What jobs can you get with an Advanced Science degree? (1 Viewer)

[Simorgh]

Economics/Advanced Science (Honours)?

In school I am doing Physics and Chemistry which I am equally enjoying and doing well in. Was kinda looking around the and found this degree they offer at UNSW quite interesting.

According to a friend of mine there is really no future for science in the country and the limited government funding in the industry, so less jobs and low salaries.

What sort of jobs can you get after completing this degree? Would it be hard to find any job?

 

[Shadowdude]

well what do you want to do with it

less jobs mean less jobs, not no jobs

In any competition process - job seeking included - you need to be good


You can't sit there, rest on your laurels and say, "Hey, I passed everything give me a job"

It doesn't work like that. Companies want the best, and if you work hard and demonstrate you can develop value or contribute value to the business, there will always be a job available for you

 

[Zoinked]

Cutting government funding? The latest budget allocated extra money to scientific research, dont remember the exact figure.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Become a teacher/tutor...plenty of jobs for Arts, Science students after graduation. I spoke to a Law/Arts graduate from Sydney Uni just recently, he decided to follow that path , admittedly he studied very well as well.

You can start up your own business of some sort.................you are only limited in the way you think, but the opportunities out there are in abundance if you are good at what you do.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Living in this city also gives you great contacts and opportunities to expand yourself. I guess when your 17 or 18, you don't see the world in the same way as a person who is say 27 of 28 years old who has more life experiences.

My advice would be to : study hard , network well, make the most of your uni degree (what unit you study could be beneficial for you in the future. Also you might not know at the time but the classmate that you bump into or study with might lead you onto a better employment prospect)............ I got my first Engineering vacation job through a classmate, who referred me to a HR. I hated the work but the process of selecting people is all about 'who you know' not necessarily about how smart you are.

I for instance have my own registered business (I'd prefer not to say on the forum) but I guess that was coming up from a background where I didn't want to follow my parents business model. (I wanted to do something better than them without sounding snobby or arrogant)

 

[Flop21]

Research that's it pretty much.

 

[turntaker]

not much

 

[Simorgh]

According to the responses the opportunities after completing this degree seem quite limited... It obviously doesn't seem as specialised as say like a Engineering or Medical degree.

 

[Queenroot]

It's mainly research, but a rewarding degree if you want to go down that line.
You can also do 2 majors, so you can major in both pharm and materials or vision.

The difference between this and a normal science degree is that you have to do the advanced version of subjects and complete an honours year, as well as keep a distinction average WAM.

I am majoring in Anatomy under adv sci and really enjoy it

 

[Merly]

According the degree you will get. At least what you can go for is becoming a teacher which is not bad at all

 

[Simorgh]

According the degree you will get. At least what you can go for is becoming a teacher which is not bad at all

Never said it was bad and I actually wouldn't mind becoming a teacher. Teaching is something that is certainly up there but is unfortunately not well respected and regarded in our country.

 

[Simorgh]

What about Economics/Advanced Science (Honours)? Will there be more of a range of jobs which involve a combination of say Econometrics and maybe some Science major like Pathology, Microbiology, Molecular and Cell Biology?

 

[He-Mann]

Research that's it pretty much.

Full of shit.

Depending on your major, if it is quantitative then you can enter the financial industry or the like because these are businesses that are searching for students with STEM background who have (supposedly) developed more advanced thinking skills and they believe finance can be taught on the job.

 

[Flop21]

Full of shit.

Depending on your major, if it is quantitative then you can enter the financial industry or the like because these are businesses that are searching for students with STEM background who have (supposedly) developed more advanced thinking skills and they believe finance can be taught on the job.

Cool stuff buddy. I'm sure a person who studied adv science (apart from math major) intends to go into the financial industry! Are you kidding? If they wanted to do that they'd do a bloody commerce/business degree. I can understand that being a back up option once you've graduated and can't find work where you want to.



In science, there's a lot of gov jobs such as: Office of Gene Technology Regulator, IP Australia, Environment Protection Authority, Dept. Agriculture and water resources, Cancer Australia. You'll notice all these jobs revolve around 'science', but in most you'll be doing a lot of writing and stuff like that. You get trained in the stuff you need to know, e.g. IP Aus will give you some legal training.

Then you have your companies like: Bayer Pharmacuticals, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. Which look interesting, and because they're massive international companies there's lot of areas and employees (whereas the gov departments are quite smaller).

 

[He-Mann]

Cool stuff buddy. I'm sure a person who studied adv science (apart from math major) intends to go into the financial industry! Are you kidding? If they wanted to do that they'd do a bloody commerce/business degree. I can understand that being a back up option once you've graduated and can't find work where you want to.



In science, there's a lot of gov jobs such as: Office of Gene Technology Regulator, IP Australia, Environment Protection Authority, Dept. Agriculture and water resources, Cancer Australia. You'll notice all these jobs revolve around 'science', but in most you'll be doing a lot of writing and stuff like that. You get trained in the stuff you need to know, e.g. IP Aus will give you some legal training.

Then you have your companies like: Bayer Pharmacuticals, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. Which look interesting, and because they're massive international companies there's lot of areas and employees (whereas the gov departments are quite smaller).

It's obvious that they don't intend to go into the financial industry but I'm saying it's an option; intended to counter your claim that there are only research jobs. You completely missed the point.

Not all parts of the financial industry can be entered with just a commerce/business degree. For example, quantitative finance. Just saying, be more precise.

 

[si2136]

Anyone can enter work for the finance sector without a finance/economics degree. Just there are some limitations for certain jobs. But it's really rare for a change in career plan, from science research to finance. You're not going to have an advantage or benefit for doing Economics/Adv. Sci.

EDIT: I know what you mean He-mann, but that's not for scientific research degrees, but Engineering, Comp.Sci and Maths

 

[RealiseNothing]

Asking a bunch of 18 year olds with no experience in this area isn't the best idea lol.

Currently it's fairly hard to land a grad job no matter what degree you have. The opportunities from a science degree vary a lot and depends on a lot of factors (your marks, major, etc). Choose a major that isn't "pointless" and get good marks and you'll be fine.

The pay ranges a lot too. I know science graduates who have starting salaries ranging from 40k up to 200k. All about what you make of it.

 

[He-Mann]

Anyone can enter work for the finance sector without a finance/economics degree. Just there are some limitations for certain jobs. But it's really rare for a change in career plan, from science research to finance. You're not going to have an advantage or benefit for doing Economics/Adv. Sci.

EDIT: I know what you mean He-mann, but that's not for scientific research degrees, but Engineering, Comp.Sci and Maths

If you're talking about quantitative finance, then physics and chemistry (these are quantitative) majors can enter this sector, given that they have a PhD.

 

[Simorgh]

This is the degree I have as my 2nd choice. So don't really know what is out there besides this for me.

 

[RenegadeMx]

This is the degree I have as my 2nd choice. So don't really know what is out there besides this for me.

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