Would you rather study biology or biology & chemistry teaching?
Hello everyone,
I have to decide whether I should study biology for my bachelor's degree or pursue a teaching degree and combine biology and chemistry. I can imagine a teaching career, but I would also find research/lab work very interesting.
What are the job prospects with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in biology? Does anyone have experience?
Thanks 🙂
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Good Morning,
Based on the current situation, you currently have poor prospects as a biologist (hardly anyone needs it).
For teaching biology and chemistry, you can currently almost choose the state and the school there (highly sought after for chemistry).
In this respect, I would advise you:
Teaching degree in biology and chemistry
Study objective: 1st State Examination (gymnasium education)
Status: Student of natural sciences
Another little tip: If you're one of those people who enjoys reading study and examination regulations and can organize everything yourself very well, then you can study wherever you want.
However, if you're one of those people who doesn't have such qualities, I recommend a smaller university with a more structured approach. There are often relatively fixed study groups there, so you'll learn everything you need from the others…
Well then… have fun!
Greetings from the waterfront
WOW! Thank you for the great answer! That's very helpful. Can you tell me why biologists aren't needed at all right now? Are the prospects so poor even though biology is actually a pretty future-oriented field?
The problem is that fundamental problems (ecology, genetics) often require basic research, but hardly anyone spends money on that. Specialized biology (microbiology, genetic engineering) is more in demand, but of course, most people are drawn to that field (heavy competition).
What you could try if you'd rather go into research is a job at a university. But first of all, there are few positions available there either. But I find university life even worse. The institutes are mortal enemies of one another, because it's all about grants and the distribution of funds. Everyone's out for themselves. I found the atmosphere awful at the time.
However, if you think that you are not too untalented for the teaching profession, then the prospects there are currently and (as far as I can see) also in the near future much rosier, because hardly anyone is pursuing teacher training courses at the moment.
I'm now a teacher myself, and I love my job. I've also found a job at a pretty good high school in Hamburg. But I know that almost every German state is currently looking for chemistry teachers…
As I said, I can only recommend it.