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List of academic fields

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

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.

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

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

Divinity

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Main article: Divinity (academic discipline)

Anthropology

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Main articles: Anthropology and Outline of anthropology

Archaeology

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

History

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Main articles: History and Branches of history

East and Central African history

Linguistics and languages

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

Philosophy

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Main articles: Philosophy and Outline of philosophy

Religion

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

The arts

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Main articles: The arts and Genre

Culinary arts

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

Literature

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Main articles: Literature and Outline of literature

Performing arts

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Main articles: Performing arts and Outline of performing arts

Visual arts

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Economics

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Main articles: Economics and Outline of economics

Geography

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Main articles: Geography and Outline of geography

Interdisciplinary studies

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Main article: Interdisciplinarity

Area studies

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Main article: Area studies

Ethnic and cultural studies

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Organizational studies

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Main article: Organization

Political science

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

Psychology

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

Sociology

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Main articles: Sociology and Outline of sociology

Natural sciences

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Main articles: Natural science and Outline of empirical science

Biology

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

Chemistry

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

Earth sciences

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

Physics

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

Space sciences

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Main article: Outline of space science

Formal sciences

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Main articles: Formal science and Outline of formal science

Computer sciences

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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

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Main articles: Logic and Outline of logic

Mathematics

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Pure mathematics

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

Applied mathematics

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

Systems science

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Main article: Systems science

Professions and applied sciences

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

Agriculture

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

Architecture and design

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

Business

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

Education

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Main articles: Education and Outline of education

Engineering and technology

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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

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

Family and consumer science

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Main article: Family and consumer science

Human physical performance and recreation

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Main articles: Human reliability and human behavior

Journalism, media studies and communication

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

Law

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Main articles: Law and Outline of law

Library and museum studies

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

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

Military sciences

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

Public administration

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Main article: Public administration

Public policy

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Main article: Public policy

Social work

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Main article: Social work

Transportation

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Main articles: Transport and Modes of transport

See also

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Main article: Branches of science

Notes

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  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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