Outline of academic disciplines

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

• Faculty
• Academic department

Humanities

History

African history American history Ancient history Australian history Asian history Chinese history Indian history (outline) Iranian history Indonesian history European history Economic history Environmental history

Ancient Greek history (outline) Intellectual history Latin American history Modern history Political history Pre-Columbian era Ancient Roman history (outline) Russian history Scientific history Technological history World history

Linguistics

Classics (outline) Languages Business English Classical language Modern language Standard English World Englishes Applied linguistics Computational linguistics Discourse analysis English studies Etymology Grammar Historical linguistics History of linguistics Interlinguistics Language arts Lexicology Linguistic typology Morphology Natural language processing Philology Phonetics Phonology Pragmatics Psycholinguistics Semantics Semiotics (outline) Sociolinguistics Syntax Composition studies Rhetoric Usage Word usage

Literature

• Poetry
• Comparative literature
• English literature
• World literature
  • African-American literature
  • American literature
  • British literature
• Historical
  • Medieval literature
  • Post-colonial literature
  • Post-modern literature
• Literary theory
  • Critical theory (outline)
  • Literary criticism
  • Poetics
  • Rhetoric
• Creative writing
  • Creative nonfiction
  • Fiction writing (outline)
  • Non-fiction writing
  • Literary journalism
  • Poetry composition
  • Screenwriting
  • Playwrighting

Performing arts

Arts administration Music (outline) Accompanying Chamber music Church music Musical composition Conducting Choral conducting Orchestral conducting Wind ensemble conducting Early music Jazz studies (outline) Music education Music history Music theory Musicology Historical musicology Systematic musicology Ethnomusicology Organology Organ and historical keyboards Piano Strings, harp, oud, and guitar (outline) Singing Woodwinds, brass, and percussion Recording Orchestral studies

Dance (outline) Choreography Dance notation Ethnochoreology History of dance Television (outline) Television studies Theatre (outline) History Acting Directing Stage design Puppetry Dramaturgy Playwrighting Scenography Musical theatre Film (outline) Animation Live action Filmmaking Film criticism Film theory Oral literature Public speaking Performance poetry Spoken word Storytelling

Philosophy

Meta-philosophy Metaphysics (outline) Ontology Teleology Philosophy of mind Philosophy of artificial intelligence Philosophy of perception Philosophy of pain Philosophy of space and time Philosophy of Action Theism and Atheism Determinism and Free will Epistemology (outline) Justification Reasoning errors Ethics (outline) Meta-ethics Normative ethics Virtue ethics Applied ethics Animal rights Bioethics Environmental ethics Moral psychology, Descriptive ethics, Value theory Aesthetics (outline) / Philosophy of Art Social philosophy and political philosophy Anarchism (outline) Feminist philosophy Libertarianism (outline) Marxism Philosophical traditions and schools African philosophy Platonism Aristotelianism Analytic philosophy Continental philosophy Eastern philosophy Feminist philosophy History of philosophy Ancient philosophy Medieval philosophy Scholasticism Humanism (outline) Modern philosophy Contemporary philosophy Logic (outline) Philosophical logic Mathematical logic Applied philosophy Philosophy of education Philosophy of history Philosophy of religion Philosophy of language Philosophy of law Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of music Philosophy of science Philosophy of social science Philosophy of physics Philosophy of biology Philosophy of chemistry Philosophy of economics Philosophy of psychology Philosophy of engineering Systems philosophy

Religion

Abrahamic religions Christianity (outline) Christian theology (outline) Islam (outline)/ Islamic studies Judaism (outline)/ Jewish studies Indian religions Buddhism (outline)/ Buddhist studies Hinduism (outline) Jainism Sikhism (outline) East Asian religions Chinese folk religion Confucianism Shinto Daoism (outline) I-Kuan Tao Caodaism Chondogyo Tenrikyo Oomoto

Other religions African religions Ancient Egyptian religion Native American religions Gnosticism Esotericism New religious movements Sumerian religion Zoroastrianism Comparative religion Mythology and Folklore Irreligion Agnosticism Atheism (outline) and religious humanism

Visual arts

Animation Art Design (outline) Video game design Product design Software design Web design Drawing (outline) Painting (outline) Filmmaking Performance art Photography (outline) Sculpture (outline) Video art

