Outline of academic disciplines Main article: Discipline (academia) • Musical composition • Music education An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of • Music history knowledge that is taught and researched as part of higher • Musicology education. A scholar’s discipline is commonly defined • and received by the university faculties and learned soci- Historical musicology • eties to which he or she belongs and the academic jour- Systematic musicology nals in which he or she publishes research. However, no • Ethnomusicology formal criteria exists for defining an academic discipline. • Music theory Disciplines vary between well-established ones that exist • Orchestral studies in almost all universities and have well-defined rosters of • Organology journals and conferences and nascent ones supported by • Organ and historical keyboards only a few universities and publications. A discipline may • have branches, and these are often called sub-disciplines. Piano • Strings, harp, oud, and guitar (outline) There is no consensus on how some academic disci- • Singing plines should be classified (e.g., whether anthropology • and linguistics are discipline of social sciences or fields Woodwinds, brass, and percussion within the humanities). More generally, the proper cri- • Recording teria for organizing knowledge into disciplines are also • Dance (outline) open to debate. • The following outline is provided as an overview of and Choreography topical guide to academic disciplines. • Dance notation • Ethnochoreology • History of dance 1 Arts • Television (outline) Main article: The arts • Television studies • Theatre (outline) • Acting 1.1 Performing arts • Directing Main articles: Performing arts and Outline of performing • Dramaturgy arts • History • Musical theatre • • Music (outline) Playwrighting • Puppetry • Accompanying • Scenography • Chamber music • Stage design • Church music • Film (outline) • Conducting • Choral conducting • Animation • Orchestral conducting • Film criticism • Wind ensemble conducting • Filmmaking • Early music • Film theory • Jazz studies (outline) • Live action 1 2 2 HUMANITIES 1.2 Visual arts 2.1 Geography Main articles: Visual arts and Outline of the visual arts Main articles: Geography, Outline of geography, and Human geography • Fine arts • Cartography (outline) • Graphic arts • Drawing (outline) • Cultural geography • Painting (outline) • Feminist geography • Photography (outline) • • Sculpture (outline) Economic geography • • Applied arts Development geography • • Animation Historical geography • Calligraphy • Political geography & geopolitics • Decorative arts • Population geography • Mixed media • Military geography • Printmaking • Strategic geography • Studio art • Architecture (Outline of architecture • Social geography • Interior architecture • Behavioral geography • Landscape architecture • Children’s geographies • Architectural analytics • Health geography • Historic preservation • • Interior design (interior architecture) Tourism geography • Landscape architecture (landscape plan- • Time geography ning) • Landscape design • Urban geography • Technical drawing • Information architecture 2.2 History • Urban planning (urban design) • Outline of design Main articles: History and Outline of history • Fashion design • Textile design • African history • User experience design • Interaction design • American history • User experience evaluation • Ancient history • User interface design • • Visual communication Ancient Greek history (outline) • Graphic design • Ancient Roman history (outline) • Type design • Asian history • Industrial design (product design) • Ergonomics (outline) • Chinese history • Game design • Indian history (outline) • Toy and amusement design • Indonesian history • Iranian history 2 Humanities • Australian history • Economic history Main articles: Humanities and Outline of the humanities • Environmental history 2.4 Philosophy 3 • European history • Word usage • Intellectual history • Comparative literature • Latin American history • Creative writing • Modern history • Fiction (outline) • • Political history Non-fiction • • Pre-Columbian era English literature • History of literature • Russian history • Medieval literature • Scientific history • Post-colonial literature • Technological history • Post-modern literature • World history • Literary theory • Critical theory (outline) 2.3 Languages and literature • Literary criticism Main articles: Literature, Outline of literature, and • Poetics Language • Rhetoric • Poetry • Linguistics (Outline of linguistics) • World literature • Applied linguistics • African-American literature • Composition studies • American literature • Computational linguistics • British literature • Discourse analysis • English studies 2.4 Philosophy • Etymology • Grammar Main articles: Philosophy and Outline of philosophy • Historical linguistics • History of linguistics • Aesthetics (outline)/ Philosophy of Art • Interlinguistics • Applied philosophy • Lexicology • • Linguistic typology Philosophy of education • • Morphology (linguistics) Philosophy of engineering • • Natural language processing Philosophy of history • • Philology Philosophy of language • • Phonetics Philosophy of law • • Phonology Philosophy of mathematics • Philosophy of music • Pragmatics • Philosophy of religion • Psycholinguistics • Philosophy of science • Rhetoric • Philosophy of biology • Semantics • Philosophy of chemistry • Semiotics (outline) • Philosophy of economics • Sociolinguistics • Philosophy of physics • Syntax • Philosophy of psychology • Usage • Philosophy of social science 4 3 SOCIAL SCIENCES • Systems philosophy • Feminist philosophy • • Epistemology (outline) Platonism • • Justification Social philosophy and political philosophy • Reasoning errors • Anarchism (outline) • • Ethics (outline) Feminist philosophy • Libertarianism (outline) • Applied ethics • Marxism • Animal rights • Bioethics • Environmental ethics 2.5 Theology • Meta-ethics Main articles: Theology and Outline of theology • Moral psychology, Descriptive ethics, Value theory • Normative ethics • • Theology • Virtue ethics • Bible Studies • • History of philosophy History of the Church • Religious Studies • Ancient philosophy • Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Greek, Aramaic • Contemporary philosophy • Medieval philosophy • Humanism (outline) 3 Social sciences • Scholasticism • Modern philosophy Main articles: Social science and Outline of social science • Logic (outline) • Mathematical logic • Philosophical logic 3.1 Economics • Meta-philosophy Main articles: Economics and Outline of economics • Metaphysics (outline) • Philosophy of Action • Agricultural economics • Determinism and Free will • Anarchist economics • Ontology • Applied economics • Philosophy of mind • Philosophy of pain • Behavioural economics • Philosophy of artificial intelligence • Bioeconomics • Philosophy of perception • Complexity economics • Philosophy of space and time • Teleology • Computational economics • Theism and Atheism • Consumer economics • Philosophical traditions and schools • Development economics • African philosophy • Ecological economics • Analytic philosophy • Econometrics • Aristotelianism • • Continental philosophy Economic geography • Eastern philosophy • Economic history 3.2 Law 5 • Economic sociology 3.2 Law • Economic systems Main articles: Law and Outline of law • Energy economics • Entrepreneurial economics • Administrative law • Environmental economics • Canon law • Evolutionary economics • Civil law • Experimental economics • Admiralty law • Feminist economics • Animal law/Animal rights • Financial econometrics • Civil procedure • Financial economics • Common law • Green economics • Contract law • Corporations • Growth economics • Environmental law • Human development theory • Family law • Industrial organization • Federal law • Information economics • International law • Institutional economics • Public international law • • International economics Supranational law • Labor law • Islamic economics • Paralegal studies • Labor economics • Property law • Law and economics • Tax law • Macroeconomics • Tort law (outline) • Managerial economics • Comparative law • Marxian economics • Competition law • Mathematical economics • Constitutional law • Microeconomics • Criminal law • Monetary economics • Criminal justice (outline) • Neuroeconomics • Criminal procedure • Participatory economics • Forensic science (outline) • • Political economy Police science • Public economics • Islamic law • Public finance • Jewish law (outline) • Real estate economics • Jurisprudence (Philosophy of Law) • Resource economics • Legal management • Social choice theory • Business law • Socialist economics • Corporate law • Socioeconomics • Mercantile law • Transport economics • Procedural law • Welfare economics • Substantive law 6 3 SOCIAL SCIENCES 3.3 Political science • Community psychology • Main articles: Politics, Political science, and Outline of Comparative psychology political science • Conservation psychology • Consumer psychology • American politics • Counseling psychology • Canadian politics • Criminal psychology • Civics • Cultural psychology • Comparative politics • Developmental psychology • European studies • Differential psychology • Geopolitics (Political geography) • Ecological psychology • International relations • Educational psychology • International organizations • Environmental psychology • Nationalism studies • Evolutionary psychology • Peace and conflict studies • Experimental psychology • Policy studies • Group