External Resources
Some Websites of Interest
There are enormous and incredibly diverse career opportunities for biology majors. These websites are a good place to start exploring the possibilities and the diversity.
- The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has an interesting Careers in Biology website spanning many disciplines in biology. http://www.aibs.org/careers;
- The Biotechnology Institute web site has information and links for Careers in Biotechnology. http://www.biotechinstitute.org/careers/;
- The Massachusetts Biotechnology Industry Directory has a Careers in Biotechnology web page with information about the industry and a searchable job database. http://www.massbio.org/careers/;
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has a career page you can browse. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/;
- The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology has a site that explores undergraduate preparation for a host of biology careers. http://www.sicb.org/careers/faqs.php3;
- The Ecological Society of America (ESA) has a career guide and information about ecology and environmental science. http://www.esa.org/education_diversity/explore.php;
- If you are thinking about graduate school, The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has an online, full-text report on Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond. http://www.nationalacademies.org/careerguides.html;
- The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has a site for career development and information. http://www.ascb.org/index.cfm?navid=126
