College major bio or marine bio

[Stickboy15]

It was a bachelor of science in Resource Development, Major in Aquaculture and Fisheries from the University of Rhode Island. This school is know for nursing, agriculture, marine fisheries, etc.

Currently they are working with raising tuna, https://www.greenfins.com/ . I went to school with the founder of this program and Dr. Terry Bradley was one of my professors.

When I started in 1987 a lot of the "old guard" poultry farmers were teaching the aquaculture classes, there were some newer professors coming into the classroom when I was part way through school. I took a mix of aquaculture and fisheries classes, both worked toward the degree.

They are also heavy into bivalve culture, one of their graduates runs a local restaurant/oyster farm, Matunuck Oyster Bar. http://www.rhodyoysters.com/

My coursework was intro to aquaculture, genetics, physiology of fish, intro to marine and freshwater sciences, aquatic resourses and ecology, oceanography. There were several general biology, microbiology and animal behavior courses, intro to resource economics and seafood economics courses. Some general chemistry and organic chemistry(which I failed once). Math and statistics. I did do some special projects on site, one was a simple feeding/sampling juvenile salmon in thier aquaculture lab. Another project was a tagging study for Atlantic salmon smolts with one of my professors, we actually had to write a grant for that one.

I rounded it out with some history, art and the must have speech course.

now if you don't mind may I ask What you ended up doing with your degree in that?

 

[fish farmer]

now if you don't mind may I ask What you ended up doing with your degree in that?

Here you go..."https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/l...get-a-job-in-aquaculture.507704/#post-5380063"

 

[Stickboy15]

Thank you

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

It’s hard to say where you would be at in terms of dental school admission with a marine bio undergrad. Presumably, most of your core sciences (bio, chem, orgo, phys, math, etc) will be met regardless of whether you major in bio or marine bio.

*edit- just checked the Googles

According to the ADA, you need 8hrs ea of bio, physics, gen chem, and organic chem. Pretty much any bio program (marine or otherwise) in America will satisfy that...although a lot only require 4hrs of orgo, so you would have to take orgo II as well.

I started out majoring in zoology with a concentration in zoo and aquarium science. I ended up just getting a regular old bio degree, because I wanted to teach and zoology didn’t require the botany and level of cell bio I needed to teach secondary biology.

 

[ReefTeacher]

Chemistry is just good for the soul. At least on the undergrad level.

Don't ask why I did my grad work in Math.

 

[Chappy1351]

I haven’t checked these forums for quite a while and I stumbled onto this one. I’m a dentist. A marine bio degree would be fine for admissions as long as your grades and DAT scores are good. The admissions committee will like the fact that you will probably be doing some research. Find a grad student and volunteer to help them do something. I did that with a grad student doing research on damsels in the Florida keys. I had to dissect them and extract otoliths under a microscope and mount on slides. When you tell them that the otoliths are about one tenth of a mm, they know you can work with your hands.

They are looking for well rounded students that can handle the course work which is strenuous.

One caution is that it is extremely expensive to go to dental school right now. You are going to owe between 300 and 400k. That’s a ton compared to 15 years ago.

It’s a good profession but it is also very stressful. If you have any questions let me know. I just had a guy that shadowed me get into West Virginia dental school. He is loving it right now.

 

[Rivus]

Echoing previous comments, your undergraduate degree should be as broad as possible. A B.S in marine biology won't get you far, even a PhD will lead to relatively low paying careers so you do it for passion.
I got a B.S in oceanography thinking, like many, I would pursue a Cousteau type career. Since I was in the Navy and they didn't offer many positions in the field I went into aviation, became a pilot and had a career as an airline pilot. Which worked out for the best as I had a flexible schedule and could "play" as marine scientist (volunteer) on my days off. I got to work with the head of the oceanography department of the local university and after hearing him describe his job, I was glad I took the path I did. Needless to say the pay was much better also.

 

[ihavecrabs]

One consideration would be to pad your odds. I don't know about dental school but in medical school there is no preferred major as long as you have the necessary biology and chemistry subjects. You could do a marine biology degree and still pursue dental school.

We had lots of folks in our class that had English and even philosophy majors. They are looking more for a well rounded, intelligent individual.

This.

 

[Captain Quint]

Don't ever get a degree to appease your parents. Get a degree for you.

I supported my three grown children decisions for their degrees and advanced degrees no matter what. and I'm proud of them. I have one child yet to go to college and will support whatever she decides to pursue.

You must ask yourself if you doing it for self-reward or money?

Good luck with your decision.

 

[TheHarold]

What sucks with marine biology is that you either work for an oil company or do research/teach for 50k a year. I was initially thinking marine biology, but changed to biomedical engineering.

 

[wranodj]

Do not stop at a Bio degree. It is nonspecific and will be difficult to find good jobs. Can always make a living as a dentist/doctor.

 

[Stickboy15]

I haven’t checked these forums for quite a while and I stumbled onto this one. I’m a dentist. A marine bio degree would be fine for admissions as long as your grades and DAT scores are good. The admissions committee will like the fact that you will probably be doing some research. Find a grad student and volunteer to help them do something. I did that with a grad student doing research on damsels in the Florida keys. I had to dissect them and extract otoliths under a microscope and mount on slides. When you tell them that the otoliths are about one tenth of a mm, they know you can work with your hands.

They are looking for well rounded students that can handle the course work which is strenuous.

One caution is that it is extremely expensive to go to dental school right now. You are going to owe between 300 and 400k. That’s a ton compared to 15 years ago.

It’s a good profession but it is also very stressful. If you have any questions let me know. I just had a guy that shadowed me get into West Virginia dental school. He is loving it right now.

Thank you so much this was helpful!

 

[Rivus]

I got a crap in oceanography thinking,

That was supposed to say BS in oceanography, don't know where that came from. Too early in the AM? And I can't see how to edit posts. Anyway a BS in oceanography while interesting and can be a base, alone it really is crap, qualifies you to clean test tubes.

It did it again, but now I get it. Type in a "B" and a "S" and that's what you get! It wasn't me it was technology....

 

[Captain Quint]

........ And I can't see how to edit posts..........

If you would like the edit function you can do so if you sign up to be a R2R Supporter. And get a cool ribbon to boot.