Outline of academic disciplines

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Research strategy

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Philosophical schools

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* Positivism
* Postpositivism
* Pragmatism
* Realism
* Critical realism
* Subtle realism

Methodology

* Action research
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* Critical theory
* Grounded theory
* Hermeneutics
* Historiography
* Human subject research
* Narrative inquiry
* Phenomenology
* Pragmatism
* Scientific method

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* Content analysis
* Descriptive statistics
* Discourse analysis
* Ethnography
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* Social experiment
* Quasi-experiment
* Field research
* Historical method
* Inferential statistics
* Interviews
* Mapping
* Cultural mapping
* Phenomenography
* Secondary research
* Bibliometrics
* Literature review
* Meta-analysis
* Scoping review
* Systematic review
* Scientific modelling
* Simulation
* Survey

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An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of study, 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.

Disciplines vary between well-established ones in almost all universities with well-defined rosters of journals and conferences and nascent ones supported by only a few universities and publications. A discipline may have branches, which are often called sub-disciplines.

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 tite of the university's governance.

## Humanities

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Main articles: Humanities and Outline of the humanities

### Performing arts

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Main article: Outline of 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 history
* Musicology
* Historical musicology
* Systematic musicology
* Ethnomusicology
* Music theory
* Orchestral studies
* Organology
* Organ and historical keyboards
* Piano
* Strings, harp, oud, and guitar (outline)
* Singing
* Woodwinds, brass, and percussion
* Recording
* Dance (outline)
* Choreography
* Dance notation
* Ethnochoreology
* History of dance
* Television (outline)
* Television studies
* Theatre (outline)
* Acting
* Directing
* Dramaturgy
* History of theatre
* Musical theatre
* Playwrighting
* Puppetry
* Scenography
* Stage design
* Ventriloquism
* Film (outline)
* Animation
* Film criticism
* Filmmaking
* Film theory
* Live action

### Visual arts

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Main article: Outline of the visual arts

* Applied arts
* Animation
* Textile arts
* Art director
* Calligraphy
* Culinary Arts
* Outline of cuisines
* Decorative arts
* Digital art
* Mixed media
* Printmaking
* Studio art
* Graphic design
* Architecture (Outline of architecture)
* Interior architecture
* Landscape architecture
* Landscape design
* Landscape planning
* Architectural analytics
* Historic preservation
* Interior design (interior architecture)
* Technical drawing
* Fashion
* Fine arts
* Graphic arts
* Drawing (outline)
* Painting (outline)
* Photography (outline)
* Sculpture (outline)

### History

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Main article: Outline of history

Also regarded as a Social science

* African history
* American history
* Ancient history
* Ancient Egypt
* Carthage
* Ancient Greek history (outline)
* Ancient Roman history (outline)
* Assyrian Civilization
* Bronze Age Civilizations
* Biblical history
* History of the Indus Valley Civilization
* Preclassic Maya
* History of Mesopotamia
* The Stone Age
* History of the Yangtze civilization
* History of the Yellow River civilization
* Art History
* Asian history
* Chinese history
* Indian history (outline)
* Indonesian history
* Iranian history
* Australian history
* Cultural history
* Ecclesiastical history of the Catholic Church
* Economic history
* Environmental history
* European history
* Intellectual history
* Jewish history
* Latin American history
* Modern history
* Philosophical history
* Ancient philosophy
* Contemporary philosophy
* Medieval philosophy
* Humanism (outline)
* Scholasticism
* Modern philosophy
* Political history
* History of political thought
* Pre-Columbian era history
* Prehistory
* Public history
* Russian history
* Scientific history
* Technological history
* World history

### Languages and literature

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Main article: Outline of literature

Linguistics listed in Social science

* English studies
* Comics studies
* Comparative literature
* Creative writing
* Poetry
* Prose
* Non-fiction
* Fiction (outline)
* English literature
* History of literature
* Ancient literature
* Medieval literature
* Post-colonial literature
* Post-modern literature
* Literary theory
* Critical theory (outline)
* Literary criticism
* Poetics
* World literature
* American literature
* African-American literature
* Southern literature
* British literature
* Canadian literature
* Indian English literature
* Irish literature
* New Zealand literature
* Scottish literature
* South African literature
* Welsh literature

