3 Responses to “I Want To Work For Organic/natural Cosmetic/health Care Industry. What Major Should I Take In College?”

1. Dan S Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 6:32 pm

   What is your best major? Chemical Engineering of course. Those are the people who design, test and create the products. Organic or not they still have to be created and tested by Chemical Engineers.
   After that I would look at marketing and think about getting an MBA in that area.
   But, if you are going to create anything for the cosmetic or health industry then chemicals are going to be involved and Chemical Engineers are the best at it. Industrial Engineering would be easier, but less applicable. A degree in that field would help you design the machines and systems to create the products. However, the backbone of the industry will be Organic Chemistry.
   Okay, you said ten points for the best question: “What kind of products do you want to create?” Saying it is organic is nice, but just because it has dirt on it doesn’t mean it is any better than something man made. In fact man made items will be purer and have tighter safety controls and better manufacturing. The best thing you should look at is to not make a product organic, but to make it basic. How much artificial die and preservatives do you need for your product. Organics claim to not have that, but that only means they are not as good and won’t last as long as the man made stuff. Look at the packaging on your shampoo and try to find out what you can do without. Once you figure that out then you can make better products, and clearly a strong chemistry knowledge will give you the tools to not only understand what those chemicals are, but what you don’t need in the mix.
   I remember an old episode of a murder mystery; Colombo. He solved a murder committed by a cosmetic industry giant. She used arsenic that she got from makeup and put it in the victim’s cigarettes so he inhaled it and was poisoned. Do you really need arsenic or cyanide in cosmetics?

2. ? Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 9:00 pm

   http://pubs.acs.org/cen/employment/85/85…

3. Susas Says:
   July 22nd, 2009 at 1:35 am

   Biochemistry is the major at most schools that would work.

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