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Specialty Definition: List of academic disciplines

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

An academic discipline is a branch of knowledge that is formally taught, either at the university, or via some other such method. Each division usually has several sub-divisions and distinguishing lines are often both arbitrary and ambiguous. Functionally, disciplines are usually defined and recognised by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies to which their practitioners belong.

List of academic disciplines

• Anthropology
  • Biological anthropology
  • Cultural anthropology
  • Historical anthropology
• Archaeology
• Architecture
  • City planning
• Art
  • Art history
  • Studio art
• Astronomy
  • Amateur astronomy
  • Astrology
  • Astrophysics
  • Cosmogony
  • Photometry
  • Spectroscopy
    • Stellar spectroscopy
• Biology
  • Botany
  • Limnology
  • Marine biology
  • Molecular biology
  • Paleontology
  • Zoology
    • Cryptozoology
    • Entomology
    • Herpetology
    • Ichthyology
    • Oology
    • Ornithology
    • Primatology
• Business
  • Information systems
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Manufacturing
  • Business ethics
  • Human resource management
• Chemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Inorganic chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Biochemistry
• Computer science
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Information systems
  • Software engineering
  • Robotics
• Communication
• Cultural studies
  • Islamic studies
  • Native American studies
  • etc.
• Dance
  • Choreography
  • Dance analysis
  • Dance history
  • Dance notation
  • Performance, Somatic Practice
• Economics
  • Game theory
  • microeconomics
  • macroeconomics
• Engineering
  • Aerospace engineering
  • Chemical engineering
  • Civil engineering
  • Computer engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronic engineering
  • Environmental engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Naval engineering
• English (also see Literature)
  • English Literature
• Ergonomics
• Ethnology
• Forestry
• Gender studies
• Geography
• History
  • Ancient history
  • Classics
  • Contemporary history
  • European history
  • History of art
  • History of science and technology
  • Military history
  • Mythology
• Journalism
• Law
  • Criminal justice
  • Police science
  • Forensics
• Library and information science
• Literature (see Literary criticism)
  • English studies, English literature
  • Comparative literature
  • German literature
  • French literature
  • Spanish literature
  • other foreign-language literatures
• Linguistics
  • Poetry
  • Semantics
• Mathematics
  • Algebra
  • Analysis
  • Calculus
  • Game theory
  • Geometry
  • Number theory
  • Numerology
  • Probability theory
  • Statistics
  • Topology
• Medicine
  • Forensics
  • Health science
  • Neurosurgery
  • Nursing
  • Pediatrics
• Military science
  • Air force studies
  • Naval science
• Music
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Music theory
• Philosophy
• Physics
  • Astrophysics
  • Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
  • Computational physics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Cryogenics
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Optics
  • Nuclear physics
  • Plasma physics
  • Particle physics
  • Vehicle dynamics
• Planetary science
  • Earth science
  • Environmental science
  • Geodesy
  • Geology
  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics
  • Glaciology
  • Meteorology
  • Physical geography
  • Geomorphology
  • Pedology
  • Oceanography
  • Mineralogy
  • Paleontology
  • Sedimentology
• Political science
• Psychology
  • Psychiatry
    • Anti-psychiatry
  • Parapsychology
• Queer studies
• Religious studies
  • Astrology
  • Comparative religion
  • Mythology
  • Theology
• Semiotics
• Sociology
  • Industrial sociology
  • Rural sociology
  • Science and technology studies
  • Social theory

See also: list of science topics

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of academic disciplines."

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