Applied arts Industrial design Graphic design Fashion design Interior design Landscape design Decorative arts Culinary art Other arts Fine arts Mixed media Calligraphy Printmaking Studio art

Social sciences

Anthropology

• Anthropological criminology
• Anthropological linguistics
  • Synchronic linguistics (or Descriptive linguistics)
  • Diachronic linguistics (or Historical linguistics)
  • Ethnolinguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
• Biological anthropology
  • Forensic anthropology
  • Gene-culture coevolution
  • Human behavioral ecology
  • Human evolution
  • Medical anthropology
  • Paleoanthropology
  • Population genetics
  • Primatology

Cultural anthropology Anthropology of religion Economic anthropology Ethnography Ethnohistory Ethnology Ethnomusicology Folklore Mythology Missiology Political anthropology Psychological anthropology Linguistic anthropology Social anthropology

Ethnic and cultural studies

• Cultural studies
• Ethnic studies
• Ethnology
• Culturology
• Cross-cultural studies
• White studies
• Black studies

Archaeology

• Classical archaeology
• Egyptology
• Architectural analytics
• Experimental archaeology
• Maritime archaeology
• Near Eastern archaeology
• Paleoanthropology
• Prehistoric archaeology

Area studies

• African studies
• American studies
  • Appalachian studies
  • Canadian studies
  • Latin American studies
• Asian studies
  • Central Asian studies
  • East Asian studies
  • Indology (Indian studies)
  • Iranian studies
  • Japanology (Japanese studies)
  • Korean studies
  • Pakistan studies
  • Sindhology
  • Sinology (outline) (Chinese studies)
  • Southeast Asian studies
• European studies
  • Celtic studies
  • German studies
  • Scandinavian studies
  • Slavic studies
• Australian studies
• Middle East studies
• Russian and Eastern European studies

Economics

Agricultural economics Anarchist economics Applied economics Behavioural economics Bioeconomics Complexity economics Computational economics Consumer economics Development economics Ecological economics Econometrics Economic geography Economic history Economic sociology Economic systems Energy economics Entrepreneurial economics Environmental economics Evolutionary economics Experimental economics Feminist economics Financial economics Financial econometrics Green economics Growth economics Human development theory

Industrial organization Information economics Institutional economics International economics Islamic economics Labor economics Law and economics Macroeconomics Managerial economics Marxian economics Mathematical economics Microeconomics Monetary economics Neuroeconomics Participatory economics Political economy Public finance Public economics Real estate economics Resource economics Social choice theory Socialist economics Socioeconomics Transport economics Welfare economics

Gender and sexuality studies

Feminine psychology Gender studies/Gender theory Heterosexism Human sexual behavior Human sexuality (outline) Masculine psychology

Men's studies Queer studies/Queer theory Sex education Sexology Women's studies

Geography

Cartography (outline) Human geography Cultural geography Feminist geography Economic geography Development geography Historical geography Time geography Political geography & geopolitics Military geography Strategic geography Population geography Social geography Behavioral geography Children's geographies Health geography Tourism geography Urban geography

Environmental geography Physical geography Biogeography Climatology Palaeoclimatology Coastal geography Geomorphology Geodesy Hydrology/Hydrography Glaciology Limnology Oceanography Landscape ecology Palaeogeography Regional geography Remote sensing

Organizational studies

• Business economics
• Business ethics
• Decision science
• Entrepreneurship
• Human resources management
• Industrial organization
• Organizational behavior
• Organization theory
• Strategy

Political science

American politics Canadian politics Civics Comparative politics European studies Geopolitics (Political geography) International relations International organizations Nationalism studies Peace and conflict studies Policy studies Political behavior Political culture Political economy Political history Political philosophy Psephology Public administration Nonprofit administration Non-governmental organization (NGO) administration Public policy Social choice theory

Psychology

Abnormal psychology Applied psychology Asian psychology Biological psychology Black psychology Clinical psychology Clinical neuropsychology Cognitive psychology Community psychology Comparative psychology Conservation psychology Consumer psychology Counseling psychology Criminal psychology Cultural psychology Developmental psychology Differential psychology Ecological psychology Educational psychology Environmental psychology Evolutionary psychology Experimental psychology Group psychology Family psychology Feminine psychology Forensic psychology Forensic developmental psychology Health psychology Humanistic psychology Indigenous psychology

