An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge. It is taught as an accredited part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined and recognized by a university faculty. That person will be accredited by learned societies to which they belong along with the academic journals in which they publish. However, no formal criteria exist for defining an academic discipline.
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- Humanities and social sciences
- Divinity
- Anthropology
- History
- Linguistics and languages
- Philosophy
- Religion
- The arts
- Economics
- Geography
- Interdisciplinary studies
- Political science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Natural sciences
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth sciences
- Physics
- Space sciences
- Formal sciences
- Computer sciences
- Logic
- Mathematics
- Systems science
- Professions and applied sciences
- Agriculture
- Architecture and design
- Business
- Education
- Engineering and technology
- Environmental studies and forestry
- Family and consumer science
- Human physical performance and recreation
- Journalism, media studies and communication
- Law
- Library and museum studies
- Medicine and health
- Military sciences
- Public administration
- Social work
- Transportation
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- Notes
- References
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Disciplines vary between universities and even programs. These will have well-defined rosters of journals and conferences supported by a few universities and publications. Most disciplines are broken down into (potentially overlapping) branches called sub-disciplines.
There is no consensus on how some academic disciplines should be classified (e.g., whether anthropology and linguistics are disciplines of social sciences or fields within the humanities). More generally, the proper criteria for organizing knowledge into disciplines are also open to debate.
