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This is a list of formal fields of study, also called academic disciplines or academic fields. An academic discipline is a branch of knowledge which is formally taught, either at the university, or via some other such method. Functionally, disciplines are usually defined and recognised by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies to which their practitioners belong.

Each discipline usually has several sub-disciplines or branches and distinguishing lines are often both arbitrary and ambiguous.

Historically (in medieval Europe) there were only four faculties in a university: Theology, Medicine, Jurisprudence and Arts, with the last one having a somewhat lower status than the other three. Today's disciplines have their roots in the mid- to late-19th century secularization of universities, when the traditional curriculum was supplemented by non-classical languages and literatures, physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. In the opening decades of the 20th century, education, sociology, and psychology took their place in the university curriculum.

A "*" denotes a field whose academic status is debated. Note that the area into which some fields should be classified is debated, such as whether anthropology and linguistics are social sciences disciplines or humanities disciplines.

Natural sciences

Astronomy

Behavioral science

Biology

See also: #Anthropology, #Psychology

Chemistry

Physics

Earth sciences

Mathematics and computer science

Mathematics

Computer science

See also: ACM Computing Classification System

Social sciences

Anthropology

Archaeology

Communications

Economics

Ethnic Studies

Ethnology

History

Geography

Linguistics

Political science

Psychology

Semiotics

Sociology

For a more extensive list see Subfields of sociology

Humanities and arts

Area studies (sometimes called cultural studies)

Art

Classics

Creative writing

Dance

English Studies

also see Literature and linguistics

Film studies and film criticism

Folklore

History

See entry under Social sciences

Linguistics

See entry under Social sciences

Literature and cultural studies

Literatures

Methods and topics

Music

Museology

Mythology

Philology

Philosophy

Religious studies

Theatre

Gender studies

Professions / Applied sciences

Agriculture

Business

Design

Education

Engineering

Ergonomics

Family and consumer science

Forestry

Health sciences

Journalism and mass communications

Law

Library and information science

Military science

Public affairs and community service

See also

External links

  • 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.


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