Legal psychology Masculine psychology Mathematical psychology Media psychology Medical psychology Military psychology Moral psychology and Descriptive ethics Music psychology Neuropsychology Occupational psychology Occupational health psychology Organizational psychology Parapsychology (outline) Pediatric psychology Pedology (children study) Personality psychology Phenomenology Political psychology Positive psychology Psychoanalysis Psychobiology Psychometrics Psychology of religion Psychopathology Child psychopathology Psychophysics Quantitative psychology Rehabilitation psychology School psychology Social psychology Sport psychology Traffic psychology Transpersonal psychology Travel psychology

Sociology

Analytical sociology Applied sociology Political sociology Public sociology Social engineering Leisure studies Architectural sociology Behavioral sociology Chinese sociology Collective behavior Social movements Community informatics Social network analysis Comparative sociology Conflict theory Critical sociology Cultural sociology Cultural studies Criminology/Criminal justice (outline) Critical management studies Demography/Population Digital sociology Dramaturgical sociology Economic sociology Educational sociology Empirical sociology Environmental sociology Evolutionary sociology Feminist sociology Figurational sociology Futures studies (outline) Historical sociology Human ecology Humanistic sociology Industrial sociology Interactionism Internet sociology Interpretive sociology Phenomenology Ethnomethodology Symbolic interactionism Social constructionism Jealousy sociology Macrosociology Marxist sociology Mathematical sociology Medical sociology Mesosociology Microsociology Military sociology Natural resource sociology Organizational studies Phenomenological sociology Policy sociology Polish sociology Psychoanalytic sociology Science studies/Science and technology studies Sexology Social capital Social change Social conflict theory Social control Pure sociology Social economy Social philosophy Social psychology Social policy Social research Social transformation Computational sociology Economic sociology/Socioeconomics Economic development Social development

Sociology of aging Sociology of agriculture Sociology of art Sociology of autism Sociology of childhood Sociology of conflict Sociology of culture Sociology of cyberspace Sociology of deviance Sociology of development Sociology of disaster Sociology of education Sociology of emotions Sociology of fatherhood Sociology of film Sociology of finance Sociology of food Sociology of gender Sociology of generations Sociology of globalization Sociology of government Sociology of health and illness Sociology of human consciousness Sociology of immigration Sociology of knowledge Sociology of language Sociology of law Sociology of leisure Sociology of literature Sociology of markets Sociology of marriage Sociology of motherhood Sociology of music Sociology of natural resources Sociology of organizations Sociology of peace, war, and social conflict Sociology of punishment Sociology of race and ethnic relations Sociology of religion Sociology of risk Sociology of science Sociology of scientific knowledge Sociology of social change Sociology of social movements Sociology of space Sociology of sport Sociology of technology Sociology of terrorism Sociology of the body Sociology of the family Sociology of the history of science Sociology of the Internet Sociology of work Social theory Social stratification Sociological theory Sociobiology Sociocybernetics Sociolinguistics Sociomusicology Structural sociology Theoretical sociology Urban studies or Urban sociology/Rural sociology Victimology Visual sociology

Natural sciences

Biology

Aerobiology Anatomy Comparative anatomy Human anatomy (outline) Biochemistry (outline) Bioinformatics Biophysics (outline) Biotechnology (outline) Botany (outline) Ethnobotany Phycology Cell biology (outline) Chronobiology Computational biology Cryobiology Developmental biology Embryology Teratology Ecology (outline) Agroecology Ethnoecology Human ecology Landscape ecology Genetics (outline) Behavioural genetics Molecular genetics Population genetics Endocrinology Evolutionary biology Histology Human biology Immunology (outline) Limnology Linnaean taxonomy Marine biology Mathematical biology Microbiology Molecular biology Mycology

Neuroscience (outline) Behavioral neuroscience Nutrition (outline) Paleobiology Paleontology Parasitology Pathology Anatomical pathology Clinical pathology Dermatopathology Forensic pathology Hematopathology Histopathology Molecular pathology Surgical pathology Physiology Human physiology Exercise physiology Structural Biology Systematics (Taxonomy) Systems biology Virology Molecular virology Xenobiology Zoology (outline) Animal communications Apiology Arachnology Carcinology Cetology Entomology Forensic entomology Ethnozoology Ethology Helminthology Herpetology Ichthyology (outline) Mammalogy Malacology Conchology Myrmecology (outline) Nematology Neuroethology Oology Ornithology (outline) Planktology Primatology Zootomy Zoosemiotics

