I was thinking today that genetics might be a satisfying field for me to go into or maybe like minor it somehow or something . . . I know that you need to take Bio classes for genetics, but what else do you need to take? Any Chemistry? If so, a lot of it? Any math? A lot of it?
Also, I don’t know of any colleges that I want to go to that offer Genetics as a major per se, so does a person have to do to go that route? Could I possibly minor in it if I wanted to major in something more liberal-artsy, like Creative Writing?
Any advice on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
<p>Chemistry is very important to the field of genetics. For that reason, genetics is often called "molecular" biology. After all, DNA is a molecule! Math is also needed. Statistics would be particularly helpful.</p>
<p>Are you sure your colleges don't offer genetics? Most colleges don't offer a separate genetics major, but many offer it as a concentration within the biology major. I'm not sure what universities you're looking at, but Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Cornell, Wisconsin, Michigan, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, WUStL, Duke, Princeton, Chicago, and Columbia all have great programs. LACs that offer good programs include Dartmouth (small like a LAC), Five College Consortium (Amherst, Hampshire, UMass, etc.), Pomona, Kenyon, Swarthmore, and Reed. </p>
<p>I would advise you look at Johns Hopkins. It has a top-notch molecular biology program, and its creative writing program is one of the best in the nation (2nd best, after Iowa, IMO). For a LAC, I would suggest Swarthmore or Reed.</p>