Outline of academic disciplines

An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research.

Collage of images representing different academic disciplines

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.

The following outline is provided as 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 basic identity felt by its scholars; and lower levels of the hierarchy are sub-disciplines not normally having any role in the structure of the university's governance.

Humanities
Main article: Humanities

Arts

Performing arts
Main article: Outline of performing arts

Visual arts
Main article: Outline of the visual arts

History
Main article: Outline of history

Languages and literature
Main article: Outline of literature

Law
Main article: Outline of law

Philosophy
Main article: Outline of philosophy

Theology
Main article: Outline of theology

Social Sciences
Main articles: Social science and Outline of social science

Anthropology

Archaeology

Economics
Main article: Outline of economics

Human geography

Political science
Main articles: Politics and Outline of political science

Psychology
Main articles: Outline of psychology and List of psychology disciplines
See also: Branches of psychology, Cognitive science, Affective science, and Behavioural sciences

Sociology
Main article: Outline of sociology

Social Work

Natural Sciences
Main articles: Science, Natural science, and Outline of natural science

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

Chemistry
Main article: Outline of chemistry

Earth science
See also: Branches of earth sciences

Space sciences
Main article: Outline of space science

Physics
Main articles: Physics and Outline of physics

Formal Sciences
Main articles: Formal science and Outline of formal science

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

Also a branch of electrical engineering

Mathematics
Main articles: Mathematics and Outline of mathematics
See also: Branches of mathematics and Mathematics Subject Classification

Pure mathematics

Applied mathematics

Statistics
Main articles: Statistics and Outline of statistics

Applied Sciences
Main articles: Applied science and Outline of applied science

Business

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

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Educational Technology

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems science

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

See also
Main article: Branches of science

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.
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