Quantum Engineering

Biotechnology

Biotechnology:

• this job market has a large deviation in job type and salary
• average annual salary is anywhere between 35,000 - 85,000
• * Bachelor's degree recommended
• jobs by salary:
•  bioinformatician: 130,000
• Biotechnology laboratory technician: 40,000
• Clinical research Associate: 79,000
• Quality control analyst: 54,000
• senior research scientist: 90,000
• Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Sciences: 74,000
• Biomedical Engineer: 79,000
• Biotechnology Research Associate: 42,000
• Crime Lab Technician: 44,000
• Quality Control Engineer: 64,000
• Schooling (4-5 years for bachelor's degree, 2 additional years for masters degree)
• biology intro
• integrative biology lab sciences
• genetics and cell biology I
• Genetics and cell biology II
• molecular biotechnology
• applied biotechnology
• bioengineering/biomedical sciences
• biotechnology and medical devices
• bioengineering introduction
• general chemistry I
• general chemistry II
• organic chemistry I
• Calculus I
• Calculus II
• additional biotechnology classes depending if you want master's degree
• Job descriptions:
• Biomedical Engineer:
• involves designing new medical tools/devices
• designed prosthetic legs/arms
• usually employed in healthcare places (hospitals/medicine research)
• bioinformatician:
• combination of biology and computer science
• takes biomedical data to make useful information
• mapping human genome
• Biotechnology laboratory technician:
• students don't need Ph.D or masters degree to enter the field
• associates degree (what most have)
• assist other scientists
• monitor/set up scientific instruments
• Clinical Research Associate:
• designing, planning, and implementing clinical projects
• analyzes clinical data
• Quality control analyst
• analyzes ingredients to insure "good quality"
• run tests, collect data, and review data
• Senior research Scientists:
• often work in college/university setting
• responsible for direction of research and responsibilities of each scientist
• Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical sales:
• basically knowledge of biotechnology with a sales degree (so good at selling + some biotechnology knowledge)
• Biomedical engineer:
• develop new tools and products to help better the environment today
• may also include developing products inside the body (3D printer, in today's economy)
• Biotechnology Research Associate:
• development of projects and collaboration with all group members
• prepare for large projects
• Crime Lab Technician
• use knowledge of science to assist law enforcement (there are Ph. D's for this)
• Quality Control Engineer:
• manages quality of systems in the product development process
• Validation technician:
• entry level position
• ensures the quality of products being manufactured
• requires some data analysis
• Best colleges for biotech majors:
• Harvard
• Yale
• Columbia University
• Stanford
• University of Chicago
• CIT (California institute of technology)
• Northwestern University
• Duke University
• Dartmouth University

Bibliography:

http://thecollege.syr.edu/students/undergraduate/interdisciplinary/biotech/requirements.html

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/biomedical_engineer_job_description.htm

http://www.biotechnologydegrees.org/page/biotechnology-careers

Computer Science Major

Computer Science Job

• COMP SCIENCE BASICS:
• average salary per year: $90,000
• computer science is good for math nuts who are also very creative
• best districts to live in to make the most money:
• El Centro (silicon valley)

• Schooling:
• Required classes for degree in comp science
• Software analysis and design 1
• supervised programming lab (recommended)
• discrete structures
• computer architecture 1
• software and analysis design 2
• computer theory 1
• software and analysis design 3
• computer architecture 2
• operating systems
• computer architecture 3
• capstone coures in computer science
• Calculus 1
• Calculus 2
• Matrix Algebra
• Applied Statistics
• 2 semesters of a foreign language
• 11 other elective credits
• Bachelor's degree recommended*
• extended computer science classes
• TOP SCHOOLS FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJORS:
• Carneigie Melon
• MIT
• Stanford
• University of California - Berkeley
• University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
• Cornell Univesity
• University of Washington
• JOB OPPORTUNITIES:
• Software Architect
• Information Technology (IT) Consultant
• Project Manager, IT
• Database Administrator
• IT Manager
• Systems Engineer (Computer Networking/IT)
• Software Development Engineer
• Systems Administrator
• the list goes on......

Pharmacist

• Pharmacist:
• makes 116,000 on average per year
• best compensated are the pharmaceutical and medicine making industry
• best places to make most money as pharmacist:
• California areas like Chico, El Centro, and Gadsden, Alabama
• very economically stable and constantly rising over the last 25 years (in payroll and employment)
• SCHOOL:
• Pre-pharmacy requirements (Pharm D - 4 years)
• general chemistry and laboratory - 1 year
• organic chemistry and laboratory - 1 year
• general biology of zoology with laboratory - 1 year
• general physics with laboratory - 1 year
• anatomy - 3 semester units/4 quarters
• microbiology - 3 semesters/4 quarters
• biochemistry - 3 semesters/4 quarters
• calculus - 1-2 semesters
• Pharmacy school (2-4 years)
• requires:
• pharm D
• pass PCAT (pharmacy college admissions test)
• 8-10 semesters of foreign language
• competitive science GPA (3.0-4.0)
• personal and profile essay
• letters of recommendation
• extracurricular activities (community involvement, pharmacy internship)
• what happens in pharm school:
• pre clinical classes
• advanced clinical classes
• anatomy
• physiology
• pharmaceutics (preparing/calculating medicines)
• pharmacology (how drugs work)
• pharmacotherapy (diseased states, pathophysiology, epidemology, diagnosis)
• advanced practice in pharmacy experience
• extra activities required during pharmacy school:
• clinical activities (internship)
• 750 hours of outside work in the workforce with pharmacy experience 
• JOBS:
• different types of jobs:
• retail pharmacy careers
• dispense medications at drug stores/grocery stores
• clinical pharmacy careers
• work in hospital as part of medical care team
• Long term care, "closed home pharmacists"
• pharmacist works at the facility, where nurses care for the patients, and the pharmacists dispense drugs
• Nuclear Pharmacy Careers:
• measuring and delivering radioactive materials which are in digital imaging
• requires very early morning work (hours range from 4 AM - 2 PM)
• Pharmaceutical Benefit Management
• negotiators between pharmaceutical companies and medical companies for reimbursement for drug costs on various health plans.
• Non-clinical industry jobs:
• regulatory affairs
• medical sales
• medical writing