This degree program is designed to move beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries in the life and social sciences so you will gain the knowledge and skills for independent research on essential scientific questions humans will continue to face in the years ahead. Founded by a "dream team" of acclaimed scholars and rising stars, the program's faculty includes mathematicians, statisticians, theoretical biologists and social scientists from five different schools at Arizona State University. The curriculum — with dynamic and statistical approaches as critical and unifying components — is aimed at producing first-rate scientists whose skills will always be in high demand both within and outside of academia. Students learn a way of thinking that builds upon foundations established in mathematical epidemiology, genomics, population dynamics, bioinformatics, ecology, computational sciences, mathematical analysis and the social science fields. They experience real interdisciplinary learning that interweaves theory, applications and analytical approaches with cross-disciplinary and international collaboration. Students with strong and potentially diverse scientific and cultural backgrounds will find a natural home in this field.

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