Outline of academic disciplines

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.

Collage of images representing different academic disciplines

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

The following outline is provided as 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 basic identity felt by its scholars; and lower levels of the hierarchy are sub-disciplines not normally having any role in the structure of the university's governance.

Languages and literatureEdit

Linguistics listed in Social science

Edaphology
Environmental chemistry
Environmental science
Gemology
Geochemistry
Geodesy
Physical geography (outline)
- Atmospheric science / Meteorology (outline)
- Biogeography / Phytogeography
- Climatology / Paleoclimatology / Palaeogeography
- Coastal geography / Oceanography
- Edaphology / Pedology or Soil science
- Geobiology
- Geology (outline) (Geomorphology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Sedimentology, Speleology, Tectonics, Volcanology)
- Geostatistics
- Glaciology
- Hydrology (outline)/ Limnology / Hydrogeology
- Landscape ecology
- Quaternary science
Geophysics (outline)
Paleontology
- Paleobiology
- Paleoecology

AstronomyEdit

PhysicsEdit

Formal scienceEdit

Computer scienceEdit

Also a branch of electrical engineering

MathematicsEdit

Pure mathematics

Applied mathematics

Applied scienceEdit

AgricultureEdit

Architecture and designEdit

BusinessEdit

DivinityEdit

Canon law
Church history
Field ministry
- Pastoral counseling
- Pastoral theology
- Religious education techniques
- Homiletics
- Liturgy
- Sacred music
- Missiology
Hermeneutics
Scriptural study and languages
Theology (outline)

EducationEdit

Engineering and technologyEdit

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Educational Technology

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems science

Environmental studies and forestryEdit

Family and consumer scienceEdit

Human physical performance and recreationEdit

Journalism, media studies and communicationEdit

LawEdit

Library and museum studiesEdit

Medicine and healthEdit

Military sciencesEdit

Public administrationEdit

Public policyEdit

Social workEdit

TransportationEdit

ReferencesEdit

^ Khaled Nabil, Al-Momani (25 August 2020). "Characteristics of Design as an Academic and Creative Discipline". Kne Social Sciences. Ural Federal University: 294–298. doi:10.18502/kss.v4i11.7560. S2CID 221710217. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022.
^ Bravo, Rafael Ángel (4 March 2016). "Vigencia de la Bauhaus en la formación académica de los diseñadores gráficos" [Currency of the Bauhaus in the academic training of graphic designers] (in Spanish). Francisco José de Caldas District University. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020.
^ "Graphic Design". College of the Sequoias. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

External linksEdit

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.
Complete JACS (Joint Academic Classification of Subjects) from Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in the United Kingdom
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC 2008) (web-page Archived 2010-12-12 at the Wayback Machine) Chapter 3 and Appendix 1: Fields of research classification.
Fields of Knowledge, a zoomable map allowing the academic disciplines and sub-disciplines in this article be visualised.
Sandoz, R. (ed.), Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines, University of Geneva

[1] Khaled Nabil, Al-Momani (25 August 2020). "Characteristics of Design as an Academic and Creative Discipline". Kne Social Sciences. Ural Federal University: 294–298. doi:10.18502/kss.v4i11.7560. S2CID 221710217. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022.

[2] Bravo, Rafael Ángel (4 March 2016). "Vigencia de la Bauhaus en la formación académica de los diseñadores gráficos" [Currency of the Bauhaus in the academic training of graphic designers] (in Spanish). Francisco José de Caldas District University. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020.

[3] "Graphic Design". College of the Sequoias. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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