subdisciplines
Narrower areas within
Subdisciplines are specialized branches within a larger field of study.
Biology has subdisciplines like genetics, ecology, and microbiology.
Philosophy includes subdisciplines such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics.
The term reflects how academic fields divide into narrower areas of focus: Her research spans multiple subdisciplines within cognitive science.
Study of human cultures
- sociologyStudy of human communities
- psychologyStudy of mind, behavior
- economicsScience of resource allocation
- linguisticsScience of language structure
geography · history · philosophy · archaeology · theology · biology · chemistry · physics
Study of microscopic life
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- ethnomusicologyMusic studied culturally
- paleoanthropologyScience of ancestral human remains
- roboticsAutomaton design field
sociolinguistics · virology · geophysics · epidemiology · nanotechnology · astrophysics · bioinformatics · cryptology
anthropology
Study of human cultures
- sociologyStudy of human communities
- psychologyStudy of mind, behavior
- economicsScience of resource allocation
linguistics · geography · history · philosophy · archaeology · theology · biology · chemistry · physics · mathematics
microbiology
Study of microscopic life
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- ethnomusicologyMusic studied culturally
- paleoanthropologyScience of ancestral human remains
robotics · sociolinguistics · virology · geophysics · epidemiology · nanotechnology · astrophysics · bioinformatics · cryptology · endocrinology