Outline of academic disciplines

An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part) and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or faculties within colleges and universities to which their practitioners belong. Academic disciplines are conventionally divided into the humanities (including philosophy, languages, art and cultural studies), the natural sciences (such as physics, chemistry, and biology); and the formal sciences like mathematics and computer science. The social sciences are sometimes considered a fourth category. It is also known as a field of study, field of inquiry, research field and branch of knowledge. The different terms are used in different countries and fields.

Individuals associated with academic disciplines are commonly referred to as experts or specialists. Others, who may have studied liberal arts or systems theory rather than concentrating in a specific academic discipline, are classified as generalists.

The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to academic disciplines. In each case, an entry at the highest level of the hierarchy (e.g., Humanities) is a group of broadly similar disciplines; an entry at the next highest level (e.g., Music) is a discipline having some degree of autonomy and being the fundamental identity felt by its scholars. Lower levels of the hierarchy are sub-disciplines that do generally not have any role in the title of the university's governance. The proper criteria for organizing knowledge into disciplines is open to debate.

Humanities

Performing arts

Music (outline)
- Accompanying
- Chamber music
- Church music
- Conducting
  - Choral conducting
  - Orchestral conducting
  - Wind ensemble conducting
- Early music
- Jazz studies (outline)
- Musical composition
- Music education
- Music genre
  - List of music genres and styles
- Musicology
- Music theory
- Orchestral studies
- Organology
  - Organ and historical keyboards
  - Piano
  - Strings, harp, oud, and guitar (outline)
  - Singing
  - Woodwinds, brass, and percussion
- Recording
Dance (outline)
Television (outline)
- Television studies
Theatre (outline)
Film (outline)
Oral literature
Electronic game

History

Also regarded as a Social science

Languages and literature

Linguistics listed in Social science

Philosophy

Also regarded as the separate, an entry at the highest level of the hierarchy

Religious studies

Also regarded as a social 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
Theology (outline)
- Dogmatic theology
- Ecclesiology
- Sacramental theology
- Systematic theology
- Christian ethics
- Hindu ethics
- Moral theology
- Historical theology

Religion

Social science

Anthropology

Archaeology (outline)

Archaeology

Economics

Futurology

(also known as future studies or prospective studies)

Main articles: Outline of futures studies and Futures studies

Geography

Psychology

Sociology

Interdisciplinary studies

Area studies

African studies
American studies
Asian studies
- Central Asian studies
- East Asian studies
- Iranian studies
- Japanology (Japanese studies)
- Korean studies
- Sinology (outline) (Chinese studies)
- Indology (South Asian studies)
  - Bengal studies
  - Dravidian studies (Dravidology)
    - Tamilology
  - Pakistan studies
  - Sindhology
- Southeast Asian studies
European studies
Australian studies
Pacific studies
Middle East studies
- Turkology (Turkish studies)
Russian and Eastern European studies

Ethnic and cultural studies

Cross-cultural studies

Organizational studies

Natural science

Physical Science

Space sciences

Astronomy

Physics

Chemistry

Earth science

Life science

Biology

Formal science

Computer science

Also a branch of electrical engineering

Mathematics

Pure mathematics

Applied mathematics

Applied science

Education

Engineering and technology

Chemical engineering

Civil engineering

Educational technology

Materials science

Systems science

Environmental studies and forestry

Family and consumer science

Consumer education
Housing
Interior design
Nutrition (outline)
- Foodservice management
Textiles

Human physical performance and recreation

Journalism, media studies and communication

Library and museum studies

Medicine and health

Military sciences

Public administration

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

Social work

Transportation

Notes

↑ Khaled Nabil, Al-Momani (25 August 2020). "Characteristics of Design as an Academic and Creative Discipline". Kne Social Sciences. Ural Federal University: 294–298. doi:10.18502/kss.v4i11.7560. S2CID 221710217.
↑ Bravo, Rafael Ángel (4 March 2016). "Vigencia de la Bauhaus en la formación académica de los diseñadores gráficos" [Currency of the Bauhaus in the academic training of graphic designers] (in Spanish). Francisco José de Caldas District University. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022.
↑ "Graphic Design". College of the Sequoias. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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 Archived 2010-12-12 at the Wayback Machine) 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.
Sandoz, R. (ed.), Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines, University of Geneva

[1] Khaled Nabil, Al-Momani (25 August 2020). "Characteristics of Design as an Academic and Creative Discipline". Kne Social Sciences. Ural Federal University: 294–298. doi:10.18502/kss.v4i11.7560. S2CID 221710217.

[2] Bravo, Rafael Ángel (4 March 2016). "Vigencia de la Bauhaus en la formación académica de los diseñadores gráficos" [Currency of the Bauhaus in the academic training of graphic designers] (in Spanish). Francisco José de Caldas District University. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022.

[3] "Graphic Design". College of the Sequoias. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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