### Law

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Main article: Outline of law

Also regarded as a Social science

Also listed in Applied science

* Administrative law
* Canon law
* Civil law
* Admiralty law
* Animal law/Animal rights
* Civil procedure
* Common law
* Contract law
* Corporations
* Environmental law
* Family law
* Federal law
* International law
* Public international law
* Supranational law
* Labor law
* Property law
* Tax law
* Tort law (outline)
* Comparative law
* Competition law
* Constitutional law
* Criminal law
* Criminal justice (outline)
* Criminal procedure
* Forensic science (outline)
* Police science
* Islamic law
* Jewish law (outline)
* Jurisprudence (Philosophy of Law)
* Legal management (academic discipline)
* Commercial law
* Corporate law
* Procedural law
* Substantive law

### Philosophy

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Main article: Outline of philosophy

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

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

### Religious studies

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Also regarded as a social science

* History of Religion
* Anthropology of Religion
* Sociology of Religion
* Psychology of Religion
* Phenomenology of Religion
* Philosophy of Religion

### Divinity

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Main article: Divinity (academic discipline)

* 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
* Vedic Study
* New Testament Greek
* Latin
* Old Church Slavonic
* Theology (outline)
* Dogmatic theology
* Ecclesiology
* Sacramental theology
* Systematic theology
* Christian ethics
* Hindu ethics
* Moral theology
* Historical theology

### Theology

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Main article: Outline of theology

* Biblical studies
* Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Aramaic
* Buddhist theology
* Pali Studies
* Christian theology
* Anglican theology
* Baptist theology
* Catholic theology
* Eastern Orthodox theology
* Protestant theology
* Hindu theology
* Sanskrit Studies
* Dravidian Studies
* Jewish theology
* Muslim theology
* Arabic Studies

## Social science

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Main articles: Social science and Outline of social science

### Anthropology

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Main article: Outline of anthropology

* Biological anthropology
* Linguistic anthropology
* Cultural anthropology
* Social anthropology
* Paleoanthropology

### Archaeology

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Main article: Outline of archaeology

* Biocultural anthropology
* Evolutionary anthropology
* Feminist archaeology
* Forensic anthropology
* Maritime archaeology

### Futurology (also known as future studies or prospective studies)

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Main articles: Outline of futures studies and Futures studies

* Cashless Society
* Climate

### Economics

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Main article: Outline of economics

* Agricultural economics
* Applied economics
* Behavioural economics
* Computational economics
* Development economics
* Econometrics
* Economic geography
* Economic sociology
* Economic systems
* Education economics
* Energy economics
* Environmental economics
* Experimental economics
* Family economics
* Financial economics
* Growth economics
* Information economics
* Institutional economics
* International economics
* Labor economics
* Health economics
* Law and economics
* Macroeconomics
* Managerial economics
* Mathematical economics
* Microeconomics
* Monetary economics
* Neuroeconomics
* Political economy
* Public economics
* Public choice
* Public finance
* Real estate economics
* Resource economics
* Social choice theory
* Transport economics
* Welfare economics

### Geography

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Main article: Outline of geography

* Physical geography (is also listed in Earth Science)
* Atmology
* Biogeography
* Climatology
* Coastal geography
* Emergency management
* Environmental geography
* Geobiology
* Geochemistry
* Geographic information systems
* Geology
* Geomatics
* Geomorphology
* Geophysics
* Glaciology
* Hydrology
* Landscape ecology
* Lithology
* Meteorology
* Mineralogy
* Oceanography
* Palaeogeography
* Palaeontology
* Petrology
* Quaternary science
* Soil geography
* Human geography
* Behavioural geography
* Cognitive geography
* Cultural geography
* Development geography
* Economic geography
* Health geography
* Historical geography
* Language geography
* Mathematical geography
* Marketing geography
* Military geography
* Political geography
* Population geography
* Religion geography
* Social geography
* Strategic geography
* Time geography
* Tourism geography
* Transport geography
* Urban geography
* Integrated geography
* Cartography
* Celestial cartography
* Planetary cartography
* Topography

