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This is a list of academic disciplines. 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.

Historically (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 than the other three. Today's 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, physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. In the opening decades of the 20th century, education, sociology, and psychology took their place in the university curriculum.

A "*" 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.

Astronomy

 * Astrobiology
 * Astrophysics
 * Gravitational astronomy|
 * Black holes
 * Interstellar medium
 * Numerical simulations| in
 * Astrophysical plasma
 * Galaxy formation and evolution
 * High-energy astrophysics
 * Hydrodynamics
 * Magnetohydrodynamics
 * Star formation
 * Physical cosmology
 * Stellar astrophysics|
 * Helioseismology
 * Stellar evolution
 * Stellar nucleosynthesis
 * Observational astronomy
 * Gamma ray astronomy
 * Infrared astronomy
 * Microwave astronomy|
 * Optical astronomy
 * Radio astronomy
 * UV astronomy
 * X-ray astronomy

Biology

 * Aerobiology
 * Anatomy
 * Comparative anatomy
 * Human anatomy
 * Animal communications
 * Biochemistry
 * Bioinformatics
 * Biophysics
 * Botany
 * Cell biology
 * Chronobiology
 * Cryobiology


 * Ecology
 * Human ecology
 * Landscape ecology
 * Endocrinology
 * Entomology
 * Evolutionary biology
 * Genetics
 * Human biology
 * Human anatomy
 * Limnology
 * Linnaean taxonomy
 * Marine biology
 * Microbiology
 * Molecular biology
 * Mycology
 * Neuroscience
 * Ornithology
 * Paleontology
 * Parasitology
 * Pathology
 * Phycology
 * Physiology
 * Human physiology
 * Virology
 * Molecular Virology
 * Epidemial Virology
 * Xenobiology
 * Zoology
 * Cryptozoology
 * Entomology
 * Herpetology
 * Ichthyology
 * Oology
 * Ornithology
 * Primatology
 * Zootomy

See also: ,

Chemistry

 * Analytical chemistry
 * Biochemistry
 * Materials science
 * Cheminformatics
 * Computational chemistry
 * Quantum Chemistry
 * Inorganic chemistry
 * Organic chemistry
 * Physical chemistry
 * Theoretical chemistry

Physics

 * Acoustics
 * Astrophysics
 * Atomic
 * Biophysics
 * Theoretical Physics
 * Computational physics
 * Condensed matter physics
 * Quantum Physics
 * Cryogenics
 * Fluid dynamics
 * Medical Physics
 * Materials science
 * Newtonian Dynamics|
 * Optics
 * Nuclear physics
 * Plasma physics
 * Particle physics
 * Vehicle dynamics

Earth sciences

 * Edaphology
 * Environmental science
 * Geodesy
 * Geography
 * Geology
 * Geochemistry
 * Geomorphology
 * Geophysics
 * Glaciology
 * Hydrogeology
 * Hydrology
 * Meteorology
 * Mineralogy
 * Oceanography
 * Pedology|
 * Paleontology
 * Planetary science|
 * Sedimentology
 * Soil science

Mathematics
See also: AMS Mathematics Subject Classification
 * Algebra
 * Applied mathematics
 * Analysis|
 * Calculus
 * Game theory
 * Geometry
 * Information theory
 * Number theory
 * Probability theory
 * Statistics
 * Topology
 * For a more extensive list, see list of mathematics articles, and list of mathematics lists.

Computer science
See also: ACM Computing Classification System
 * Algorithms
 * Artificial intelligence
 * Bioinformatics
 * Cheminformatics
 * Computer security
 * Computing
 * Complexity theory
 * Cryptography
 * Distributed systems
 * Hardware|
 * Programming| (see List of programming languages)
 * Formal methods
 * Information systems
 * Robotics
 * Visual Analytics
 * Human-computer interaction

