What majors/careers do biology, chemistry, and physics lead to?

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<p>Hey!</p>

<p>First year student here, just finished my first (summer) semester yesterday. I completed these courses this summer: General Psychology, College Algebra, English 1, Human Development, First Year Experience (mandatory at the college I attend for first year students), Intro to Microcomputers, Cloud Computing, and Digital Graphics (22 credits in total).</p>

<p>Now, for the Fall semester, I am signed up for Humanities Survey 1, Intro to Biology (with lab), Spanish 1, and a Trig/PreCalc combo course.</p>

<p>My question is this: I never finished any high school science classes besides biology, (I opted out of school in 10th grade), so I’m wondering what course I should enroll in this coming fall. Right now, I am signed up for Biology, but, can someone explain to me what paths the different science courses (specifically biology, chemistry, and physics) will lead to in the greater picture? As in, what majors do they prepare a student for and what types of jobs can that person expect to be suitable for down the road (if they continue to take the follow-up courses such as Chemistry 2, etc.)? I’ve heard engineers and pre-med students take Chemistry, but that’s as far as my knowledge on the matter goes.</p>

<p>Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. I hope this is not a repeat question, I did try searching the forum for previous similar threads, unsuccessfully. If this question can be answered tonight or tomorrow morning that would be more than helpful, because I’d like to switch my schedule around at the college tomorrow if necessary.</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

<p>Best,</p>

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<p>Physics, chemistry, and biology lead to quite literally hundreds of careers. Those interested in the biological or biochemical sciences become doctors, biomedical researchers, and pharmacologists. Chemistry majors can also go into all of these fields, but an additional engineering field that is available is chemical engineering, another excellent field. Physics majors go on to do research at the world’s most expensive particle accelerators. These are just certain examples, but rest assured that majoring in a STEM field will open up an ocean of career opportunities that are in high demand.</p>