### Linguistics

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Main article: Outline of linguistics

Also regarded as a formal science

* Applied linguistics
* Composition studies
* Computational linguistics
* Discourse analysis
* English studies
* Etymology
* Grammar
* Grammatology
* Historical linguistics
* History of linguistics
* Interlinguistics
* Lexicology
* Linguistic typology
* Morphology (linguistics)
* Natural language processing
* Philology
* Phonetics
* Phonology
* Pragmatics
* Psycholinguistics
* Rhetoric
* Semantics
* Semiotics (outline)
* Sociolinguistics
* Syntax
* Usage
* Word usage

### Political science

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Main articles: Politics and Outline of political science

* American politics
* Canadian politics
* Civics
* Health politics
* Biopolitics
* 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
* Public administration
* Public law
* Psephology
* Social choice theory
* Singapore politics

### Psychology

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Main articles: Outline of psychology and List of psychology disciplines

* Abnormal psychology
* Applied psychology
* Biological psychology
* Clinical neuropsychology
* Clinical psychology
* Cognitive psychology
* Community psychology
* Comparative psychology
* Conservation psychology
* Consumer psychology
* Counseling psychology
* Criminal psychology
* Cultural psychology
* Asian psychology
* Black psychology
* Developmental psychology
* Differential psychology
* Ecological psychology
* Educational psychology
* Environmental psychology
* Evolutionary psychology
* Experimental psychology
* Group psychology
* Family psychology
* Feminine psychology
* Forensic developmental psychology
* Forensic psychology
* Health psychology
* Humanistic psychology
* Indigenous psychology
* Legal psychology
* Mathematical psychology
* Media psychology
* Medical psychology
* Military psychology
* Moral psychology and Descriptive ethics
* Music psychology
* Neuropsychology
* Occupational health psychology
* Occupational psychology
* Organizational psychology (a.k.a., Industrial Psychology)
* Parapsychology (outline)
* Pediatric psychology
* Pedology (children study)
* Personality psychology
* Phenomenology
* Political psychology
* Positive psychology
* Psychoanalysis
* Psychobiology
* Psychology of religion
* Psychometrics
* Psychopathology
* Child psychopathology
* Psychophysics
* Quantitative psychology
* Rehabilitation psychology
* School psychology
* Social psychology
* Sport psychology
* Traffic psychology
* Transpersonal psychology

### Sociology

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Main article: Outline of sociology

