineering, not Biomedical Engineering. Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering to medical problems (anything from mechanical to electrical to computer science) if you want to learn to mess with genomes and stuff you need to major in bioengineering -- more of a biology/chemistry topic almost. The truth is however that a lot of biomedical engineering departments will let you do both. </p>
<p>As with anything though your major doesn't mean much. If you want to be a genetic engineer then study the related topics biochemistry, cell biology, computer science, math, probability, statistics, organic chemistry, etc etc and major in whatever brings you closest to that goal.</p>
<p>look up "synthetic biology" very exciting stuff, which i personally think is poised to solve some of our most prickly problems.</p>
<p>CBE might be a good choice.</p>
<p>chemical and biological engineering</p>