Outline of academic disciplines
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Main article: Academic discipline
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to academic disciplines:
An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined and recognized by the university faculties and learned societies to which he or she belongs and the academic journals in which he or she publishes research. However, no formal criteria exists for defining an academic discipline.
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.
There is no consensus on how some academic disciplines should be classified (e.g., whether anthropology and linguistics are disciplines of social sciences or fields within the humanities). More generally, the proper criteria for organizing knowledge into disciplines are also open to debate.
Contents
- 1 Historical background
- 2 Humanities
- 3 Social sciences
- 4 Natural sciences
- 5 Formal sciences
- 6 Professions
- 6.1 Agriculture
- 6.2 Architecture and design
- 6.3 Business
- 6.4 Divinity
- 6.5 Education
- 6.6 Engineering and technology
- 6.7 Environmental studies and forestry
- 6.8 Family and consumer science
- 6.9 Human physical performance and recreation
- 6.10 Journalism, media studies and communication
- 6.11 Law
- 6.12 Library and museum studies
- 6.13 Medicine
- 6.14 Military sciences
- 6.15 Intelligence
- 6.16 Public administration
- 6.17 Social work
- 6.18 Transportation
- 7 See also
- 8 Notes
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Historical background[edit]
History of academic disciplines – academic disciplines arose from learning institutions as those grew to include specialized faculties or departments
- Faculty (division) (European)
- Academic department
Humanities[edit]
Main articles: Humanities and Outline of the humanities
Human history[edit]
Main articles: History and Branches of history
Linguistics[edit]
Main articles: Linguistics and Outline of linguistics
See also: Language arts
Literature[edit]
Main articles: Literature and Outline of literature
- Literary theory
- Creative writing
- Creative nonfiction
- Fiction writing (outline)
- Non-fiction writing
- Literary journalism
- Poetry composition
- Screenwriting
- Playwrighting
Arts[edit]
Performing arts
Main articles: Performing arts and Outline of performing arts
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Visual arts Main articles: Visual arts and Outline of visual arts
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Applied arts
Other arts |
Philosophy[edit]
Main articles: Philosophy and Outline of philosophy
Religion[edit]
Main articles: Religious studies and Outline of religion
Social sciences[edit]
Main articles: Social sciences and Outline of social science
Anthropology[edit]
Main articles: Anthropology and Outline of anthropology
Archaeology[edit]
See also: Branches of archaeology
- Classical archaeology
- Egyptology
- Architectural analytics
- Experimental archaeology
- Maritime archaeology
- Near Eastern archaeology
- Paleoanthropology
- Prehistoric archaeology
Area studies[edit]
Main article: Area studies
- African studies
- American studies
- Asian studies
- Central Asian studies
- East Asian studies
- Indology (Indian studies)
- Iranian studies
- Japanology (Japanese studies)
- Korean studies
- Pakistan studies
- Sinology (outline) (Chinese studies)
- Southeast Asian studies
- European studies
- Australian studies
- Middle East studies
- Russian and Eastern European studies
Cultural and ethnic studies[edit]
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Economics[edit]
Main articles: Economics and Outline of economics
Gender and sexuality studies[edit]
Main article: Gender and sexuality studies
Geography[edit]
Main articles: Geography and Outline of geography
Political science[edit]
Psychology[edit]
Sociology[edit]
Main articles: Sociology and Outline of sociology
Natural sciences[edit]
Biology[edit]
Main article: Life sciences
- See also Biology (outline), Branches of life sciences
Chemistry[edit]
Main articles: Chemistry and Outline of chemistry
- See also Branches of chemistry
Physics[edit]
Main articles: Physics and Outline of physics
- See also Branches of physics
Earth sciences[edit]
Main articles: Earth science and Outline of earth science
- See also Branches of earth sciences
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Space sciences[edit]
Main article: Space science
See also: Outline of astronomy
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Formal sciences[edit]
Main article: Formal sciences
Mathematics[edit]
Applied Mathematics[edit]
Main article: Applied mathematics
Pure Mathematics[edit]
Main articles: Mathematics and Outline of mathematics
- See also Branches of mathematics and AMS Mathematics Subject Classification
