Outline of academic disciplines

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Main article: Discipline (academia)

An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined and recognized by the university faculties and learned societies to which he or she belongs and the academic journals in which he or she publishes research. However, no formal criteria exist for defining an academic discipline.

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.

There is no consensus on how some academic disciplines should be classified (e.g., whether anthropology and linguistics are discipline of social sciences or fields within the humanities). More generally, the proper criteria for organizing knowledge into disciplines are also open to debate.

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

Arts[edit]

Main article: The arts

Performing arts[edit]

Main articles: Performing arts and Outline of performing arts

Visual arts[edit]

Main articles: Visual arts and Outline of the visual arts

Humanities[edit]

Main articles: Humanities and Outline of the humanities

Geography[edit]

Main articles: Geography, Outline of geography, and Human geography

History[edit]

Main articles: History and Outline of history

Languages and literature[edit]

Main articles: Literature, Outline of literature, and Language

Philosophy[edit]

Main articles: Philosophy and Outline of philosophy

Social sciences[edit]

Main articles: Social science and Outline of social science

Economics[edit]

Main articles: Economics and Outline of economics

Law[edit]

Main articles: Law and Outline of law

Political science[edit]

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

Psychology[edit]

Main articles: Psychology, Outline of psychology, and List of psychology disciplines
See also: Branches of psychology, Cognitive science, Affective science, and Behavioural sciences

Sociology[edit]

Main articles: Sociology and Outline of sociology

Sciences[edit]

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

Biology[edit]

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

Chemistry[edit]

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

Earth and space sciences[edit]

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

Mathematics[edit]

Main articles: Mathematics and Outline of mathematics
See also: Branches of mathematics and Mathematics Subject Classification

Pure mathematics

Applied mathematics

Physics[edit]

Main articles: Physics and Outline of physics

Applied sciences[edit]

Main articles: Applied science and Outline of applied science

Agriculture and agricultural sciences[edit]

Main articles: Agriculture and Agricultural sciences

Computer science[edit]

Main articles: Computer science and Outline of computer science
See also: ACM Computing Classification System

Also a branch of electrical engineering

Engineering and technology[edit]

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

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems science

Medicine and health sciences[edit]

Main articles: Medicine, Healthcare science, and Outline of health sciences
See also: Branches of medicine

See also[edit]

Main article: Branches of science

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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