* Analytical sociology
* Applied sociology
* Leisure studies
* Political sociology
* Public sociology
* Social engineering
* Architectural sociology
* Area studies
* African studies
* American studies
* Appalachian studies
* Canadian studies
* Latin American studies
* Asian studies
* Central Asian studies
* East Asian studies
* Filipinology
* Iranian studies
* Japanese studies
* Korean studies
* Sinology (outline)
* Indology (South Asian studies)
* Bengal studies
* Dravidian studies (Dravidology)
* Tamilology
* Pakistan studies
* Sindhology
* Southeast Asian studies
* Thai studies
* Australian studies
* European studies
* Celtic studies
* German studies
* Sociology in Poland
* Scandinavian studies
* Slavic studies
* Middle Eastern studies
* Arab studies
* Assyriology
* Egyptology
* Jewish studies
* Behavioral sociology
* Collective behavior
* Social movements
* Community informatics
* Social network analysis
* Comparative sociology
* Conflict theory
* Criminology/Criminal justice (outline)
* Critical management studies
* Critical sociology
* Cultural sociology
* Cultural studies/ethnic studies
* Africana studies
* Cross-cultural studies
* Culturology
* Deaf studies
* Ethnology
* Utopian studies
* Whiteness studies
* Demography/Population
* Digital sociology
* Dramaturgical sociology
* Economic sociology
* Educational sociology
* Empirical sociology
* Environmental sociology
* Evolutionary sociology
* Feminist sociology
* Figurational sociology
* Futures studies (outline)
* Gender studies
* Men's studies
* Women's studies
* Queer studies
* Historical sociology
* Human ecology
* Humanistic sociology
* Industrial sociology
* Interactionism
* Interpretive sociology
* Ethnomethodology
* Phenomenology
* Social constructionism
* Symbolic interactionism
* Jealousy sociology
* Macrosociology
* Marxist sociology
* Mathematical sociology
* Medical sociology
* Mesosociology
* Microsociology
* Military sociology
* Natural resource sociology
* Organizational theory
* Organizational studies
* Phenomenological sociology
* Policy sociology
* Postcolonialism
* Psychoanalytic sociology
* Science studies/Science and technology studies
* Sexology
* Heterosexism
* Human sexual behavior
* Human sexuality (outline)
* Queer studies/Queer theory
* Sex education
* Social capital
* Social change
* Social conflict theory
* Social control
* Pure sociology
* Social economy
* Social philosophy
* Social policy
* Social psychology
* Social stratification
* Social theory
* Social transformation
* Computational sociology
* Economic sociology/Socioeconomics
* Economic development
* Social development
* Sociobiology
* Sociocybernetics
* Sociolinguistics
* 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 development
* Sociology of deviance
* Sociology of disaster
* Sociology of education
* Sociology of emotions
* Sociology of fatherhood
* 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
* Sociomusicology
* Structural sociology
* Theoretical sociology
* Urban studies or Urban sociology/Rural sociology
* Victimology
* Visual sociology

## Natural science

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

### Biology

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Main article: Outline of biology

See also: List of life sciences

* 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
* Endocrinology
* Epigenetics
* Ethnobiology
* Anthrozoology
* Evolutionary biology
* Genetics (outline)
* Behavioural genetics
* Molecular genetics
* Population genetics
* Histology
* Human biology
* Immunology (outline)
* Limnology
* Linnaean taxonomy
* Marine biology
* Mathematical biology
* Microbiology
* Bacteriology
* Protistology
* 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
* Arthropodology
* Batrachology
* Bryozoology
* Carcinology
* Cetology
* Cnidariology
* Entomology
* Forensic entomology
* Ethnozoology
* Ethology
* Helminthology
* Herpetology
* Ichthyology (outline)
* Invertebrate zoology
* Mammalogy
* Cynology
* Felinology
* Malacology
* Conchology
* Limacology
* Teuthology
* Myriapodology
* Myrmecology (outline)
* Nematology
* Neuroethology
* Oology
* Ornithology (outline)
* Planktology
* Primatology
* Zootomy
* Zoosemiotics

### Chemistry

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Main article: Outline of chemistry

See also: Pure chemistry

* Agrochemistry
* Analytical chemistry
* Astrochemistry
* Atmospheric chemistry
* Biochemistry (outline)
* Chemical biology
* Chemical engineering (outline)
* 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

### Earth science

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Main article: Outline of earth science

See also: Branches of earth sciences

* Chronology
* Edaphology
* Environmental chemistry
* Environmental science
* Gemology
* Geochemistry
* Geodesy
* Physical geography (outline)
* Atmospheric science / Meteorology (outline)
* Biogeography / Phytogeography
* Climatology / Paleoclimatology / Palaeogeography
* Coastal geography / Oceanography
* Edaphology / Pedology or Soil science
* Geobiology
* Geology (outline) (Geomorphology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Sedimentology, Speleology, Tectonics, Volcanology)
* Geostatistics
* Glaciology
* Hydrology (outline)/ Limnology / Hydrogeology
* Landscape ecology
* Quaternary science
* Geophysics (outline)
* Paleontology
* Paleobiology
* Paleoecology

### Astronomy

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Main article: Outline of astronomy

