HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN BIOLOGY & THE WORLD OF WORK
Employment prospects include:
As with all Sciences you will get to learn and develop key skills for living and
working including practical skills, thinking skills and organisational skills. You will
also get the opportunity to develop your literacy and numeracy skills in a
different context with Biology. All of these are key skills employers are looking for.
Is it for me?
You will enjoy this subject if you are interested in
learning about how the human body works, how
animals and plants grow, how they rely on each other
to survive and how they evolve over time. You will really
start to appreciate how living things relate to the world
around you.
What will I learn? Skills you will develop include:
Key practical skills,
Organisational, deductive and problem-solving skills
The ability to apply scientific knowledge to
understand and to look at solutions to modern day
issues and problems.
Numeracy, literacy, researching and
communication skills
What can I do with it? A qualification in Biology can lead you into a variety of
different careers and modern apprenticeships in;
Marine biology, Medicine, Nursing, Microbiology,
Zoology, Physiotherapy, Botany and the study of
plants
Dentistry, Lab Technician, Pharmacy,
Veterinary Practice, Agricultural research
Genetic counsellor, attorney, medical sales, financial
analyst and many more.
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