Talk:List of academic fields

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화학 공학 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.126.14.105 (talk) 13:33, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

rework of the list hierarchy
Hi all! I'm a long time supporter/user but that's my first time contributing.

For an open science tool I am developing, I converted the content of this page into a formal JSON object and in the process, I had to deal with the inconsistencies in it. I assume that my feedback could be helpful to improve this page so here it is:

- Headers should either include the link to their page or use the _Main articles:_ paragraph to display it. Right, now, it's both (mostly the latter, but not in Engineering and Technology)

- Parts or the same hierarchical level are not displayed equally. For instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_fields#Astronomy vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_fields#Engineering_and_technology > Chemical engineering, both level 4 headers)

- Some parts have 3 levels of hierarchical depth while having no header such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_fields#Computer_sciences Is it ACM related or can we improve the legibility? See also Philosophy, Performing Arts, or Physics

- Some other parts are lacking hierarchy and headers such as sociology, physics or biology but that's something to be decided by specialists I guess.

- Some items are split into 2 pages/links referring to the general concepts rather than the academic field. E.g. Non-fiction writing (I found about 4 others but didn't note them, sorry)

- In "Divinity", Islam, Buddhism and Judaism are not formatted consistently with Christianity. The formers are with a slash and one line, the latter with a nested structure. I would suggest at least having the same approach and ideally inserting headers for the main categories of the Divinity section while keeping smaller pages (such as Apologetics for instance) at the same level but without an header formatting (as they don't have children)

- Not really an issue from Wikipedia point of view I guess but some categories are referring to dual items (Risk management and insurance, Logic and Foundations of mathematics, Urban studies or Urban sociology/Rural sociology, Mythology and Folklore, Atheism (outline) and religious humanism). Wouldn't it be better to either nest them, put them as sibling items, or add a _see also_?

- Narratology > Internet (outline) - I assume it is a mistake but since I'm not sure I didn't take the initiative to fix it.

Let me know if I can help further. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billybobbonnet (talk • contribs) 08:11, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

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Heraldry/Vexillology
Heraldry and Vexillology are not on this list. According to others on the Heraldry discord server, because there are (according to them) academic papers and conferences that are published on the subject, it can be considered an academic discipline. For example this organization, offers a scholarship for scholars who wish to publish papers under the domain of heraldry. Therefore, is heraldry and vexillology eligible for inclusion on this list? Mount2010 (talk) 18:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Difference between this list and Outline of academic disciplines?
Can anyone explain what the difference is between this article and Outline of academic disciplines? Should these two lists be merged? Why or why not? In the talk section of Outline of academic disciplines the words "fields" and "disciplines" are used interchangably. What is the difference? If a reasonable difference can be stated, shouldn't a suitable rationale for each article be given in each article's opening paragraph, helping reader's understand why each article exists and how it is differentiated from the other? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryan Close (talk • contribs) 15:21, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

An academic discipline is not the same thing as a field of study
Here it says that an academic discipline is a "subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level".

The term "field of study" is broader. --Johnmichaelwu (talk) 17:17, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Data Science
Is there any way we can add Data Science in this or a related page? For kids trying to pick a degree it really would help. I myself struggle with the relationship between Computer Science and Data Science. --Sarnobat (talk) 18:01, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

adding disability studies wikipedia entry
I am not sure where to add this, do consider [disability studies]

Addition of branch
Has astrobiology been added here in any category? I couldn't find it in biology? Can anyone add it? 2405:201:550D:5962:5598:B68:1EC3:C20A (talk) 14:44, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Hestory 12 102.218.50.0 (talk) 20:00, 21 April 2024 (UTC)