text: biology or zoology degree? i'm going to start school soon and plan on studying biology. i love animals and absolutely think they are very interesting to learn about. now my question is should i continue on recieving my bachelors in biology or zoology? i know a ba in zoology isn't very useful when trying to get jobs as apposed to ba in biology. but i certainly think i'd be more interested in zoology. any zoologist out there have adivce for me? also what jobs have you gotten with either degree? zori there isn't really any difference between the two. some universities have only a biology department, while some will have the disciplines divided up into zoology, botany, micro, etc. and now there are molecular biology departments. what matters is the courses you take, and that will depend on what you are interested in. being in a zoology department - or in a program where that is the department that will grant your degree shouldn't preclude you from taking courses in botany and micro, etc. in fact they may well insist on it. i have an undergraduate degree from a biology department, a master's from a bio department and a phd from a zoology department. i studied whatever i wanted, didn't think about what the degree was going to say and nobody else did. when looking for a job, your coursework and experience will do the talking not the department or degree name.  good luck - good to have another biologist/zoologist joining the team!