So I decided to change my major from Bio
I love Bio and I always will but I decided to change my major leaning towards a career Ive always wanted. My advisor told me to think about keeping bio as a minor instead of major…so my question is: what can one do with a bio minor? How would it help or what fields/careers would it help me with? New major: PolySci
The general purpose of a minor is to explore an area of interest outside your major. And unless the minor is directly related and/or applicable to your major somehow, that’s really its only purpose. It also serves as a quick way of showing that you have some knowledge of a given area, though how “useful” that is entirely dependent on the situation.
In this case, are you still interested in biology, just not in a career sense? Then a minor would be perfect. If you want to work in something biology related, then you may need more than a minor depending on what exactly you want to do. If you’re just interested in a couple specific classes that wouldn’t be enough to get a minor and the additional classes for the minor don’t interest you much, just take those interesting classes as electives. And if you’re really not all that interested in biology, there’s no need to take any more classes in it unless there’s another specific purpose for doing so.
If you are inclined to enter some aspect of politics itself, I would argue that the American political scene desperately needs politicians with an understanding of science in general and biology in particular.
I really liked when our congressperson was an actual Rocket Scientist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_D._Holt,_Jr.
I would like to work in Foreign Service. More out in the field actually distributing aid and working on peaceful relations
I thought a bio minor might help bc I am not looking to be a doctor but I would like to assist in some way by maybe evaluating health standards in developing or poor areas and looking for ways to improve…
@collegekid1220 Do you mean the US Department of State Foreign Service or just the general field of foreign aid. Just in case you aren’t aware of this, the majority of the people in the US Foreign Service do not spend most of their time “in the field” distributing aid - it’s usually dispersed via sub-contractors to local/specialized programs.