Which Biological Sciences Major at UCSD?

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<p>Hello everyone. I'm currently in the application process for the UC's and I have a burning question. If I would like a career as a genetic engineer, which major would I choose? I read the thread, "Avoid bioengineering, if you can" by s1185 along with the comment by subjecttochange-</p>

<p>"My school (UCSD, a ****hole otherwise) has the best BioE program in the universe, and I've talked to the profs about this, and they told me BioE was only meant to be an interface science between engineering, medicine, and biology, meaning both the demand and the supply should be relatively small, but because of the hype of the Genome project, people are betting on some kind boom similar to the computer industry, but that's NOT going to happen with biotech, and anyone in the industry knows this due to the very NATURE of this industry, only retards are still throwing money and time into it."</p>

<p>Which leads me to believe that bioengineering isn't very favorable. So I was thinking of picking a biological sciences major, but which one?</p>

<p>Biological Sciences
Biochemistry and Cell Biology (B.S.)
Ecology, Behavior and Evolution (B.S.)
General Biology (B.S.)
Human Biology (B.S.)
Microbiology (B.S.)
Molecular Biology (B.S.)
Physiology and Neuroscience (B.S.) </p>

<p>All comments are appreciated. Thanks for your time.</p>

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<p>Hi, i would also like to know the answer to this question. </p>

<p>Would anyone please answer it? thanks!</p>

<p>I want to do genetic engineering too and I'm in the process of choosing which bio specialization for UCSD.</p>

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<p>Depends on what you want to focus on...what do you like most about studying biology?</p>

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<p>I think Biochemistry and Cell Biology or Molecular Biology are both recommended majors for genetic engineering.</p>

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<p>I thought those two would probably be the most ideal for genetic engineering, but how do I choose between those two?</p>

<p>What's the difference between molecular bio and biochem&cell bio anyway?</p>

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<p>get accepted first. the first two years of most bio majors are the same. once you are there, you can ask professors whats good for you/you already know what you like/dislike after having seen it at a college level.</p>