with special emphasis on
BPL: Bioethics, Policy, and Law
and
HPS: History and Philosophy of Science
Primary Faculty |
Affiliated Faculty |
Adjunct Faculty
MS Coursework |
PhD Coursework
Fall 2007 Graduate Courses (Word document)
Related Centers and Training Grants
Within the Biology degree programs, students may choose a formal concentration
in the areas where
Biology intersects with Society. This includes especially BPL: Bioethics, Policy, and Law, which 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; and HPS: History and Philosophy of Science, which trains students in the
conceptual foundations of science, including especially the epistemological and methodological assumptions that
shape science and its progress. The program is richly interdisciplinary, drawing from biology, history
and philosophy of science, religious studies, history, philosophy, political science, justice studies, nursing, law, health
administration of policy, anthropology and other disciplines to develop skills for analyzing and addressing the
problems where biology intersects with society. The concentration tailors individual programs of study to individual
needs and interests, with a solid grounding in the life and related sciences and with rigorous analytical and
multi-disciplinary education. The two tracks offer suggestions for those wishing to focus on these areas.
Application is through the Biology Degree Program in the School of Life Sciences and follows the process for the Biology degree (except that the Biology subject GRE is not required and we strongly encourage submission of a writing sample and a statement of background and interest relevant to this degree concentration).
FACULTY
- Brad Armendt - Philosophy of Science, Epsitemology, Decision Theory
- James Collins - Ecology, Human-Environment Interactions, Amphibian Decline
- Richard Creath - Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Director of HPS Program
- Betty Davidson - Insect and Amphibian Pathology & Bioethics
- Karin Ellison - History of Technology and Responsible Conduct of Research Initiatives
- Andrew Hamilton - evolutionary theory and systematics, relationships between science and public policy
- Steve Hoffman - Immunology, Immunophilosophy
- Mark Jacobs -
Dean of Barrett Honors College,
physiological and molecular control of plant development
- Ann Kinzig- Urban Ecology, Human-Environment Interactions
- Les Landrum -
Herbarium Curator,
evolution and classification of the Myrtaceae,
nvestigation is the genus Berberis (Berberidaceae)
- Manfred Laubichler - Theoretical Biology, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, History of Biology
- Jane Maienschein - History and Philosophy of Science, Director of the Center for Biology and Society
- Gary Marchant - Environmental Law, Law, Science & Technology, Genetics and the Law, and Environmental Justice
- Ben Minteer - Environmental Ethics, History and Philosophy of Conservation
- Kathleen Pigg -
integration the plant fossil records with extant morphological and molecular data to better understand phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in selected families of ferns and flowering plants
- Stephen Pyne - Environmental History, History of Fire, History of Exploration
- B. Ramakrishna - Biomineralization; Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles and Silica in Biology
- Jason Robert - Bioethics, Philosophy of the life sciences
- Ronald Rutowski - Structure and Evolution of Mating Systems
- Dan Sarewitz - Science and Technology Policy, Managing Director of CSPO
- Andrew Smith - Conservation Biology, Population Biology, Mammalogy
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- Marty Anderies - - Economics and Mathematics of Human Environment Interactions
- Elizabeth Corley - Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs
- Jill Fisher - Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes
- Joel Gereboff - Rabinnic Judaism, Ethics and Religion, Collective Memory, Religion and Emotions. Bioethics, Feminist Studies
- David Guston - Professor of Science Policy, Department of Political Science
- Ed Hackett - Social Organization and Social Consequences of Science and Technology
- Gitta Honegger - Literature/Theater and Science
- Ann Hibner Koblitz - The Role of Women in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine; Gender and Science Theory; Cross-Cultural History of Sexuality and Fertility Control, Womens Access to Health Care
- John Lynch - History of Science, With Focus on Evolution and Religion
- Tom Martin - History of Science
- Clark Miller - Political Science, Nanotechnology and Society
- Torin Monahan - Design of information technology infrastructures and their associated political and social ramifications
- Ed Sylvester - Science and Medical Writing
- Dan Strouse - Professor of Law and Faculty Fellow, Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology
- Rose Weitz - Women's Studies and Sociology
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- Mark Edwin - Internal Medicine and Medical Humanities, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
- Timothy Daley - Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
- Susan Fitzpatrick - Vice Presdient, James S. McDonnell Foundation
- Jeffrey Trent - Translational Genomics Research Institute
- Joseph Verheijde - Genomics, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
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SUGGESTED/TYPICAL COURSE WORK
M.S. (Master's of Science)
This degree is appropriate for students wanting advanced education in the areas of Biology and Society, with a research thesis requirement at the Master's level.
Degree Requirements: 30 hours, following the general requirements for the M.S. in Biology, with additional requirement that the program of study, the committee, and the research prospectus and thesis focus on the area of concentration
BPL Bioethics, Policy, and Law Track
3 hours - Bioethics (BIO/PHI 591)
3 hours - Policy (BIO/GEO 591/PAF 547)
3 hours - Law (from a list of options related to science,
technology, and law)
6 hours - Two seminars, approved by the committee
3 hours Readings and Conference
6 hours Research
6 hours - Thesis
Total: 30 hours
HPS History and Philosophy of Science Track
3 hours - History of Science (HPS 591)
3 hours - Philosophy of Science (HPS 591)
3 hours - Logic, Decision Theory, or Epistemology
(HPS 591 or PHI 591)
6 hours - Two seminars, approved by the committee
3 hours Reading and Conference
6 hours Research
6 hours Thesis
Total: 30 hours
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Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
Ph.D. (a research degree, culminating in the dissertation, which must draw on multiple disciplinary
perspectives grounded in the life sciences)
Degree Requirements: 84 hours, of which at least 24 hours are for research study and dissertation,
and of which 30 hours may be transferred from an appropriate masters degree. The remaining hours should concentrate in
areas relevant to the selected track within the concentration.
Same coursework as a Ph.D. in Biology, including:
BPL Bioethics, Policy, and Law Track
3 hours - Bioethics (BIO/PHI 591)
3 hours - Policy (BIO/GEO 591/PAF 547)
3 hours - Law (from a list of options related to science,
technology, and law)
6 hours - Two seminars, approved by the committee
9 hours Approved Life Sciences related coursework
36 hours - Research related or other coursework,
to be approved
24 hours - Dissertation (BIO 799)
Total: 84 hours
HPS History and Philosophy of Science Track
3 hours - History of Science (HPS 591)
3 hours - Philosophy of Science (HPS 591)
3 hours - Logic, Decision Theory, or Epistemology
(HPS 591 or PHI 591)
6 hours - Two seminars, approved by the committee
9 hours Electives appropriate to individual program of study
36 hours Research related or other coursework,
to be approved
24 hours Dissertation (BIO 799)
Total: 84 hours
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RELATED CENTERS AND TRAINING GRANTS
Center for Biology and Society
Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes
Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology
The Embryo Project
Responsible Conduct in Research Program
Program in Bioethics, Policy, and Law
Program in History and Philosophy of Science
