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herbimycin

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Get some advice on your majors/subjects for usyd science here! If you have or currently are studying science, your advice, thoughts, experiences and anything else you have to say would be greatly appreciated. If you (like me) are just starting uni, ask any questions about majors and/or subjects you might have.
 

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Im thinking of majoring in two of bio, chem and physics. Mainly bc idk what I really want to do as a job and would like to try some different things out. Is this too general? I don't want to end up without a real specialty, but also don't want to pick too early.
 

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the good thing about bsci is that you can try out a bunch of classes before deciding. so first year u can take bio, chem and phys classes, then decide which ones u want to major in future years. bsci is a generalistdegree tho, for those majors it's usually a good idea to at least do a honours year or masters for more job opps - a lot of the chem and bio jobs like for you to have research exp, so honours can help u apply for your first job, or you can get some internship experience/get lucky otherwise. some jobs (usually the consulting ones) don't mind if u only have a bachelors though. phys is a bit more tricky to find jobs in physics with only a bachelors, u can pivot into some other industries though like data and software. otherwise you'll usually need to study further to specialise a bit more, there are some good options like medical physics (a bit competitive to get a placement tho, i was interested in it but you have to be willing to move around to get a placement to become accredited), chem related stuff like condensed matter and materials science, quantum tech etc
 

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