General Chemistry (career) questions.

[nukeman]

Hey all,

Sorry in advance if these are silly questions, but ill try my best to explain my self.

Lets say my goal for a career is working in medicine, and doing research in finding cures for diseases and illnesses.

What are my educational goals... Is this mainly a BSc in chemistry, and then a Phd in Chemistry.

Any help would be great...Thanks!

 

[pzona]

This should probably be moved to a different section, but...

To find a cure for a disease, you need to understand how it affects the body, so at least some biology will be involved. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but biochemistry would probably be the best route. To do serious research like you're talking about, you would need at least a master's, though a Ph.D. would be preferable.

 

[nukeman]

Hey, thanks!

Yea I was thinking of doing my BSc in Chemistry and getting my Phd in BioChemistry. I also might minor in computer science as I have been told knowing programming and computer science will help me with research and grad school for biochemistry.

This should probably be moved to a different section, but...

To find a cure for a disease, you need to understand how it affects the body, so at least some biology will be involved. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but biochemistry would probably be the best route. To do serious research like you're talking about, you would need at least a master's, though a Ph.D. would be preferable.