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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 received by the university faculties and learned societies to which he or she belongs and the academic journals in which he or she publishes 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.

There is no consensus on how some academic disciplines should be classified, for example whether anthropology and linguistics are discipline of social sciences or fields within the humanities.

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

Arts

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Performing arts

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Visual arts

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Humanities

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Geography

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History

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Languages and literature

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Philosophy

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Social sciences

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Psychology

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Sociology

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Natural sciences

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Biology

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Chemistry

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Earth sciences

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Space sciences

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Physics

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Formal sciences

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Mathematics

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See also: Branches of mathematics and Mathematics Subject Classification

Pure mathematics

Applied mathematics

Applied sciences

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Computer Science

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Also a branch of electrical engineering

Economics

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Engineering

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Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Educational Technology

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems science


Law

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Political science

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Medicine and health sciences

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See also

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References

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  • Abbott, Andrew (2001). Chaos of Disciplines. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-00101-2.
  • Oleson, Alexandra; Voss, John (1979). The Organization of knowledge in modern America, 1860-1920. ISBN 0-8018-2108-8.
  • US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). National Center for Education Statistics.
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