Chemistry

See also Branches of chemistry

Agrochemistry Analytical chemistry Astrochemistry Atmospheric chemistry Biochemistry (outline) Chemical engineering (outline) Chemical biology Cheminformatics Computational chemistry Cosmochemistry Electrochemistry Environmental chemistry Femtochemistry Flavor Flow chemistry Geochemistry Green chemistry Histochemistry Hydrogenation Immunochemistry Inorganic chemistry Marine chemistry Mathematical chemistry Mechanochemistry

Medicinal chemistry Molecular biology Molecular mechanics Nanotechnology Natural product chemistry Neurochemistry Oenology Organic chemistry (outline) Organometallic chemistry Petrochemistry Pharmacology Photochemistry Physical chemistry Physical organic chemistry Phytochemistry Polymer chemistry Quantum chemistry Radiochemistry Solid-state chemistry Sonochemistry Supramolecular chemistry Surface chemistry Synthetic chemistry Theoretical chemistry Thermochemistry

Physics

Acoustics Applied physics Astrophysics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Biophysics (outline) Computational physics Condensed matter physics Cryogenics Electromagnetism Elementary particle physics Experimental physics Fluid dynamics Geophysics (outline) Mathematical physics Medical physics Mechanics Molecular physics Newtonian dynamics Nuclear physics Optics Plasma physics Quantum physics Solid mechanics Solid state physics Statistical mechanics Theoretical physics Thermodynamics Vehicle dynamics

Earth sciences

See also Branches of earth sciences

Edaphology Environmental science Environmental chemistry Gemology Geodesy Geography (outline) Geology (outline) Geochemistry Geomorphology Geophysics (outline) Glaciology Hydrogeology Hydrology (outline)

Meteorology (outline) Mineralogy Oceanography Pedology Paleontology Paleobiology Paleoecology Planetary science (alternatively, a part of space science) Sedimentology Soil science Speleology Tectonics Volcanology

Space sciences

Astrobiology Astronomy (outline) Observational astronomy Radio astronomy Microwave astronomy Infrared astronomy Optical astronomy UV astronomy X-ray astronomy Gamma ray astronomy Astrophysics Gravitational astronomy Black holes

Interstellar medium Numerical simulations Astrophysical plasma Galaxy formation and evolution High-energy astrophysics Hydrodynamics Magnetohydrodynamics Star formation Physical cosmology Stellar astrophysics Helioseismology Stellar evolution Stellar nucleosynthesis Planetary science (alternatively, a part of earth science)

Formal sciences

Mathematics

Pure Mathematics

See also Branches of mathematics and AMS Mathematics Subject Classification

Algebra (outline) Group theory Group representation Ring theory Commutative algebra Noncommutative algebra Field theory Linear algebra (Vector space) Multilinear algebra Lie algebra Associative algebra Non-associative algebra Universal algebra Homological algebra Differential algebra Lattice theory (Order theory) Representation theory K-theory Category theory Topos theory Analysis Real analysis Calculus (outline) Complex analysis Functional analysis Operator theory Non-standard analysis Harmonic analysis Fourier analysis p-adic analysis Ordinary differential equations Partial differential equations Probability theory Measure theory Integral geometry Ergodic theory Stochastic process

Geometry (outline) and Topology General topology Algebraic topology Geometric topology Differential topology Algebraic geometry Projective geometry Affine geometry Non-Euclidean geometry Convex geometry Discrete geometry Integral geometry Finite geometry Galois geometry Noncommutative geometry Number theory Analytic number theory Algebraic number theory Geometric number theory Arithmetic combinatorics Logic and Foundations of mathematics Set theory Proof theory Model theory Recursion theory Modal logic Intuitionistic logic

Applied Mathematics

Statistics (outline) Mathematical statistics Econometrics Actuarial science Demography Approximation theory Numerical analysis Operations research Mathematical optimization Linear programming Dynamic programming Assignment problem Decision analysis Inventory theory Scheduling Real options analysis Systems analysis Stochastic processes Optimal maintenance

Dynamical systems Chaos theory Fractal geometry Mathematical physics Quantum mechanics Quantum field theory Quantum gravity String theory Statistical mechanics Theory of computation Computational complexity theory Information theory Cryptography Combinatorics (outline) Coding theory Graph theory Game theory

