Career paths in science

[Deathby]

Hi, I'm about to choose a degree in university and frankly I'm confused.

 

I've been wanting to do law for a while, but my recent marks mean that I have to get a full-fee paying place in the university that I want. Now money is not a problem for me, but I was wondering if I could instead get a career in science.

 

I've always loved science, and although I think I will like law, I don't know if I will enjoy it for certain. I know a lot of science, or at least I think I do and I've enjoyed going on the forums every now and engaging in the creation/evolution debate and even did a debate in the debate forum on the use of DDT.

 

But my major problem with doing a Bachelor of Science is I dunno what sort of job I can get, and if it will have job security. And the other thing is I have to choose my subjects in a month or so, which will greatly determine what career in science I will take.

 

Well that was a bit of a ramble, but here's my question.

So what I'm asking is what career paths are open in science? I'm interested in advanced physics (although I didn't choose physics in high school because I don't particularly enjoy electronics or Newtonian physics), but my major interest lies in biology, mostly on the organism-level, but also in genetics.

 

I want to know what career paths are there, and how many jobs would be available? I'm currently looking through newscientistjobs.com.au but its hard to gain a sense of perspective as to which branches of science offer the most opportunities for someone who is fairly knowledgable.

[ecoli]

So what I'm asking is what career paths are open in science? I'm interested in advanced physics (although I didn't choose physics in high school because I don't particularly enjoy electronics or Newtonian physics)' date=' [/quote']

 

No matter what kind of science you do, learning Classical physics is unavoidable, so you'd better learn to love it ;-)

[Mot]

Everything uses math, so that's why I chose that field, plus I could usually work the 'lab' problems out with a pencil and a piece of paper. No matter what you do the job offers will come if you are competent.

 

Cheers,

Mot