Anthropology

 * Biological anthropology
 * Forensic anthropology
 * Gene-culture coevolution|
 * Human behavioral ecology
 * Human evolution
 * Population genetics
 * Primatology
 * Anthropological linguistics
 * Synchronic linguistics| (or Descriptive linguistics)
 * Diachronic linguistics (or Historical linguistics)
 * Educational
 * Ethnolinguistics
 * Sociolinguistics
 * Archeology
 * Cultural anthropology
 * Anthropology of religion
 * Anthropology of technology
 * Economic anthropology
 * Ethnography
 * Ethnohistory
 * Ethnology
 * Ethnomusicology
 * Mythology
 * Political anthropology
 * Psychological anthropology
 * Urban anthropology
 * Historical anthropology
 * Medical anthropology

Communications

 * Animal communications
 * Information theory
 * Interpersonal communications
 * Marketing
 * Propaganda
 * Public affairs
 * Public diplomacy
 * Public relations
 * Technical Writing
 * Nonverbal communications
 * Speech communications
 * Telecommunications
 * Computer-mediated communications
 * Telecommunications Systems Management

Economics

 * Econometrics
 * Game theory
 * Human development theory
 * Labour economics
 * Microeconomics
 * Macroeconomics
 * Resource economics

Ethnic Studies

 * Asian American Studies
 * Black Studies or African American Studies
 * Chicano Studies
 * Latino/a Studies
 * Native American Studies

Ethnology

 * Ethnomusicology
 * Folklore

History

 * Ancient history
 * Diplomatic history
 * Ethnohistory
 * European history
 * History of science and technology
 * Military history
 * Modern history

Geography

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


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


 * Regional geography

Linguistics

 * Historical linguistics
 * Interlinguistics
 * Morphology|
 * Phonetics
 * Phonology
 * Pragmatics
 * Semantics
 * Sociolinguistics
 * Syntax

Political science

 * Civics
 * International relations
 * Political philosophy
 * Psephology
 * Public policy

Psychology

 * Behavioural psychology|
 * Cognitive psychology
 * Cognitive science
 * Differential psychology
 * Developmental psychology
 * Evolutionary psychology
 * Evolutionary developmental psychology
 * Evolutionary educational psychology
 * Experimental psychology
 * Intrapersonal communications
 * Neuropsychology
 * Organisational psychology|
 * Psychological astrology or Astropsychology|*
 * Psychology of work
 * Parapsychology*
 * Psychoanalysis
 * Quantitative Psychology
 * Social psychology

Semiotics

 * Vexillology*

Sociology

 * For a more extensive list see Subfields of sociology


 * Collective behavior
 * Computational sociology
 * 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|
 * Sociobiology
 * 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

Area studies (sometimes called cultural studies)

 * American studies
 * African studies
 * Asian Studies
 * Catholic studies
 * Canadian Studies
 * Chinese studies
 * Eastern European studies
 * Esperanto studies
 * German studies
 * International Studies
 * Japanese studies|
 * Latin American Studies
 * Irish studies
 * Islamic studies
 * Jewish studies
 * Russian studies

Art

 * Art history
 * Studio art
 * Visual arts
 * Creative Arts
 * Painting
 * Photography

Creative writing

 * Creative nonfiction
 * Fiction writing
 * Non-fiction writing
 * Literary journalism
 * Poetry composition
 * Screenwriting

Dance

 * Choreography
 * Dance analysis
 * Dance notation
 * Dance studies
 * Ethnochoreology
 * History of dance
 * Performance, somatic practice

English Studies
also see Literature| and linguistics
 * English linguistics
 * English sociolinguistics
 * Discourse analysis in English
 * Composition studies
 * World Englishes
 * History of the English language
 * Teaching English as a Second Language
 * American literature
 * African American literature
 * Jewish American literature
 * Southern literature
 * Australian literature
 * British literature (literature outside England may be written in Celtic languages)
 * English literature
 * Northern Ireland literature
 * Scottish literature
 * Welsh literature
 * Canadian literature (a significant amount of Canadian literature is also written in French|)
 * Indian literature
 * Irish literature
 * New Zealand literature
 * Nigerian literature