Computer sciences

Also a branch of electrical engineering

Theory of computation Automata theory (Formal languages) Computability theory Computational complexity theory Concurrency theory VLSI design Operating systems Algorithms Randomized algorithms Distributed algorithms Parallel algorithms Computational geometry Data structures Computer architecture Computer communications (networks) Information theory Internet, World Wide Web Wireless computing (Mobile computing) Ubiquitous computing Cloud computing Computer security and reliability Cryptography Fault-tolerant computing Distributed computing Grid computing Parallel computing High-performance computing Quantum computing Computer graphics Image processing Scientific visualization Software engineering Formal methods (Formal verification) Programming languages Programming paradigms Imperative programming Object-oriented programming Functional programming Logic programming Concurrent programming Program semantics Type theory Compilers Human-computer interaction

Information science (outline) Data management Data mining Database (outline) Relational database Distributed database Object database Information retrieval Information management Knowledge management Multimedia, hypermedia Sound and music computing Artificial intelligence (outline) Cognitive science Automated reasoning Machine learning Artificial neural network Support vector machine Natural language processing (Computational linguistics) Computer vision (outline) Expert systems Robotics (outline) Computing in mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, and medicine Numerical analysis Algebraic (symbolic) computation Computational number theory Computational mathematics Scientific computing (Computational science) Computational biology (bioinformatics) Computational physics Computational chemistry Computational neuroscience Computer-aided engineering Finite element analysis Computational fluid dynamics Computing in social sciences, arts, humanities, and professions Computational economics Computational sociology Computational finance Digital humanities (Humanities computing) History of computer hardware History of computer science (outline) Humanistic informatics Community informatics

Logic

Mathematical logic Set theory Proof theory Model theory Recursion theory Modal logic Intuitionistic logic

Philosophical logic Logical reasoning Modal logic Deontic logic Doxastic logic

Logic in computer science Programming language semantics Formal methods (Formal verification) Type theory Logic programming Multi-valued logic Fuzzy logic

Statistics

Computational statistics Data mining Regression (outline) Simulation Bootstrap (statistics) Design of experiments Block design and Analysis of variance Response surface methodology Sample Survey Sampling theory

Statistical modelling Biostatistics Epidemiology Multivariate analysis Structural equation model Time series Reliability theory Quality control Statistical theory Decision theory Mathematical statistics Probability (outline) Survey methodology

Systems science

Network science Chaos theory Conceptual systems Complex systems Complex system Cybernetics Biocybernetics Engineering cybernetics Management cybernetics Medical cybernetics New Cybernetics Second-order cybernetics Sociocybernetics Control theory Affect control theory Control engineering Control systems Dynamical systems Perceptual control theory

Operations research Systems biology Computational systems biology Synthetic biology Systems immunology Systems neuroscience System dynamics Social dynamics Systems ecology Ecosystem ecology Systems engineering Biological systems engineering Earth systems engineering and management Enterprise systems engineering Systems analysis Systems theory in anthropology

Systems psychology Ergonomics Family systems theory Systemic therapy Systems theory Biochemical systems theory Ecological systems theory Developmental systems theory General systems theory Living systems theory LTI system theory Sociotechnical systems theory Mathematical system theory World-systems theory

Professions

Agriculture

Agroecology Agronomy Animal husbandry (Animal science) Beekeeping (Apiculture) Agrology Entomology Agricultural economics Agricultural engineering Biological systems engineering Food engineering

Aquaculture Enology Food science Horticulture Hydrology (outline) Pedology (soil study) Plant science (outline) Pomology Viticulture

Architecture and design

Architecture (outline) Interior architecture Landscape architecture Architectural analytics Historic preservation Interior design (interior architecture) Landscape architecture (landscape planning) Landscape design Urban planning (urban design) Visual communication Graphic design Type design Technical drawing

Industrial design (product design) Ergonomics (outline) Game design Toy and amusement design User experience design Interaction design Information architecture User interface design User experience evaluation Fashion design Textile design

Business

Accounting scholarship Business administration Business analysis Business ethics Business law E-Business Entrepreneurship Finance (outline) Industrial and labor relations Collective bargaining Human resources Organizational studies Labor economics Labor history

Information systems (Business informatics) Management information systems Health informatics Information technology (outline) International trade Management (outline) Marketing (outline) Operations management Purchasing Risk management and insurance Systems science

