Transfer change of major?

Tinuviel8
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:07:58 +0000

I started college initially as a nursing major, and fell in love with my anatomy/physio and microbiology courses. I started the nursing program, and basically left because I missed the science. I considered nutrition because of the interest I have in the field, and this term I took the final required transfer courses for the major at UF and applied for spring. One of these courses is biology 2 and I have just fallen more in love with the subject. I really enjoyed microbiology, but I have found that I enjoy the macro level of things even more. I actually want to take botany and evolution courses, and currently I have changed my major at UCF to biology for this reason. Biomedical science (formerly molec./microbiology) was the other option, but I really like the idea of field work and studying things on the macro level that biology offers.

I always planned on going to grad school, even when I was a nursing major, and I had considered medical school as well due to my love for science. I have been leaning away from the medical/health professions field however, looking into grad programs more directly related to biology. I would love to study evolutionary biology or something similar in a grad program, although I am very open to new possibilities that a biology undergrad would surely expose me to.
I just feel like if I do anything else, that I will end up looking at options more involved in science because it seems to be quite a passion of mine…
I realize that fields such as medicine and nutrition offer many opportunities to study science, but I want my career to involve it more directly, rather than having to focus on patient care for example.