I understand that bioengineering is a field that combines both biology and physiology with technology and engineering.
but can someone explain to me further what bioengineers do? What do many Bioengineering majors actually end up doing in the future?
Right now I’m a general biology major at UCSD (at Earl Warren), I’m a freshman who will be starting college for the first time in September so I don’t yet have any classes or experience under my belt. From the small amount of things that I’ve heard about bioengineering (prosthetics and bodies and such) it is a field that interests me, and I don’t yet know what I want to do in the future, but I know I want to do something in science so I want to get to know bioengineering more as early as possible while in school.
But I have heard several things questionable things about bioengineering, I’ve heard that it’s more engineering, physics, and math than biology (which kinda puts me off a little because I like biology and such) and I’ve also heard that companies prefer other fields like chemical engineering and electrical engineering to BioE so I’m nervous that a degree in bioengineering won’t leave me as secure in the future.
Here are my main questions:
- what are examples of things bioengineers do?
- What can majoring in bioengineering provide for me in the future regarding careers? is it in demand? is it secure?
- How hard is it to change from a biology major to an impacted major like bioengineer at UCSD? (I’m at Warren College)
Thanks for the help!