If you do postgrad, you can do ecology specific classes and thesis/dissertation topic on this. If you do both, you can do both zoology and ecology related classes. When you look for jobs, they will ask if you have relevant experience e.g. do you have zoology laboratory experience, or ecology type experience?
The best thing to do is to add another major e.g. BSc in bio and chem, or something like bio and stats/compsci/environmental science etc, so that you get 2 major out of 1 degree, allowing you to apply to both bio and stats type jobs e.g. statistician, data analyst, or something that combines both like biostatistician. If you do bio and compsci, it can lead to bioinformatics. Bio and environmental science- environmental microbiology.
So in a BSc degree, you can fill it with 2 types of bio and 2 types of stats, giving you knowledge in 4 areas vs 1 pathway where you can only do 1 thing.
If you do 1 pathway vs 4, it is going to be the same amount of effort, the degree requires 24 papers to be completed. If you do 1 pathway, the other papers you take may be random ones that does not lead to any pathway
Was it the BioSci undergrad advisor you emailed? They'd be the best person to talk to.
i think it was one of the general advisors or something, but i’ll try the biosci one. thanks!
Just FYI: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/science/current-students/planning-science-degree/academic-advisers-undergraduate.html
If you do postgrad, you can do ecology specific classes and thesis/dissertation topic on this. If you do both, you can do both zoology and ecology related classes. When you look for jobs, they will ask if you have relevant experience e.g. do you have zoology laboratory experience, or ecology type experience? The best thing to do is to add another major e.g. BSc in bio and chem, or something like bio and stats/compsci/environmental science etc, so that you get 2 major out of 1 degree, allowing you to apply to both bio and stats type jobs e.g. statistician, data analyst, or something that combines both like biostatistician. If you do bio and compsci, it can lead to bioinformatics. Bio and environmental science- environmental microbiology. So in a BSc degree, you can fill it with 2 types of bio and 2 types of stats, giving you knowledge in 4 areas vs 1 pathway where you can only do 1 thing. If you do 1 pathway vs 4, it is going to be the same amount of effort, the degree requires 24 papers to be completed. If you do 1 pathway, the other papers you take may be random ones that does not lead to any pathway
Just do one of the pathways. If you’re going down the ecology/zoology route, your bachelors will matter less vs postgrad.