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Bioscience

Bioscience

What is Bioscience, and why has it become such a familiar term? Probably the simplest definition is the combination of all life sciences (biology, anthropology, ecology, etc.) that deal with living organisms. As a career, bioscience is the technological application of these life sciences to make products for the needs of humanity, such as environmental science engineers and technicians, biochemists, disease and medicine specialists, and other fields that relate to the combination of the life sciences. In the decades ahead, breakthroughs in our understanding of biology promise to advance human health, and many of the jobs related to these breakthroughs will be in what is known as “bioscience.” But you won’t necessarily need advanced degrees to work in the biosciences—for scientific jobs in the industry, for example, most companies prefer to hire graduates of technical institutes or community colleges or those who have completed college courses in chemistry, biology, mathematics, or engineering. Jobs in bioscience are also growing fast—Greater Phoenix has made significant investments in the bioscience sector in recent years. For more information about these programs, please click here.