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Wesley Allen
Nathan Cole
English 1010
25 April 2017
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Genetic Education
Weve all had to take some sort of class in high school that involved biology. Most of us
thought that it was either fun, hard, or even gross and have had to sit through a lecture about
DNA and how it makes up all living things. Genetic engineers are those people in that class that
enjoyed every minute of those lectures and, eventually decided to make a living off of playing
with DNA. There is a lot of variety within the field of genetic engineering, which also makes it
easy to get a job in this field since there is little competition. The only thing that you really need
is the right degree for the designated field. Genetic engineers need to know how to use a lot of
different equipment and have a extensive knowledge in biology and chemistry; as they spend
their time altering and adding DNA to animals and plants. We will mostly be focusing on what
kind of education will be needed to be a Genetic Engineer, with the amount of time it will take to
get the degree, the writing skills, and oral skills required in order to graduate into that field.
Someone going into the genetic engineering field starts out with a bachelors in either
biology or chemistry. After that you can pursue a more advanced degree and can expect to
advance in the genetic engineering field that for which you study. A few of the best schools in the
genetic engineering program are the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) and Arizona
State University (ASU). UCLA has a good program due to the quality of professors that teach
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there. Most of them have been in the field for many years and have lots of experience to go
around. On the other hand, ASU has Fantastic labs that will allow students to get used to the kind
of work environment they will experience and to learn how to use the equipment that they will
be exposed to. Going to these schools is great for those that are looking to pursue something
more than just bachelor's degree, like a doctorates. Those that get a doctorate degree in the field
do it to be able to do there own self studies. Allowing them to be able to be leaders in a team and
to conduct their own experiments. In order for you to be able to get a bachelor's degree you need
about four to five years of schooling. But, if you're going to be getting your doctorate degree it
can take another three to four years to get after getting your bachelors. A lot of the time people
The kind of writing skills that are required to have in the genetic engineering field arent
very high. Most of all the documents that they deal with are only a paragraph or two long. But,
the content that is within those paragraphs are summaries of current projects or the results of the
latests experiments. One of the most important things that they need to be able to do is to
construct hypotheses that are specific and can be easily replicated. This also includes having
extensive knowledge of the project's background which can also be expressed in short
paragraphs. That being said, they also need a significant understanding of the scientific method,
and rules they need to abide by. They also need to be able to write these summaries very
efficiently so that all of their co-workers can understand it. When publishing findings they need
to identify their audience and use vocabulary that their audience will be able to understand. They
would need to know how to simplify their explanations and/or wording and learn how to explain
things in simpler terms. In order for them to do this they need to have great comprehension
skills.
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In order to become a genetic engineer you must be able to develop great oral skills; which
will help you in the field. One of the most important things needed in this field, other than
knowledge of biology and chemistry, is communication. Someone in this field should be able to
not only work well with others in the lab but must also have great oral comprehension skills to
receive and give instructions properly. It is also important for one to be able to debate, whether
the debate in inductive or deductive. Deductive reasonings are the result of a statement can be
found as true and acceptable. No good argument can be found with a false conclusion. An
inductive reasoning is the result of a conclusion that follows the premise of a deductive
reasoning In other words, if the argument is deductive but doesn't have a conclusion that follows
the main idea of the statement, then the argument says deductive. If the conclusion does match
then the argument is considered inductive. This implies that if you want to become a genetic
engineer then you need to be able to acquire good oral skills. You also should be able to have
good persuasion skills in order to be able to get people on your side during a debate. Genetic
engineers also need to have a high critical thinking level in order to be able to finish projects
Overall, genetic engineers have to do many things while in school in order to succeed in
the field. In order for them to be able to do everything they are required to do, they need to have
developed a wide variety of different skills. A lot of the different equipment that they use has to
succeed, then they need to find a quick and sometimes complicated solution. Even if someone is
going to school full time to try to get into this field it may take up to sixteen, or more, years in
order to do so. On top of having to know complicated equipment and know complex formulas
related to the field, they also need to have great oral and writing skills. They need to be able to
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state the progress of a project with wording that is easily understood. When they write a
hypothesis that not only is easy to duplicate, but can also be easily proven false. If an experiment
fails or a hypothesis is proven wrong, that they need to be able to easily reconstruct the
hypothesis and do the experiment again. When becoming a good genetic engineer, there is
simply no other way to go but the hard way. There is nothing easy about the job or the years of
grueling school that lay ahead of those that try to get into the field. However, there is a lot of
different things that can be done in this field of work and the outcome for some may be worth it.
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Work Cited
What is Genetic Engineering and How Does it Work? University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 2001
http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/basic_genetics.html
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.html
http://www.degreequery.com/what-degree-do-i-need-to-be-a-genetic-engineer/
Torrance, Megan. How Long Does it Take to Be a Genetic Engineer? Cron.com. 2012
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http://study.com/articles/Top_Genetic_Engineering_Schools_List_of_Best_Programs.htm