LIST OF ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES

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An academic discipline, or field of study, is a branch of knowledge which is taught or researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined and recognised by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or faculties to which their practitioners belong.
Fields of study usually have several sub-disciplines or branches, and the distinguishing lines between these are often both arbitrary and ambiguous.
In medieval Europe, there were only four faculties in a university: Theology, Medicine, Jurisprudence and Arts, with the last one having a somewhat lower status. Current-day university disciplines have their roots in the mid- to late-19th century secularization of universities, when the traditional curriculum was supplemented by non-classical languages and literatures, and by science and technology disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering.
In the early 20th century, new disciplines such as education, sociology, and psychology were added. In the 1970s and 1980s, there was an explosion of new disciplines focusing on specific themes, such as media studies, women's studies, and Black studies. Many disciplines designed as preparation for careers and professions, such as nursing, hospitality management, corrections, also emerged in the universities. Finally, the visibility of such interdisciplinary scientific fields as biochemistry and geophysics increased, as their contribution to knowledge became widely recognized.
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★ " denotes a field whose academic status is debated. Note that the area into which some fields should be classified is debated, such as whether anthropology and linguistics are social sciences disciplines or humanities disciplines. Note that some people, particularly critical theorists are critical of the division of disciplines, and virtually every division of disciplines, as well as the structure of the concept of disciplines in general, is disputed by some.
==Natural sciences

Mathematics and Computer sciences

=Anthropology===

★ Biological anthropology

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★ Forensic anthropology

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★ Gene-culture coevolution

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★ Human behavioral ecology

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★ Human evolution

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★ Paleoanthropology

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★ Population genetics

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★ Primatology

★ Anthropological linguistics

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★ Synchronic linguistics (or Descriptive linguistics)

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★ Diachronic linguistics (or Historical linguistics)

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★ Educational

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★ Ethnolinguistics

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★ Sociolinguistics

★ Cultural anthropology

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★ Anthropology of religion

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★ Anthropology of technology

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★ Economic anthropology

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★ Ethnography

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★ Ethnohistory

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★ Ethnology

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★ Ethnomusicology

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★ Folklore

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★ Mythology

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★ Political anthropology

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★ Psychological anthropology

