The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to academic disciplines. In each case, an entry at the highest level of the hierarchy (e.g., Humanities) is a group of broadly similar disciplines; an entry at the next highest level (e.g., Music) is a discipline having some degree of autonomy and being the fundamental identity felt by its scholars. Lower levels of the hierarchy are sub-disciplines that do generally not have any role in the title of the university's governance. The proper criteria for organizing knowledge into disciplines is open to debate.
Humanities
Performing arts
Visual arts
History
Also regarded as a Social science
Languages and literature
Linguistics listed in Social science
Law
Also regarded as a Social science
Philosophy
Also regarded as the separate, an entry at the highest level of the hierarchy
Religious studies
Also regarded as a social science
Divinity
Theology
Religion
Social science
Anthropology
Archaeology
Business
Economics
Futurology
(also known as future studies or prospective studies)
Main articles: Outline of futures studies and Futures studies
Geography
Linguistics
Also regarded as a formal science
Political science
Psychology
Sociology
Interdisciplinary studies
Area studies
Ethnic and cultural studies
Organizational studies
Natural science
Physical Science
Space sciences
Astronomy
Physics
Chemistry
Earth science
Life science
Biology
Formal science
Computer science
Also a branch of electrical engineering
Logic
Mathematics
Pure mathematics
Applied mathematics
Statistics
Applied science
Agriculture
Architecture and design
Education
Engineering and technology
Chemical engineering
Civil engineering
Educational technology
Electrical engineering
Materials science
Mechanical engineering
Systems science
Environmental studies and forestry
Family and consumer science
Human physical performance and recreation
Journalism, media studies and communication
Library and museum studies
Medicine and health
Military sciences
Public administration
Public policy
Social work
Transportation
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