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Outline of academic disciplines

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An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research.

Disciplines vary between well-established ones in almost all universities with well-defined rosters of journals and conferences and nascent ones supported by only a few universities and publications. A discipline may have branches, which are often called sub-disciplines.

The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to academic disciplines. In each case, an entry at the highest level of the hierarchy (e.g., Humanities) is a group of broadly similar disciplines; an entry at the next highest level (e.g., Music) is a discipline having some degree of autonomy and being the fundamental identity felt by its scholars. Lower levels of the hierarchy are sub-disciplines that do generally not have any role in the structure of the university's governance.

Humanities

{{Main|Humanities|Outline of the humanities}}

= Performing arts =

{{Main|Outline of performing arts}}

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= Visual arts =

{{Main|Outline of the visual arts}}

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= History =

{{Main|Outline of history}}

Also regarded as a Social science

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= Languages and literature =

{{Main|Outline of literature}}

Linguistics listed in Social science

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= Law =

{{Main|Outline of law}}

Also regarded as a Social science

Also listed in Applied science

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= Philosophy =

{{Main|Outline of philosophy}}

Also regarded as the separate, an entry at the highest level of the hierarchy

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= Religious studies =

Also regarded as a social science

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= Divinity =

{{Main|Divinity (academic discipline)}}

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= Theology =

{{Main|Outline of theology}}

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Social science

{{Main|Social science|Outline of social science}}

= Anthropology =

{{Main|Outline of anthropology}}

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= Archaeology =

{{Main|Outline of archaeology}}

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= Futurology (also known as future studies or prospective studies) =

Main articles: Outline of futures studies and Futures studies

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  • Cashless Society
  • Climate

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= Economics =

{{Main|Outline of economics}}

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= Geography =

{{Main|Outline of geography}}

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= Linguistics =

{{Main|Outline of linguistics}}

Also regarded as a formal science

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= Political science =

{{Main|Politics|Outline of political science}}

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= Psychology =

{{Main|Outline of psychology|List of psychology disciplines}}

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= Sociology =

{{Main|Outline of sociology}}

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Natural science

{{Main|Science|Outline of science|3=Natural science|4=Outline of natural science}}

= Biology =

{{Main|Outline of biology}}{{See also|List of life sciences}}

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= Chemistry =

{{Main|Outline of chemistry}}

{{See also|Pure chemistry}}

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= Earth science =

{{Main|Outline of earth science}}

{{See also|Earth science#Partial list of the major earth science topics|l1=Branches of earth sciences}}

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= Astronomy =

{{Main|Outline of astronomy}}

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= Physics =

{{Main|Outline of physics}}

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Formal science

{{Main|Formal science|Outline of formal science}}

= Computer science =

{{Main|Computer science|Outline of computer science}}

{{See also|ACM Computing Classification System}}

Also a branch of electrical engineering

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= Mathematics =

{{Main|Mathematics|Outline of mathematics|Mathematics Subject Classification}}

== Pure mathematics ==

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== Applied mathematics ==

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Applied science

{{Main|Applied science|Outline of applied science}}

= Agriculture =

{{Main|Agriculture|Outline of agriculture|Agricultural science}}

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= Architecture and design =

{{Main|Architecture|Outline of architecture|Design|Outline of design|Applied arts}}

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= Business =

{{Main|Business|Outline of business|Business education}}

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= Education =

{{Main|Education|Outline of education}}

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= Engineering and technology =

{{Main|Engineering|Outline of engineering}}

{{See also|List of engineering branches}}{{See also|Technology|Outline of technology}}

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== Chemical engineering ==

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== Civil engineering ==

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== Educational technology ==

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== Electrical engineering ==

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== Materials science ==

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== Mechanical engineering ==

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== Systems science ==

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= Environmental studies and forestry =

{{Main|Environmental studies|Outline of environmental studies|Forestry}}

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= Family and consumer science =

{{Main|Family and consumer science}}

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= Human physical performance and recreation =

{{Main|Human reliability | human behavior}}

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= Journalism, media studies and communication =

{{Main|Journalism|Media studies|Communication|Communication studies|Outline of communication}}

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= Law =

{{Main|Law|Outline of law}}

Also regarded as a social science

Also listed in Humanities

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= Library and museum studies =

{{Main|Library science|Outline of library science|Museology}}

{{See also|Outline of management}}

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= Medicine and health =

{{Main|Medicine|Healthcare science|Outline of health sciences| Biomedical sciences}}

{{See also|Outline of medicine|Branches of medicine}}

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= Military sciences =

{{Main|Military science|Outline of military science and technology}}

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= Public administration =

{{Main|Public administration}}

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= Public policy =

{{Main|Public policy}}

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= Social work =

{{Main|Social work}}

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= Transportation =

{{Main|Transport|Modes of transport}}

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See also

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Further reading

  • {{cite book| last = Abbott| first = Andrew| title = Chaos of Disciplines| year = 2001| publisher = University of Chicago Press| isbn = 978-0-226-00101-2| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/chaosofdisciplin0023abbo}}
  • {{cite book| last1 = Oleson| first1 = Alexandra| last2 = Voss| first2 = John| title = The Organization of knowledge in modern America, 1860–1920| year = 1979| isbn = 0-8018-2108-8| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/organizationofkn00tes1}}
  • US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. [http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/default.aspx?y=55 Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)]. National Center for Education Statistics.

External links

  • [http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/cip2000/ Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP 2000)]: Developed by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics to provide a taxonomic scheme that will support the accurate tracking, assessment, and reporting of fields of study and program completions activity.
  • [http://www.hesa.ac.uk/jacs/completeclassification.htm Complete JACS] (Joint Academic Classification of Subjects) from Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in the United Kingdom
  • Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification [https://web.archive.org/web/20090913104221/http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/ANZSRC_FOR_codes.pdf (ANZSRC 2008)] ([http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/1297.0Contents12008?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1297.0&issue=2008&num=&view= web-page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212234536/http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/1297.0Contents12008?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1297.0&issue=2008&num=&view= |date=2010-12-12 }}) Chapter 3 and Appendix 1: Fields of research classification.
  • [http://www.thingsmadethinkable.com/item/fields_of_knowledge.php Fields of Knowledge], a zoomable map allowing the academic disciplines and sub-disciplines in this article be visualised.
  • [http://atlas-disciplines.unige.ch/ Sandoz, R. (ed.), Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines, University of Geneva]

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