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Academic discipline

An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part) and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or faculties within colleges and universities to which their…

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Academic discipline

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples261
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Academic discipline

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related to Further reading · 200
Academic discipline → Abbott, Academic Disciplines, Academic Writing, Academy, Allen, American Society, Amsterdam, An, An Essay, An Introduction, Armin, Assessing, Association, Baltes, Becoming Interdisciplinary, Behavioral Sciences, Biblioteks, Bordons, Boulder, Bruins
related to history · 10
Academic discipline → Arts, Canon Law, Disciplinary, Educational, German, Medicine, Most, Paris, The University, Theology
related to Multidisciplinary · 8
Academic discipline → According, If, Marshall McLuhan, Multidisciplinary, One, The, There, This
related to External links · 7
Academic discipline → Association, Collin's Dictionary, Disciplines, GenevaAcademic, Interactive Historical Atlas, Interdisciplinary StudiesSandoz, University
related to Functions and criticism · 7
Academic discipline → An, Discipline, Foucault, France, Michel Foucault, Punish, The
related to Communities of academic disciplines · 6
Academic discipline → Communities, IUPAC, NASA, Nations, On, Such
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Academic discipline → more or less focused practice
related to Interactions · 1
Academic discipline → These
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Academic discipline → Art

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Academic disciplineis amore or less focused practice0.90text
multidisciplinarity/interdisciplinarityinstance ofscholarly approaches0.80text
transdisciplinarityinstance ofscholarly approaches0.80text
and cross-disciplinarity integrate aspects from multiple disciplinesinstance ofscholarly approaches0.80text
thereby addressing problems that may arise from narrow concentration within specialized fields of studyinstance ofscholarly approaches0.80text
political scienceinstance ofsocial sciences0.80text
economicsinstance ofsocial sciences0.80text
sociologyinstance ofsocial sciences0.80text
public administrationinstance ofsocial sciences0.80text
and natural scienceinstance ofsocial sciences0.80text
technology disciplines such as physicsinstance ofsocial sciences0.80text
chemistryinstance ofsocial sciences0.80text

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