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An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge. It is taught as an accredited part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined and recognized by a university faculty. That person will be accredited by learned societies to which he or she belongs along with the academic journals in which he or she publishes. However, no formal criteria exist for defining an academic discipline.
Disciplines vary between universities and even programs. These will have well-defined rosters of journals and conferences supported by a few universities and publications. Most disciplines are broken down into (potentially overlapping) branches 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.
Humanities and social science[edit]
Anthropology[edit]
Archaeology[edit]
History[edit]
Linguistics and languages[edit]
Philosophy[edit]
Religion[edit]
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The arts[edit]
Culinary arts[edit]
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Literature[edit]
- Poetry
- Comparative literature
- English literature
- World literature
- History of literature
- Literary theory
- Literary genre
- Creative writing
Performing arts[edit]
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Visual arts[edit]
Economics[edit]
Geography[edit]
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Interdisciplinary studies[edit]
Area studies[edit]
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Ethnic and cultural studies[edit]
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Gender and sexuality studies[edit]
Organizational studies[edit]
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Political science[edit]
Psychology[edit]
Sociology[edit]
Natural sciences[edit]
Biology[edit]
Chemistry[edit]
- See also Branches of chemistry
Earth sciences[edit]
- See also Branches of earth sciences
Physics[edit]
Space sciences[edit]
Astronomy[edit]
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Formal sciences[edit]
Computer sciences[edit]
Also a branch of electrical engineering
Logic[edit]
Mathematics[edit]
Pure mathematics[edit]
- See also Branches of mathematics and AMS Mathematics Subject Classification
Applied mathematics[edit]
Statistics[edit]
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Systems science[edit]
Professions and applied sciences[edit]
Agriculture[edit]
Architecture and design[edit]
Business[edit]
Divinity[edit]
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Education[edit]
Engineering and technology[edit]
Environmental studies and forestry[edit]
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Family and consumer science[edit]
Human physical performance and recreation[edit]
Journalism, media studies and communication[edit]
Law[edit]
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Library and museum studies[edit]
Medicine[edit]
Military sciences[edit]
Public administration[edit]
- Civil service
- Corrections
- Conservation biology
- Criminal justice (outline)
- Disaster research
- Disaster response
- Emergency management
- Emergency services
- Fire safety (Structural fire protection)
- Fire ecology (Wildland fire management)
- Governmental affairs
- International affairs
- Law enforcement
- Peace and conflict studies
- Police science
- Policy studies
- Public administration
- Public safety
- Public service
Public policy[edit]
Social work[edit]
- Child welfare
- Community practice
- Human Services
- Corrections
- Gerontology
- Medical social work
- Mental health
- School social work
Transportation[edit]
- Highway safety
- Infographics
- Intermodal transportation studies
- Logistics
- Marine transportation
- Operations research
- Mass transit
- Travel
- Vehicles
See also[edit]
- Academia (outline)
- Academic genealogy
- Curriculum
- Interdisciplinarity
- Knowledge organization
- Transdisciplinarity
- Classification of Instructional Programs
- Joint Academic Coding System
- List of fields of doctoral studies in the United States
- Outline of academic disciplines
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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.
- Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines, University of Geneva