With the biology and society concentration under the MS in biology degree program, students may choose a formal concentration in the areas where biology intersects with society. There are three tracks: bioethics, policy and law ecology, economics, and ethics of the environment history and philosophy of science The bioethics, policy and law track trains students in the pressing moral, policy and legal issues raised by the biosciences and biomedicine and in the disciplinary methods necessary to address these issues. The history and philosophy of science track trains students in the conceptual foundations of science, especially the epistemological and methodological assumptions that shape science and its progress. Ecology, economics, and ethics of the environment trains students in the theory and empirical methods for understanding, analyzing and shaping policy for coupled human-natural systems. The program is richly interdisciplinary, drawing from the following and other disciplines to develop skills for analyzing and addressing the problems where biology intersects with society: anthropology bioethics biology ecology economics environmental ethics environmental studies ethics history history and philosophy of science justice studies law modeling nursing philosophy political science religious studies The concentration tailors individual plans of study to individual needs and interests, with a solid grounding in life and related sciences and with rigorous analytical and multidisciplinary education. The three tracks offer suggested courses for those wishing to focus on these areas.

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