* Astrobiology
* Observational astronomy
* Gamma ray astronomy
* Infrared astronomy
* Microwave astronomy
* Optical astronomy
* Radio astronomy
* UV astronomy
* X-ray astronomy
* Astrophysics
* Gravitational astronomy
* Black holes
* Cosmology
* Physical cosmology
* Interstellar medium
* Numerical simulations
* Astrophysical plasma
* Galaxy formation and evolution
* High-energy astrophysics
* Hydrodynamics
* Magnetohydrodynamics
* Star formation
* Stellar astrophysics
* Helioseismology
* Stellar evolution
* Stellar nucleosynthesis
* Planetary science

### Physics

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Main article: Outline of physics

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

## Formal science

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Main articles: Formal science and Outline of formal science

### Computer science

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Main articles: Computer science and Outline of computer science

See also: ACM Computing Classification System

Also a branch of electrical engineering

* Logic in computer science
* Formal methods (Formal verification)
* Logic programming
* Multi-valued logic
* Fuzzy logic
* Programming language semantics
* Type theory
* Algorithms
* Computational geometry
* Distributed algorithms
* Parallel algorithms
* Randomized algorithms
* Artificial intelligence (outline)
* Cognitive science
* Automated reasoning
* Computer vision (outline)
* Machine learning
* Artificial neural networks
* Natural language processing (Computational linguistics)
* Expert systems
* Robotics (outline)
* Data science
* Data structures
* Computer architecture
* Computer graphics
* Image processing
* Scientific visualization
* Computer communications (networks)
* Cloud computing
* Information theory
* Internet, World Wide Web
* Ubiquitous computing
* Wireless computing (Mobile computing)
* Computer security and reliability
* Cryptography
* Fault-tolerant computing
* Computing in mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, and medicine
* Algebraic (symbolic) computation
* Computational biology (bioinformatics)
* Computational chemistry
* Computational mathematics
* Computational neuroscience
* Computational number theory
* Computational physics
* Computer-aided engineering
* Computational fluid dynamics
* Finite element analysis
* Numerical analysis
* Scientific computing (Computational science)
* Computing in social sciences, arts, humanities, and professions
* Community informatics
* Computational economics
* Computational finance
* Computational sociology
* Digital humanities (Humanities computing)
* History of computer hardware
* History of computer science (outline)
* Humanistic informatics
* Databases (outline)
* Distributed databases
* Object databases
* Relational databases
* Data management
* Data mining
* Information architecture
* Information management
* Information retrieval
* Knowledge management
* Multimedia, hypermedia
* Sound and music computing
* Distributed computing
* Grid computing
* Human-computer interaction
* Operating systems
* Parallel computing
* High-performance computing
* Programming languages
* Compilers
* Programming paradigms
* Concurrent programming
* Functional programming
* Imperative programming
* Logic programming
* Object-oriented programming
* Program semantics
* Type theory
* Quantum computing
* Software engineering
* Formal methods (Formal verification)
* Theory of computation
* Automata theory (Formal languages)
* Computability theory
* Computational complexity theory
* Concurrency theory
* VLSI design

### Mathematics

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Main articles: Mathematics, Outline of mathematics, and Mathematics Subject Classification

#### Pure mathematics

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* Mathematical logic and Foundations of mathematics
* Intuitionistic logic
* Modal logic
* Model theory
* Proof theory
* Recursion theory
* Set theory
* Arithmetic
* Algebra (outline)
* Associative algebra
* Category theory
* Topos theory
* Differential algebra
* Field theory
* Group theory
* Group representation
* Homological algebra
* K-theory
* Lattice theory (Order theory)
* Lie algebra
* Linear algebra (Vector space)
* Multilinear algebra
* Non-associative algebra
* Representation theory
* Ring theory
* Commutative algebra
* Noncommutative algebra
* Universal algebra
* Analysis
* Complex analysis
* Functional analysis
* Operator theory
* Harmonic analysis
* Fourier analysis
* Non-standard analysis
* Ordinary differential equations
* p-adic analysis
* Partial differential equations
* Real analysis
* Calculus (outline)
* Probability theory
* Ergodic theory
* Measure theory
* Integral geometry
* Stochastic process
* Geometry (outline) and Topology
* Affine geometry
* Algebraic geometry
* Algebraic topology
* Convex geometry
* Differential topology
* Discrete geometry
* Finite geometry
* Galois geometry
* General topology
* Geometric topology
* Integral geometry
* Noncommutative geometry
* Non-Euclidean geometry
* Projective geometry
* Number theory
* Algebraic number theory
* Analytic number theory
* Arithmetic combinatorics
* Geometric number theory