Film studies and film criticism

 * Animation

Gender studies

 * Queer studies
 * Women's studies

History
See entry under Social sciences|

Linguistics
See entry under Social sciences|

Literature and cultural studies

 * English studies
 * Comparative literature

Literatures

 * English literature
 * African American literature
 * American literature
 * British literature
 * Indian literature
 * Irish literature
 * French literature
 * Gaelic literature
 * German literature
 * Hindi literature
 * Hebrew Literature
 * Portuguese| & Brazilian literature
 * Spanish literature
 * Yiddish literature
 * other languages' and cultures' literatures

Methods and topics

 * Literary criticism
 * Literary theory
 * Media studies
 * New media
 * Poetics

Music

 * Accompanying
 * Arts leadership
 * Chamber music
 * Church music
 * Musical composition
 * Conducting
 * Choral conducting
 * Orchestral conducting
 * Wind ensemble conducting
 * Early music
 * Jazz studies and new media
 * Music education
 * Music theory pedagogy
 * Music history
 * Music theory
 * Musicology
 * Ethnomusicology
 * Performance and literature
 * Organ and historical keyboards
 * Piano
 * Strings
 * Voice|
 * Woodwinds
 * Orchestral studies

Philosophy

 * Aesthetics
 * Continental philosophy
 * Eastern philosophy
 * Epistemology
 * Ethics
 * Feminist philosophy
 * Hermeneutics
 * History of philosophy
 * Logic
 * Metaphysics
 * Philosophy of language
 * Philosophy of mathematics
 * Philosophy of mind
 * Philosophy of religion
 * Philosophy of science
 * Political philosophy

Religious studies

 * Comparative religious studies|
 * Christian theology
 * Angelology
 * Anthropology
 * Bibliology
 * Canon law
 * Catholic studies
 * Church history
 * Christology
 * Ecclesiology
 * Eschatology
 * Hamartiology
 * Pneumatology
 * Soteriology
 * Theodicy
 * Law and Gospel
 * Ethics
 * Homiletics
 * Islamic studies
 * Hadith
 * Islamic history
 * Islamic jurisprudence
 * Qur'an
 * Jewish Studies
 * Bible
 * Halakha
 * Jewish history
 * Jewish philosophy
 * Jewish literature
 * Kabbalah
 * Midrash
 * Talmud
 * Liturgics
 * Mythology
 * Theology
 * Astrology*
 * Divination*
 * Esotericism*
 * Moral theology
 * Mystical theology*
 * Mysticism*
 * Numerology*
 * Occult topics|*
 * Spirituality
 * Western mystery tradition*

Theatre

 * History|
 * Acting
 * Directing|
 * Design
 * Dramaturgy

Agriculture

 * Agronomy
 * Animal science
 * Agrology
 * Agricultural economics
 * Aquaculture
 * Beekeeping (Apiculture)
 * Horticulture
 * Plant science

Business

 * Accounting scholarship
 * Business ethics
 * Finance
 * Hospitality Business
 * Industrial and labor relations|
 * Collective bargaining
 * Human resources
 * Organizational Behavior
 * International and comparative labor
 * Labor economics
 * Labor history
 * Labor statistics
 * Information systems
 * Management
 * Marketing
 * Manufacturing

Design

 * Urban planning
 * Urban Design
 * Industrial Design, Product design
 * Visual Communication, Graphic design, Interface design
 * Architecture
 * Interior Design (also see family and consumer science below), Interior Architecture
 * Landscape architecture
 * Landscape planning
 * Fashion design, Textile design

Education

 * Curriculum and instruction
 * Elementary Education (Primary education & Intermediate education)
 * Middle school education
 * Secondary education
 * Higher education
 * Agricultural education
 * Art education
 * Bilingual education
 * Chemistry education
 * Language education
 * Legal education
 * Mathematics education
 * Medical education
 * Military education and training
 * Music education
 * Peace education
 * Physical education
 * Physics education
 * Reading education
 * Religious education
 * Science education
 * Sex education
 * Technology education
 * Vocational education
 * Educational leadership
 * Educational psychology
 * Educational technology

Engineering

 * Acoustic engineering
 * Agricultural engineering
 * Architectural engineering
 * Bioengineering
 * Biomaterials engineering
 * Biomedical engineering
 * Chemical engineering
 * Civil engineering
 * Combat engineering
 * Computer engineering
 * Control systems engineering|
 * Ecological engineering
 * Electrical engineering
 * Electronic engineering
 * Microelectronics and semiconductor engineering|


