fields of study
Branches of knowledge
Fields of study are the distinct areas of knowledge that organize academic and intellectual work—biology, history, economics, philosophy, and so on.
Each field has its own methods, questions, and body of research.
The phrase often appears in educational contexts: What's your field of study?
The university offers dozens of fields of study.
Study of human cultures
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- biologyStudy of organisms
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- physicsScience of matter and energy
mathematics · economics · psychology · sociology · linguistics · philosophy · geology · history
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- facultyInherent power or ability
- professorSenior university teacher
- researcherOne who studies systematically
scholar · department · thesis · dissertation · doctorate · undergraduate · graduate · postgraduate
Systematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- analysisMethodical study of parts
hypothesis · empirical · peer review · publication · literature review · fieldwork · laboratory · experiment
Science of living chemistry
- cryptographyScience of secure messaging
- dermatologyStudy of skin ailments
- entomologyStudy of insects
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
herpetology · ichthyology · mycology · ornithology · paleontology · philology · seismology · virology
anthropology
Study of human cultures
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- biologyStudy of organisms
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
physics · mathematics · economics · psychology · sociology · linguistics · philosophy · geology · history · geography
university
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- facultyInherent power or ability
- professorSenior university teacher
researcher · scholar · department · thesis · dissertation · doctorate · undergraduate · graduate · postgraduate · major
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
analysis · hypothesis · empirical · peer review · publication · literature review · fieldwork · laboratory · experiment · data
biochemistry
Science of living chemistry
- cryptographyScience of secure messaging
- dermatologyStudy of skin ailments
- entomologyStudy of insects
ethnography · herpetology · ichthyology · mycology · ornithology · paleontology · philology · seismology · virology · immunology
fields of studyidle speculation
dilettantism · dabbling · intuition · common sense · guesswork
fields of studymanual labor
Work done bodily
trades · practical skills · crafts · hands-on practice · vocations
fields of studyanti-intellectualism
Hostility toward educated thought
obscurantism · willful ignorance · ignorance · incuriosity · closed-mindedness
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