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Computer sciences[edit]
Main articles: Computer science and Outline of computer science
See also: ACM Computing Classification System
Also a branch of electrical engineering
Logic[edit]
Main articles: Logic and Outline of logic
Statistics[edit]
Main articles: Statistics and Outline of statistics
Systems science[edit]
Main article: Systems science
Professions[edit]
Main article: Profession
Agriculture[edit]
Main articles: Agriculture and Outline of agriculture
Architecture and design[edit]
Business[edit]
Main articles: Business and Business education
Divinity[edit]
Main article: Divinity (academic discipline)
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Education[edit]
Main articles: Education and Outline of education
Engineering and technology[edit]
Main articles: Engineering, Outline of engineering, Engineering education, Technology, Outline of Technology and Technology education
See also: List of engineering branches
Environmental studies and forestry[edit]
Main articles: Environmental studies and Forestry
Family and consumer science[edit]
Main article: Family and consumer science
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Human physical performance and recreation[edit]
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Journalism, media studies and communication[edit]
Law[edit]
Main articles: Law and Outline of law
Library and museum studies[edit]
Medicine[edit]
See also: Branches of medicine
- Clinical laboratory sciences/Clinical pathology/Laboratory medicine
- Clinical Physiology
- Dentistry (outline)
- Emergency medicine (outline)
- Health informatics/Clinical informatics
- Music therapy
- Nursing
- Nutrition (outline)and dietetics
- Optometry
- Orthoptics
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech and language pathology
- Internal medicine
- Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical sciences
- Physical fitness
- Group Fitness / aerobics
- Personal fitness training
- Kinesiology / Exercise science / Human performance
- Physical therapy
- Podiatry
- Primary care
- Psychiatry (outline)
- Psychology (outline)
- Public health
- Radiology
- Recreation therapy
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Respiratory medicine
- Respiratory therapy
- Rheumatology
- Sports medicine
- Surgery
- Urology
- Veterinary medicine
Military sciences[edit]
Main articles: Military science and Outline of military science and technology
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Intelligence[edit]
Main articles: Espionage and Military intelligence
- Counterintelligence
- Tradecraft
- Spying
- Military intelligence
- Human intelligence
- Signals intelligence
- Measurement and signature intelligence
- Communications intelligence
- Intelligence management
Public administration[edit]
Main article: Public administration
- Corrections
- Conservation biology
- Criminal justice (outline)
- Emergency management
- Fire safety (Structural fire protection)
- Fire ecology (Wildland fire management)
- Governmental affairs
- International affairs
- Peace and conflict studies
- Police science
- Policy studies
- Public administration
Public policy[edit]
Main article: Public policy
- Agricultural policy
- Commercial policy
- Cultural policy
- Domestic policy
- Drug policy
- Economic policy
- Education policy
- Energy policy
- Environmental policy
- Food policy
- Foreign policy
- Health policy
- Housing policy
- Immigration policy
- Knowledge policy
- Language policy
- Military policy
- Science policy
- Social policy
- Public policy by country
Social work[edit]
Main article: Social work
- Child welfare
- Community practice
- Human Services
- Corrections
- Gerontology
- Medical social work
- Mental health
- School social work
Transportation[edit]
- Highway safety
- Infographics
- Intermodal transportation studies
- Marine transportation
- Operations research
- Mass transit
See also[edit]
Main article: Branches of science
- Academia (outline)
- Academic genealogy
- Curriculum
- Interdisciplinarity
- Transdisciplinary studies
- Classification of Instructional Programs
- Joint Academic Classification of Subjects
- List of fields of doctoral studies
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- Abbott, Andrew (2001). Chaos of Disciplines. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-00101-2.
- Oleson, Alexandra; Voss, John (1979). The Organization of knowledge in modern America, 1860-1920. ISBN 0-8018-2108-8.
- US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). National Center for Education Statistics.
External links[edit]
- 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) 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.
- Online reference materials for any kind of specific academic disciplines.