#### Applied mathematics

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* Approximation theory
* Combinatorics (outline)
* Coding theory
* Cryptography
* Dynamical systems
* Chaos theory
* Fractal geometry
* Game theory
* Graph theory
* Information theory
* Mathematical physics
* Quantum field theory
* Quantum gravity
* String theory
* Quantum mechanics
* Statistical mechanics
* Numerical analysis
* Operations research
* Assignment problem
* Decision analysis
* Dynamic programming
* Inventory theory
* Linear programming
* Mathematical optimization
* Optimal maintenance
* Real options analysis
* Scheduling
* Stochastic processes
* Systems analysis
* Statistics (outline)
* Actuarial science
* Demography
* Econometrics
* Mathematical statistics
* Data visualization
* Theory of computation
* Computational complexity theory
* Mathematical Games and Puzzles
* Mathematical Game
* Mathematical Puzzles

## Applied science

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Main articles: Applied science and Outline of applied science

### Agriculture

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

* Aeroponics
* Agroecology
* Agrology
* Agronomy
* Animal husbandry (Animal science)
* Beekeeping (Apiculture)
* Anthroponics
* Agricultural economics
* Agricultural engineering
* Biological systems engineering
* Food engineering
* Aquaculture
* Aquaponics
* Enology
* Entomology
* Fogponics
* Food science
* Culinary arts
* Forestry
* Horticulture
* Hydrology (outline)
* Hydroponics
* Pedology
* Plant science (outline)
* Pomology
* Pest control
* Purification
* Viticulture

### Architecture and design

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

* 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)
* Toy and amusement design
* User experience design
* Interaction design
* Information architecture
* User interface design
* User experience evaluation
* Decorative arts
* Fashion design
* Textile design
* Food design

### Business

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

* Accounting
* Accounting research
* Accounting scholarship
* Business administration
* Business analysis
* Business ethics
* Business law
* Business management
* 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

### Education

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Main articles: Education and Outline of 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
* Outdoor 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

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Main articles: Engineering and Outline of engineering

See also: List of engineering branches

See also: Technology and Outline of technology

#### Chemical engineering

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* 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

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* 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

#### Educational technology

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* Instructional design
* Distance education
* Instructional simulation
* Human performance technology
* Knowledge management

#### Electrical engineering

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* Applied physics
* Computer engineering (outline)
* Computer science
* Control systems engineering
* Control theory
* Electronic engineering
* Instrumentation engineering
* Engineering physics
* Photonics
* Information theory
* Mechatronics
* Power engineering
* Quantum computing
* Robotics (outline)
* Semiconductors
* Telecommunications engineering

#### Materials science

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* Biomaterials
* Ceramic engineering
* Crystallography
* Nanomaterials
* Photonics
* Physical Metallurgy
* Polymer engineering
* Polymer science
* Semiconductors

#### Mechanical engineering

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* Aerospace engineering
* Aeronautics
* Astronautics
* Acoustical engineering
* Automotive engineering
* Biomedical engineering
* Biomechanical engineering
* Neural engineering
* Continuum mechanics
* Fluid mechanics
* Heat transfer
* Industrial engineering
* Manufacturing engineering
* Marine engineering
* Mass transfer
* Mechatronics
* Nanoengineering
* Ocean engineering
* Optical engineering
* Robotics
* Thermodynamics