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★ Urban anthropology

★ Historical anthropology

★ Medical anthropology
see also Branches of Anthropology
===Archaeology===

★ Classical archaeology

★ Egyptology

★ Experimental archaeology

★ Maritime archaeology

★ Near Eastern archaeology

★ Paleoanthropology

★ Prehistoric archaeology
see also Branches of Archaeology''
===Area studies===

★ American studies

★ Appalachian studies

★ African studies

★ Asian studies

★ Canadian studies

★ Celtic studies

★ Chinese studies or Sinology

★ Eastern European studies

★ European studies

★ German studies

★ Indian Studies or Indology

★ Iranian Studies

★ Japanese studies

★ Latin American studies

★ Russian studies

★ Scandinavian studies

★ Slavic studies
see also Branches of Area Studies
===Economics===

★ Agricultural Economics

★ Behavioural economics

★ Bioeconomics

★ Computational economics

★ Consumer Economics

★ Development economics

★ Econometrics

★ Economic geography

★ Economic history

★ Economic sociology

★ Energy economics

★ Entrepreneurial Economics

★ Environmental economics

★ Evolutionary economics

★ Experimental economics

★ Feminist economics

★ Financial economics

★ Game theory

★ Green economics

★ Human development theory

★ Industrial organization

★ Institutional economics

★ International economics

★ Islamic economics

★ Labor economics

★ Law and Economics

★ Macroeconomics

★ Managerial economics

★ Mathematical economics

★ Microeconomics

★ Monetary economics

★ Neuroeconomics

★ Political economy

★ Public finance

★ Public economics

★ Platform economics

★ Real estate economics

★ Resource economics

★ Socialist economics

★ Socioeconomics

★ Transport economics

★ Welfare economics
see also Branches of Economics
===Ethnic studies===

★ Asian American Studies

★ Black Studies or African American Studies

★ Chicano Studies

★ Latino/a Studies

★ Native American Studies
===Gender and Sexuality studies===

★ Sexuality studies

★ Queer studies

★ Queer theory

★ Gay and lesbian studies

★ Intersection theory

★ Gender studies

★ Women's studies

★ Men's studies

★ Gender theory

★ Critical theory
===Geography===

★ Cartography

★ Human geography
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★ Cultural geography
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★ Feminist geography
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★ Economic geography
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★ Development geography
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★ Historical geography
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★ Time geography
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★ Political geography & geopolitics
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★ Military geography
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★ Strategic geography
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★ Population geography
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★ Social geography
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★ Behavioral geography
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★ Children's geographies
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★ Health geography
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★ Tourism geography
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★ Urban geography

★ Environmental geography

★ Physical geography
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★ Biogeography
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★ Climatology
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★ Palaeoclimatology
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★ Coastal geography
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★ Geomorphology
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★ Geodesy
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★ Hydrology/Hydrography
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★ Glaciology
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★ Limnology
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★ Oceanography
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★ Landscape ecology
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★ Palaeogeography

★ Regional geography
see also Branches of Geography
===Political science===

★ American politics

★ Civics

★ Comparative politics

★ International relations

★ Policy analysis/Policy studies

★ Political economy

★ Political philosophy

★ Psephology

★ Public policy

★ Public administration
see also Branches of Political Science
===Psychology===

★ Abnormal psychology

★ Applied psychology

★ Behavioural science

★ Biological psychology

★ Clinical psychology

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★ Psychological assessment

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★ Psychotherapy

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★ Brief psychotherapy

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★ Cognitive behavioral therapy

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★ Family therapy

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★ Gestalt therapy

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★ Group therapy

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★ Play therapy

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★ Psychodrama

★ Cognitive psychology

★ Cognitive science

★ Community Psychology

★ Differential psychology

★ Developmental psychology

★ Educational psychology

★ Emotion

★ Evolutionary psychology

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★ Evolutionary developmental psychology

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★ Evolutionary educational psychology

★ Experimental psychology

★ Forensic psychology

★ Health psychology

★ Intrapersonal communications

★ Legal psychology (Psychology & Law)

★ Neuropsychology

★ Organizational psychology

★ Parapsychology

★ Personality psychology

★ Positive psychology

★ Psychoanalysis

★ Psychometry

★ Psychophysics

★ Quantitative psychology

★ Social Psychology

★ Sport psychology
see also Branches of Psychology,
===Sociology===

★ Collective behavior

★ Community informatics

★ Computational sociology

★ Cultural Studies

★ Criminology

★ Environmental sociology

★ Interactionism

★ Economic development

★ Economic sociology

★ Feminist sociology

★ Functionalism

★ Future studies

★ Human ecology

★ Industrial sociology

★ Media Sociology

★ Medical sociology

★ Political sociology

★ Program evaluation

★ Public sociology

★ Pure sociology

★ Rural Sociology

★ Science studies

★ Science and technology studies

★ Social change

★ Social demography

★ Social inequality

★ Social movements

★ Social Theory

★ Sociological Theory

★ Sociobiology

★ Sociocybernetics

★ Sociology of culture

★ Sociology of conflict

★ Sociology of deviance

★ Sociology of disaster

★ Sociology of the family

★ Sociology of markets

★ Sociology of religion

★ Sociology of sport

★ Urban studies or Urban sociology

★ Visual sociology
see also Branches of Sociology
==Humanities

=History===

★ American history

★ Ancient history

★ Chinese History

★ Diplomatic history

★ Ethnohistory

★ European history

★ History of science and technology

★ Military history

★ Modern history

★ Intellectual History

★ Cultural History

★ Economic History
see also Branches of History
===Philosophy===

★ Metaphysics

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★ Ontology

★ Epistemology

★ Philosophy of mind

★ Philosophy of language

★ Philosophical logic

★ Ethics

★ Aesthetics

★ Political philosophy

★ Philosophical traditions and schools

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★ Analytic philosophy

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★ Continental philosophy

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★ Eastern philosophy

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★ Feminist philosophy

★ History of philosophy

★ Applied philosophy

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★ Philosophy of history

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★ Philosophy of religion

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★ Philosophy of education

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★ Philosophy of mathematics

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★ Philosophy of science
see also Branches of Philosophy
===Religion===

