<p>What major is best for tissue and genetic engineering? I am so confused about what is the ideal major. </p>
<p>Every forum I visit tells me all of these majors are useless. I've heard jobs for biology majors are very scarce, and you can do nothing with the degree. I've heard Bioengineering is also useless because it is too broad and will also get me nowhere. I keep being told to go into electrical engineering, but what does that even have to do with genetics/bio and the sort...? If all these majors are useless, what's the best option?</p>
<p>Long story short, what major (that is also employable) should I choose?</p>
<p>Tissue and genetic engineering is within bioengineering at many colleges and called biomedical engineering at others; aspects of it are also found in chemical engineering and a major or concentration within or related to chemical engineering at a number of engineering colleges called biochemical or biomolecular engineering. Electrical engineering also often has a concentration called bioelectrical engineering which deals with virtually any device used and created by tissue and genetic engineering and medical applications that come from tissue and genetic engineering research, and the human body’s nervous system is essentially just one complex electrical system. Likewise, mechanical and materials engineering contributes to devices used and created for and from research into tissue and genetic engineering. Can’t comment on whatever you have read about bioengineering.</p>
<p>Straight PhD Biologists are main players in this field. A lot of engineers play a very important but supportive role to the Biologists in helping them implement their research and making it more efficient. It sounds like your interest is more towards the human element. When people say biology degrees are worthless they are normally referring to the bachelors degree. If you are committed to the PhD, then that is definitely not worthless.</p>