Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Biology] From Sweet Briar College

The chief delight of earning a degree in biology is that it enables ambitious students to embark on a variety of attractive careers. A degree in biology lets you enter the rewarding world of medicine at any level, from veterinarian to podiatrist, from pharmacist to athletic trainer, from occupational therapist to neurosurgeon.

It also enables you to spend your life educating citizens about the natural world by working for a zoo, museum or aquarium, or by becoming a biology teacher.

Alternatively, you can choose to work in the ever-more-crucial arena of conservation, with countless opportunities at local, state, federal, international and non-governmental organizations.

Finally, but most exciting to biologists, is the innumerable variety of research opportunities within biology itself. With a degree in biology, you can study any of the 1.5 million known species, from bacteria to broccoli, barracudas or buffalo. Each of these many species represents a black box of the unknown. Each is full of unanswered questions about intracellular phenomena, cellular activities, the anatomy or physiology of whole organisms, or the rules and limits of interactions between organisms within populations, communities or ecosystems.