Divinity

Canon law Church history Field ministry Pastoral counseling Pastoral theology Religious education techniques Homiletics Liturgy Sacred music Missiology

Hermeneutics Scriptural study and languages Biblical Hebrew Biblical studies/Sacred scripture New Testament Greek Latin Old Church Slavonic Theology (outline) Dogmatic theology Ecclesiology Sacramental theology Systematic theology Christian ethics Moral theology Historical theology

Education

Comparative education Critical pedagogy Curriculum and instruction Alternative education Early childhood education Elementary education Secondary education Higher education Mastery learning Cooperative learning Agricultural education Art education Bilingual education Chemistry education Counselor education Language education Legal education Mathematics education Medical education Military education and training Music education Nursing education Peace education Physical education/Sports coaching Physics education Reading education Religious education Science education Special education Sex education Sociology of education Technology education Vocational education Educational leadership Educational philosophy Educational psychology Educational technology Distance education

Engineering and technology

Chemical Engineering Bioengineering Biochemical engineering Biomolecular engineering Catalysis Materials engineering Molecular engineering Nanotechnology Polymer engineering Process design Petroleum engineering Nuclear engineering Food engineering Process engineering Reaction engineering Thermodynamics Transport phenomena Civil Engineering Coastal engineering Earthquake engineering Ecological engineering Environmental engineering Geotechnical engineering Engineering geology Hydraulic engineering Mining engineering Transportation engineering Highway engineering Structural engineering Architectural engineering Structural mechanics Surveying Electrical Engineering Applied physics Computer engineering (outline) Computer science Control systems engineering Control theory Electronic engineering Instrumentation engineering Engineering physics Photonics Information theory Mechatronics Power engineering Robotics (outline) Semiconductors Telecommunications engineering Quantum computing

Materials Science and Engineering Biomaterials Ceramic engineering Crystallography Nanomaterials Photonics Physical Metallurgy Polymer engineering Polymer science Semiconductors Mechanical Engineering Aerospace engineering Aeronautics Astronautics Acoustical engineering Automotive engineering Biomedical engineering Biomechanical engineering Continuum mechanics Fluid mechanics Heat transfer Industrial engineering Manufacturing engineering Marine engineering Mass transfer Mechatronics Nanoengineering Ocean engineering Optical engineering Robotics Thermodynamics Vehicle engineering

Environmental studies and forestry

Environmental management Coastal management Fisheries management Land management Natural resource management Wildlife management

Environmental policy Recreation ecology Silviculture Sustainability studies Sustainable development Toxicology Ecology

Family and consumer science

Consumer education Housing Interior design

Nutrition (outline) Foodservice management Textiles

Human physical performance and recreation

Biomechanics / Sports biomechanics Sports coaching Dance (outline) Ergonomics Physical fitness Group Fitness / aerobics Personal trainer / Personal fitness training Game design Exercise physiology Kinesiology / Exercise science / Human performance

Leisure studies Physical education / Pedagogy Sociology of sport Sexology Sports journalism / sportscasting Sport management Athletic director Sport psychology Sports medicine Athletic training Toy and amusement design

Journalism, media studies and communication

Journalism (outline) Broadcast journalism Digital journalism Literary journalism New media journalism Print journalism Sports journalism / sportscasting Media studies (Mass media) Newspaper Magazine Radio (outline) Television (outline) Television studies Film (outline) Film studies Internet (outline)

Communication studies Advertising Animal communication Communication design Environmental communication Information theory Intercultural communication Marketing (outline) Mass communication Nonverbal communication Organizational communication Popular culture studies Propaganda Public relations (outline) Speech communication Technical writing Translation

Law

Legal management Corporate law Mercantile law Business law Administrative law Canon law Comparative law Constitutional law Competition law Criminal law Criminal procedure Criminal justice (outline) Police science Forensic science (outline) Islamic law Jewish law (outline) Jurisprudence (Philosophy of Law)

Civil law Admiralty law Animal law/Animal rights Common law Corporations Civil procedure Contract law Environmental law Family law Federal law International law Public international law Supranational law Labor law Paralegal studies Property law Tax law Tort law (outline) Procedural law Substantive law

Library and museum studies

Archival science Bibliometrics Citation analysis Conservation science

Informatics Information architecture Information science (outline) Museology Museum administration

