fawadforlan wrote:BotoloLover wrote:I'm a student, currently at the 2nd year of Biology, and I'm happy to say that I never ever regretted choosing it, 'cause it's awesome as all the fuckin' hell (for me, at least).
Good to hear that, I'm probably also going to study biology. After this school year (which is already finished for me, just 9 weeks of internship left) I just have to finish 1 more year before I can start. What are you studying exactly and what direction are you going?
I don't know how the educational system works in the Netherlands, but here in Italy most Bachelor's degrees are taken on a 3-year period, and after that you may choose to get a Master's degree (2 years period), which most often includes topics from the Bachelor's degree you got, but studied in a "deeper" manner. My english is crap, so here's an example: being a normal soldier is like having a Bachelor's degree; becoming a medic, a marksman, a communication officer and so on is like having a Master's degree.
Now, Biology is insanely vast. It's a discipline that embraces life from the molecular level (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) all the way to the analysis of ecosystems and biomes (Ecology).
That means that the Bachelor's degree course (the one I'm taking right now), is made of LOTS of different exams, but you don't delve very deep in any topic. I don't want to annoy you with the list, but practically I have one exam for each different sub-discipline that makes up Biology.
This particular perk means that, in Italy at least, don't know about other countries, a Bachelor's degree in Biology is practically useless, because you will be a "Jack of all trades, master of none". This means that a Master's degree is really, really needed, because you can choose what you like most and specialize in it, be it cloning sheeps, fighting cancer, preserving biodiversity or whatever.
To answer your second question, everything is so awesome and epic that I really don't know, but I find molecular biology (which is practically genetics) and ecology particularly fascinating.
Sorry for the lenghty post, but I needed a premise, especially since you don't know anything about Italy's educational system. If you have other questions on the matter, feel free to PM me, so I won't annoy people with posts like that.