Outline of academic disciplines

Main article: Discipline (academia)
Mind map of top level disciplines and professions

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 exist 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.

Historical background

History of academic disciplines academic disciplines arose from learning institutions as those grew to include specialized faculties or departments

Humanities

History

Main articles: History and Branches of history

Linguistics

See also: Language arts

Literature

Performing arts

Philosophy

Religion

Visual arts

Applied arts

Other arts

Social sciences

Anthropology

Ethnic and cultural studies

Archaeology

Area studies

Main article: Area studies

Economics

Main articles: Economics and Outline of economics

Gender and sexuality studies

Main article: Gender studies

Geography

Main articles: Geography and Outline of geography

Organizational studies

Political science

Psychology

Sociology

Main articles: Sociology and Outline of sociology

Natural sciences

Biology

Main article: List of life sciences

Chemistry

Main articles: Chemistry and Outline of chemistry
See also Branches of chemistry

Physics

Main articles: Physics and Outline of physics

Earth sciences

See also Branches of earth sciences

Space sciences

Formal sciences

Main article: Formal science

Mathematics

Pure Mathematics

See also Branches of mathematics and AMS Mathematics Subject Classification

Applied Mathematics

Main article: Applied mathematics

Computer sciences

Also a branch of electrical engineering

Logic

Main articles: Logic and Outline of logic

Statistics

Systems science

Main article: Systems science

Professions

Agriculture

Architecture and design

Business

Divinity

Education

Main articles: Education and Outline of education

Engineering and technology

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Environmental studies and forestry

Main articles: Environmental studies and Forestry

Family and consumer science

Human physical performance and recreation

Journalism, media studies and communication

Law

Main articles: Law and Outline of law

Library and museum studies

Medicine

Military sciences

Public administration

Main article: Public administration

Public policy

Main article: Public policy

Social work

Main article: Social work

Transportation

See also

Main article: Branches of science

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