 * Engineering Physics
 * Environmental engineering
 * Industrial engineering
 * Materials engineering
 * Ceramic engineering
 * Metallurgical engineering
 * Polymer engineering
 * Mechanical engineering
 * Mining engineering
 * Nuclear engineering
 * Ocean engineering
 * Optical engineering
 * Quality assurance engineering|
 * Petroleum engineering
 * Robotics
 * Safety engineering
 * Telecommunications engineering
 * Transportation engineering
 * Aerospace engineering
 * Automotive systems engineering|
 * Naval engineering
 * Marine engineering
 * Naval architecture

Family and consumer science

 * Foodservice management
 * Hotel administration
 * Consumer education
 * Housing
 * Interior design (also see architecture and environmental design above)
 * Nutrition (also see medical sciences below)
 * Textiles

Forestry

 * Forestry organisation
 * Silviculture

Health sciences

 * Medical Sciences
 * Dentistry
 * Dental hygiene and Epidemiology
 * Dental surgery
 * Restorative dentistry and Endodontics
 * Orthodontics
 * Oral and maxillofacial surgery
 * Pedodontics (Pediatric dentistry)
 * Periodontics
 * Prosthodontics
 * Implantology|
 * Human medicine|
 * Cardiology
 * Endocrinology and diabetology
 * Epidemiology
 * Forensics
 * Geriatrics
 * Hematology
 * Internal medicine
 * Health science
 * Nephrology
 * Neurology
 * Neurosurgery
 * Orthopedic surgery
 * Pathology
 * Pediatrics
 * Psychiatry (see also: Anti-psychiatry*)
 * Rheumatology
 * Surgery
 * Urology
 * Midwifery
 * Nursing
 * Veterinary medicine
 * Nutrition (also see family and consumer science above)
 * Optometry
 * Pharmacy
 * Physiotherapy
 * Public health
 * Speech-Language Pathology

Journalism and mass communications

 * Advertising
 * Film
 * Journalism
 * Broadcast journalism
 * New media journalism
 * Print journalism
 * Public relations

Law

 * Canon law
 * Comparative law
 * Constitutional law
 * Civil law|
 * Accounting law
 * Admiralty law
 * Corporations
 * Civil procedure
 * Contracts
 * Environmental law
 * International law
 * Labor law
 * Property law
 * Tax law
 * Torts
 * Criminal law
 * Criminal procedure
 * Criminal justice (also see Public Affairs and Community Service below)
 * Police science
 * Forensics
 * Islamic law
 * Jewish law
 * Jurisprudence
 * Manx law
 * Philosophy of law

Library and information science

 * Archival science
 * Bibliometrics
 * Citation analysis
 * Human information behaviors
 * Informatics
 * Information architecture
 * Informetrics
 * Knowledge organization
 * Museum informatics
 * Scholarly communication
 * Scientometrics

Military science

 * Artillery
 * Air force studies
 * Campaigning|
 * Combat engineering
 * Comparative military systems
 * Doctrine
 * Force planning
 * Game theory (also see economics above)
 * Generalship
 * Joint warfare studies
 * Leadership
 * Logistics
 * Military ethics
 * Military history
 * Military intelligence
 * Military law
 * Military medicine
 * Naval science
 * Naval engineering
 * Naval tactics
 * Naval architecture
 * Weapons systems
 * Special operations and low intensity conflict
 * Strategy
 * Tactics|
 * Naval tactics

Public affairs

 * Criminal justice (also see Law above)
 * Corrections
 * Nonprofit administration
 * Parks and recreation management
 * Public administration
 * Industrial and labor relations| (also see Business above)

Social work

 * Child welfare
 * Community practice
 * Community organizing
 * Social policy
 * Human services management
 * Nonprofit management (also see Public affairs above)
 * Corrections (also see Public affairs above)
 * Family and children's services
 * Gerontology
 * Medical social work
 * Mental health
 * School social work|