JesseC Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Hello, I just graduated from college with a degree in Biochemistry, and like most college graduates, I don't know what I want to do still. I was never interested in medical school, and I looked into maybe going into law as a patent attorney, but also decided that I wouldn't enjoy that as a career. Ideally, I would love to get a Ph.D. and be able to teach at a college. My huge problem is that I really am not a huge fan of doing research. I love learning new things and topics, which is why I would love to a get a higher ed. degree, but I don't like doing research at all, which is obviously a very big problem if I were to try to get a Ph.D. Are there any sorts of pathways I can continue on to learn more about science, but that are perhaps a bit lighter on the research side? Thanks for any help, I really appreciate it! -Jesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Some Universities do a taught Masters degree which do not involve research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 I would love to get a Ph.D. I really am not a huge fan of doing research. these statements are mutually exclusive. I have a PhD and I teach at a college. But I strongly reccomend that if you dont like research, you dont do a PhD. Go by the other route, get a degree in education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 perhaps you could get into the business aspects of pharmatech. Have you thought about going for an MBA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseC Posted May 13, 2008 Author Share Posted May 13, 2008 these statements are mutually exclusive. I have a PhD and I teach at a college. But I strongly reccomend that if you dont like research, you dont do a PhD. Go by the other route, get a degree in education. Well, I guess I only want a PhD mostly because I'd like to teach at an upper level institution. Is that possible without a PhD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Well, I guess I only want a PhD mostly because I'd like to teach at an upper level institution. Is that possible without a PhD? unlikely, though you could possibly teach at a "lower level" school with a masters, or secondary ed with a masters in education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Well, I guess I only want a PhD mostly because I'd like to teach at an upper level institution. Is that possible without a PhD? depends on what country you're in and what u mean by "college". In countries other than the USA, there is a distinction between "college" and "university" there are instructors at my (canadian) college who have no PhD, although many of them do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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