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List of academic fields

List of academic fields

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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 they belong along with the academic journals in which they publish. However, no formal criteria exist for defining an academic discipline.

Main articles: Discipline (academia) and History of academic disciplines
Mind map of top level disciplines and professions

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 sciences

Main articles: Social science, Outline of social science, and Humanities

Anthropology

Main articles: Anthropology and Outline of anthropology

Archaeology

Main articles: Archaeology, Outline of archaeology, and Archaeological sub-disciplines

History

Main articles: History and Branches of history

East and Central African history

Linguistics and languages

Main articles: Linguistics and Outline of linguistics
See also: Language

Philosophy

Main articles: Philosophy and Outline of philosophy

Religion

Main articles: Religion, Religious studies, and Outline of religion
See also: List of religions and spiritual traditions

The arts

Main articles: The arts and Genre

Culinary arts

Main articles: Food, Culinary arts, Cuisine, and Outline of cuisines

Literature

Main articles: Literature and Outline of literature

Performing arts

Main articles: Performing arts and Outline of performing arts

Visual arts

Economics

Main articles: Economics and Outline of economics

Geography

Main articles: Geography and Outline of geography

Interdisciplinary studies

Main article: Interdisciplinarity

Area studies

Main article: Area studies

Ethnic and cultural studies

Organizational studies

Main article: Organization

Political science

Main articles: Politics, Political science, and Outline of political science

Psychology

Main articles: Psychology, Outline of psychology, and List of psychology disciplines

Sociology

Main articles: Sociology and Outline of sociology

Natural sciences

Main articles: Natural science and Outline of natural science

Biology

Main article: List of life sciences
See also: Biology and Outline of biology

Chemistry

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

Earth sciences

Main articles: Earth science and Outline of earth science
See also Branches of earth sciences

Physics

Main articles: Physics, Outline of physics, and Outline of physical science

Space sciences

Main article: Outline of space science

Formal sciences

Main articles: Formal science and Outline of formal science

Computer sciences

Main articles: Computer science and Outline of computer science
See also: ACM Computing Classification System

Also a branch of electrical engineering

Logic

Main articles: Logic and Outline of logic

Mathematics

Pure mathematics

Main articles: Mathematics, Outline of mathematics, Pure mathematics, and Mathematical sciences
See also Branches of mathematics and AMS Mathematics Subject Classification

Applied mathematics

Main article: Applied mathematics
Statistics
Main articles: Statistics and Outline of statistics

Systems science

Main article: Systems science

Professions and applied sciences

Main articles: Profession, Applied science, and Outline of applied science

Agriculture

Main articles: Agriculture, Outline of agriculture, and Agricultural science

Architecture and design

Main articles: Architecture, Outline of architecture, Design, Outline of design, and Applied arts

Business

Main articles: Business, Outline of business, and Business education

Divinity

Main article: Divinity (academic discipline)

Education

Main articles: Education and Outline of education

Engineering and technology

Main articles: Engineering, Outline of engineering, Engineering education, Technology, Outline of technology, and Technology education
See also: List of engineering branches

Environmental studies and forestry

Main articles: Environmental studies, Outline of environmental studies, and Forestry

Family and consumer science

Main article: Family and consumer science

Human physical performance and recreation

Main articles: Human reliability and human behavior

Journalism, media studies and communication

Main articles: Journalism, Media studies, Communication, Communication studies, and Outline of communication

Law

Main articles: Law and Outline of law

Library and museum studies

Main articles: Library science, Outline of library science, and Museology

Medicine and health

Main articles: Medicine, Healthcare science, Outline of health sciences, and Biomedical sciences
See also: Outline of medicine and Branches of medicine

Military sciences

Main articles: Military science and Outline of military science and technology

Public administration

Main article: Public administration

Public policy

Main article: Public policy

Social work

Main article: Social work

Transportation

Main articles: Transport and Modes of transport

See also

Main article: Branches of science

Notes

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

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