★ Abrahamic religions

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★ Bahá'í

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★ Christianity

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★ Gnosticism

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★ Islam / Islamic studies

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★ Judaism / Jewish studies

★ Dharmic religions

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★ Buddhism

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★ Hinduism

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★ Jainism

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★ Sikhism

★ Taoic religions

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★ Chinese folk religion

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★ Confucianism

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★ Shinto

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★ Taoism

★ Other religions

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★ African religions

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★ Ancient Egyptian religion

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★ Native American religions

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★ New Religious Movements

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★ Sumerian religion

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★ Zoroastrianism

★ Atheism and Humanism

★ Comparative religion

★ Mythology and Folklore
see also List of Religions
===Languages and linguistics===

★ Computational linguistics / Natural language processing ★ Discourse analysis ★ Historical linguistics ★ History of linguistics ★ Interlinguistics ★ Morphology	★ Philology ★ Phonetics ★ Phonology ★ Pragmatics ★ Semantics ★ Semiotics ★ Sociolinguistics ★ Syntax	★ Composition studies ★ Rhetoric ★ Languages ★ ★ Classics ★ ★ Standard English ★ ★ Business English ★ ★ World Englishes ★ ★ Modern Languages

''English literature''

★ American literature

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★ African American literature

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★ Jewish American literature

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★ Southern literature

★ Australian literature

★ British literature

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★ English literature

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★ Northern Ireland literature

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★ Scottish literature

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★ Welsh literature

★ Canadian literature

★ Indian literature

★ Irish literature

★ New Zealand literature

★ Nigerian literature

★ post-colonial literature

★ post-modern literature

''World literatures''

★ Classics

★ Comparative literature

★ French literature

★ Gaelic literature

★ German literature

★ Hindi literature

★ Hebrew literature

★ Latin American literature

★ Portuguese & Brazilian literature

★ Russian literature

★ Spanish literature

★ Yiddish literature

★ other literatures

''Literary theory''

★ Critical theory

★ Literary criticism

★ Poetics

★ Rhetoric

''Creative writing''

★ Creative nonfiction

★ Fiction writing

★ Non-fiction writing

★ Literary journalism

★ Poetry composition

★ Screenwriting
===Visual arts===

★ Art history

★ Calligraphy

★ Creative Arts

★ Drawing

★ Fine Arts

★ Painting

★ Photography

★ Printmaking

★ Studio art

★ Sculpture
===Architecture, design and applied arts===

★ Architecture and related design

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★ Architecture

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★ Urban planning (Urban design)

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★ Interior Design (Interior Architecture)

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★ Landscape architecture ( Landscape planning)

★ Industrial Design (Product design)

★ Fashion design

★ Textile design

★ Visual Communication

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★ Graphic design

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★ User interface design
===Performing arts

''Music''

★ Accompanying

★ Arts administration (specializing in music)

★ Chamber music

★ Church music

★ Musical composition

★ Conducting

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★ Choral conducting

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★ Orchestral conducting

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★ Wind ensemble conducting

★ Early music

★ Jazz studies and new media

★ Music education

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★ Music theory pedagogy

★ Music history

★ Music theory

★ Musicology

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★ Ethnomusicology

★ Performance and literature

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★ Organ and historical keyboards (e.g., harpsichord)

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★ Piano

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★ Strings, harp, and guitar

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★ Voice

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★ Woodwinds, brass, and percussion

★ Orchestral studies

''Dance''

★ Choreography

★ Dance analysis

★ Dance notation

★ Dance studies

★ Ethnochoreology

★ History of dance

★ Performance, somatic practice

''Film and Television''

★ Animation

★ Film

★ Film criticism

★ Film theory

★ Television studies

''Theatre''

★ Arts administration (specializing in theatre)

★ History

★ Acting

★ Directing

★ Design

★ Dramaturgy
==Professions and Applied sciences

External links

★ 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

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