#### Systems science

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* Chaos theory
* Complex systems
* Conceptual systems
* Control theory
* Affect control theory
* Control engineering
* Control systems
* Dynamical systems
* Perceptual control theory
* Cybernetics
* Biocybernetics
* Engineering cybernetics
* Management cybernetics
* Medical cybernetics
* New Cybernetics
* Second-order cybernetics
* Sociocybernetics
* Network science
* 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 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
* Mathematical system theory
* Sociotechnical systems theory
* World-systems theory
* Systems theory in anthropology

### Environmental studies and forestry

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

* Environmental management
* Coastal management
* Fisheries management
* Land management
* Natural resource management
* Waste management
* Wildlife management
* Environmental policy
* Wildlife observation
* Recreation ecology
* Silviculture
* Sustainability studies
* Sustainable development
* Toxicology
* Ecology

### Family and consumer science

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Main article: Family and consumer science

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

### Human physical performance and recreation

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Main articles: Human reliability and human behavior

* Biomechanics / Sports biomechanics
* Sports coaching
* Escapology
* Ergonomics
* Physical fitness
* Aerobics
* Personal trainer / Personal fitness training
* Game design
* Exercise physiology
* Kinesiology / Exercise physiology / Performance science
* Leisure studies
* Navigation
* Outdoor activity
* Physical activity
* Physical education / Pedagogy
* Sociology of sport
* Sexology
* Sports / exercise
* Sports journalism / sportscasting
* Sport management
* Athletic director
* Sport psychology
* Sports medicine
* Athletic training
* Survival skills
* Batoning
* Bushcraft
* Scoutcraft
* Woodcraft
* Toy and amusement design

### Journalism, media studies and communication

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Main articles: Journalism, Media studies, Communication, Communication studies, and Outline of 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
* Game studies
* Fan studies
* Narratology
* Internet (outline)
* Communication studies
* Advertising
* Animal communication
* Communication design
* Conspiracy theory
* Digital media
* Electronic media
* Environmental communication
* Hoax
* 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

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Main articles: Law and Outline of law

Also regarded as a social science

Also listed in Humanities

* Legal management (academic discipline)
* 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)
* Law enforcement (outline)
* Procedural law
* Substantive law

### Library and museum studies

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

See also: Outline of management

* Archival science
* Archivist
* Bibliographic databases
* Bibliometrics
* Bookmobile
* Cataloging
* Citation analysis
* Categorization
* Classification
* Library classification
* Taxonomic classification
* Scientific classification
* Statistical classification
* Security classification
* Film classification
* Collections care
* Collection management
* Collection Management Policy
* Conservation science
* Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
* Curator
* Data storage
* Database management
* Data modeling
* Digital preservation
* Dissemination
* Film preservation
* Five laws of library science
* Historic preservation
* History of library science
* Human-computer interaction
* Indexer
* Informatics
* Information architecture
* Information broker
* Information literacy
* Information retrieval
* Information science (outline)
* Information systems and technology
* Integrated library system
* Interlibrary loan
* Knowledge engineering
* Knowledge management
* Library
* Library binding
* Library circulation
* Library instruction
* Library portal
* Library technical services
* Management
* Mass deacidification
* Museology
* Museum education
* Museum administration
* Object conservation
* Preservation
* Prospect research
* Readers' advisory
* Records management
* Reference
* Reference desk
* Reference management software
* Registrar
* Research methods
* Slow fire
* Special library
* Statistics

### Medicine and health

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Main articles: Medicine, Healthcare science, Outline of health sciences, and Biomedical sciences

