An academic discipline is a formalized field of study with supporting academic institutions, field of knowledge
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- http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=discipline
- S: (n) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick (a branch of knowledge) "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
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- (Wikipedia, 2009) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_disciplines
- An academic discipline, or field of study, is a branch of knowledge which is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or faculties to which their practitioners belong.
- Fields of study usually have several sub-disciplines or branches, and the distinguishing lines between these are often both arbitrary and ambiguous.
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