Outline of academic disciplines

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to 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.

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 pages: Social:Humanities and Biology:Outline of the humanities

Performing arts

Main page: Social:Outline of performing arts



Visual arts

Main page: Social:Outline of the visual arts



History

Main page: History:Outline of history

Also regarded as a Social science



Languages and literature

Main page: Social:Outline of literature

Linguistics listed in Social science



Law

Main page: Biology:Outline of law

Also regarded as a Social science

Also listed in Applied science



Philosophy

Main page: Philosophy:Outline of philosophy

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



Religious Studies

Also regarded as a Social science


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


Divinity

Main page: Religion:Divinity (academic discipline)


Theology

Main page: Biology:Outline of theology



Social science

Main pages: Social:Social science and Biology:Outline of social science

Anthropology

Main page: Biology:Outline of anthropology

Archaeology

Main page: History:Outline of archaeology

Economics

Main page: Biology:Outline of economics



Geography

Main page: Earth:Outline of geography


Linguistics

Main page: Biology:Outline of linguistics

Also regarded as a formal science



Political science


Psychology

Main pages: Biology:Outline of psychology and Social:List of psychology disciplines



Sociology

Main page: Biology:Outline of sociology



Natural science

Biology


Chemistry

Main page: Biology:Outline of chemistry



Earth science

Astronomy

Main page: Astronomy:Outline of astronomy

Physics

Main page: Physics:Outline of physics



Formal science

Main pages: Formal science and Outline of formal science

Computer science

Main pages: Computer science and Outline of computer science

Also a branch of electrical engineering



Mathematics

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

Pure mathematics



Applied mathematics



Applied science

Main pages: Applied science and Outline of applied science

Agriculture

Main pages: Earth:Agriculture, Biology:Outline of agriculture, and Earth:Agricultural science


Architecture and design


Business


Education


Engineering and technology

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

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Educational Technology

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems science


Environmental studies and forestry


Family and consumer science


Human physical performance and recreation


Journalism, media studies and communication


Law

Main pages: Philosophy:Law and Biology:Outline of law

Also regarded as a Social science

Also listed in Humanities



Library and museum studies


Medicine and health


Military sciences


Public administration


Public policy

Main page: Social:Public policy


Social work

Main page: Social:Social work


Transportation

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



See also

Main page: Branches of science

References

  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. 
  2. Bravo, Rafael Ángel (4 March 2016). "Vigencia de la Bauhaus en la formación académica de los diseñadores gráficos" (in es). Francisco José de Caldas District University. https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/c14/article/view/10133. 
  3. "Graphic Design". College of the Sequoias. https://catalog.cos.edu/areas-study/graphic-design/. 

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