See also: Outline of medicine and Branches of medicine

* Alternative medicine
* Audiology
* 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
* Implantology
* Oral and maxillofacial surgery
* Orthodontics
* Periodontics
* Prosthodontics
* Dermatology
* Emergency medicine (outline)
* Epidemiology
* Geriatrics
* Gynaecology
* Health informatics/Clinical informatics
* Hematology
* Holistic medicine
* Infectious disease
* Intensive care medicine
* Internal medicine
* Cardiology
* Cardiac electrophysiology
* Endocrinology
* Gastroenterology
* Hepatology
* Nephrology
* Neurology
* Oncology
* Pulmonology
* Rheumatology
* Medical toxicology
* Music therapy
* Nursing
* Nutrition (outline) and dietetics
* Obstetrics (outline)
* Occupational hygiene
* Occupational therapy
* Occupational toxicology
* Ophthalmology
* Neuro-ophthalmology
* Optometry
* Otolaryngology
* Pathology
* Pediatrics
* Pharmaceutical sciences
* Pharmaceutical chemistry
* Pharmaceutical toxicology
* Pharmaceutics
* Pharmacocybernetics
* Pharmacodynamics
* Pharmacogenomics
* Pharmacognosy
* Pharmacokinetics
* Pharmacology
* Pharmacy
* Physical fitness
* Group Fitness / aerobics
* Kinesiology / Exercise science / Human performance
* Personal fitness training
* Physical therapy
* Physiotherapy
* Podiatry
* Preventive medicine
* Primary care
* General practice
* Psychiatry (outline)
* Forensic psychiatry
* Psychology (outline)
* Public health
* Radiology
* Recreational therapy
* Rehabilitation medicine
* Respiratory therapy
* Sleep medicine
* Speech–language pathology
* Sports medicine
* Surgery
* Bariatric surgery
* Cardiothoracic surgery
* Neurosurgery
* Orthoptics
* Orthopedic surgery
* Plastic surgery
* Trauma surgery
* Traumatology
* Traditional medicine
* Urology
* Andrology
* Veterinary medicine

### Military sciences

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

* Amphibious warfare
* Artillery
* Battlespace
* Air
* Information
* Land
* Sea
* Space
* Campaigning
* Military engineering
* Doctrine
* Espionage
* Game theory
* Grand strategy
* Containment
* Limited war
* Military science (outline)
* Philosophy of war
* Strategic studies
* Chess
* Total war
* War (outline)
* Leadership
* Logistics
* Materiel
* Supply chain management
* Military operation
* 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 exercises
* Military simulation
* Military sports
* Strategy
* Attrition
* Deception
* Defensive
* Offensive
* Counter-offensive
* Maneuver
* Goal
* Naval
* Tactics
* Aerial
* Battle
* Cavalry
* Charge
* Counter-attack
* Counter-insurgency
* Counter-intelligence
* Counter-terrorism
* Foxhole
* Endemic warfare
* Guerrilla warfare
* Infiltration
* Irregular warfare
* Morale
* Naval tactics
* Siege
* Surgical strike
* Tactical objective
* Trench warfare
* Military weapons
* Armor
* Artillery
* Biological
* Cavalry
* Conventional
* Chemical
* Cyber
* Economic
* Electronic
* Infantry
* Nuclear
* Psychological
* Unconventional
* Other Military
* Arms control
* Arms race
* Assassination
* Asymmetric warfare
* Civil defense
* Clandestine operation
* Collateral damage
* Cold war (general term)
* Combat
* Covert operation
* Cyberwarfare
* Defense industry
* Disarmament
* Intelligence agency
* Laws of war
* Mercenary
* Military campaign
* Military operation
* Mock combat
* Network-centric warfare
* Paramilitary
* Principles of war
* Private defense agency
* Private military company
* Proxy war
* Religious war
* Security
* Special forces
* Special operations
* Theater (warfare)
* Theft
* Undercover
* War crimes
* Warrior

### Public administration

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Main article: 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

### Public policy

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Main article: 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
* Governance
* 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
* Security policy
* Social policy
* Public policy by country

### Social work

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Main article: Social work

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

### Transportation

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Main articles: Transport and Modes of transport

* Highway safety
* Infographics
* Intermodal transportation studies
* Logistics
* Marine transportation
* Port management
* Seafaring
* Operations research
* Mass transit
* Travel
* Vehicles

## See also

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Main article: Branches of science

* Academia (outline)
* Branches of science (outline)
* Classification of Instructional Programs
* Joint Academic Coding System
* List of fields of doctoral studies in the United States
* List of academic fields

## Further reading

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* 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. Johns Hopkins University Press. 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

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* 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

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