Outline of academic disciplines

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.

Humanities

Arts

Main article: The arts

Performing arts

Visual arts

Geography

History

Main articles: History and Outline of history

Linguistics

Languages and literature

Philosophy

Social sciences

Economics

Main articles: Economics and Outline of economics

Law

Main articles: Law and Outline of law

Political science

Psychology

Sociology

Main articles: Sociology and Outline of sociology

Sciences

Biology

Main article: List of life sciences

Chemistry

Main articles: Chemistry and Outline of chemistry

Earth and space sciences

Mathematics

See also: Branches of mathematics and Mathematics Subject Classification

Pure mathematics

Applied mathematics

Physics

Main articles: Physics and Outline of physics

Applied sciences

Medicine

Technology

Agronomy
Main article: Agronomy
Computer science

Also a branch of electrical engineering

Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems science

See also

Main article: Branches of science

References

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