Medicine

• Clinical laboratory sciences/Clinical pathology/Laboratory medicine
  • Clinical biochemistry
  • Cytogenetics
  • Cytohematology
  • Cytology (outline)
  • Haemostasiology
  • Histology
  • Clinical immunology
  • Clinical microbiology
  • Molecular genetics
  • Parasitology
• Clinical physiology
• Dentistry (outline)
  • Dental hygiene and epidemiology
  • Dental surgery
  • Endodontics
  • Orthodontics
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • Periodontics
  • Prosthodontics
  • Implantology
• Dermatology
• 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
  • Preventive medicine
  • Cardiology
    • Cardiac electrophysiology
  • Dermatology
  • Pulmonology
    • Medical toxicology
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
    • Hepatology
  • Oncology
  • Geriatrics
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematology
  • Infectious disease
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Obstetrics   (outline)
  • Ophthalmology
    • Neuro-ophthalmology
  • Orthopedic surgery
  • Otolaryngology
  • Pathology
  • Pediatrics
• Pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical sciences
• Physical fitness
  • Group Fitness / aerobics
  • Personal fitness training
  • Kinesiology / Exercise science / Human performance
• Physical therapy
• Podiatry
• Primary care
  • General practice
• Psychiatry (outline)
• Psychology (outline)
• Public health
• Radiology
• Recreation therapy
• Rehabilitation medicine
• Respiratory medicine
  • Pulmonology
  • Sleep medicine
• Respiratory therapy
• Rheumatology
• Sports medicine
• Surgery
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Neurosurgery
  • Plastic surgery
  • Trauma surgery
  • Traumatology
• Urology
  • Andrology
• Veterinary medicine

Military sciences

Amphibious warfare Artillery Battlespace Air Information Land Sea Space Campaigning Military engineering Doctrine Game theory Grand strategy Containment Limited war Military science (outline) Philosophy of war Strategic studies Total war Leadership Logistics Materiel Supply chain management Military history Prehistoric Ancient Medieval Early modern Industrial Modern Fourth-generation warfare Military intelligence Military law Military medicine Naval science Naval engineering Naval tactics Naval architecture Organization Command and control Doctrine Education and training Engineers Intelligence Ranks Staff Technology and equipment Military sports

Strategy Attrition Deception Defensive Offensive Counter-offensive Goal Naval Tactics Aerial Battle Cavalry Charge Cover Counter-attack Counter-insurgency Foxhole Guerrilla warfare Morale Naval tactics Siege Tactical objective Trench warfare Military weapons Armor Artillery Biological Cavalry Conventional Chemical Cyber Economic Electronic Infantry Nuclear Psychological Unconventional Other Military Asymmetric warfare Cold war (general term) Mercenary Military campaign Military operation Network-centric warfare Principles of war Proxy war Religious war Theater (warfare) War crimes

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
  • Policy analysis
• Public administration
  • Nonprofit administration
  • Non-governmental organization (NGO) administration
  • Public policy doctrine
  • Public policy school
  • Regulation

Public policy

• Agricultural policy
• Commercial policy
• Cultural policy
• Domestic policy
• Drug policy
  • Drug policy reform
• Economic policy
  • Fiscal policy
  • Incomes policy
  • Industrial policy
  • Investment policy
  • Monetary policy
  • Tax policy
• Education policy
• Energy policy
  • Nuclear energy policy
  • Renewable energy policy
• Environmental policy
• Food policy
• Foreign policy
• Health policy
  • Pharmaceutical policy
  • Vaccination policy
• Housing policy
• Immigration policy
• Knowledge policy
• Language policy
• Military policy
• Science policy
  • Climate change policy
  • Stem cell research policy
  • Space policy
  • Technology policy
• Social policy
• Public policy by country

Social work

• Child welfare
• Community practice
  • Community organizing
  • Social policy
• Human Services
• Corrections
• Gerontology
• Medical social work
• Mental health
• School social work

Transportation

• Highway safety
• Infographics
• Intermodal transportation studies
• Marine transportation
  • Port management
• Operations research
• Mass transit

See also

• Academia (outline)
• Academic genealogy
• Curriculum
• Interdisciplinarity
• Transdisciplinarity
• Classification of Instructional Programs
• Joint Academic Coding System
• List of fields of doctoral studies in the United States

Notes

References

• 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

• 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.

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