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Fields of science are widely-recognized categories of specialized expertise within science, and typically embody their own terminology and nomenclature.

Natural sciences

Main article: Natural science

  See also: Social sciences, below

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

Physics

Astronomy

Earth sciences

Environmental sciences

Life Sciences

Biology

Formal sciences

Main article: Formal sciences

Mathematics

see also Branches of Mathematics and AMS Mathematics Subject Classification

Systems science

Social sciences

Main article: Social sciences

  See also: Natural sciences, above

Anthropology

Economics

Psychology

Geography

Linguistics

• Historical linguistics
• Morphology
• Phonetics
• Phonology
• Semantics
• Semiotics
• Syntax
• Etymology

Philosophy

Not considered a science by some thinkers, instead considered a precursor of it. Several fields of philosophy are more directly relevant to the natural and social sciences than others. These include:

• Epistemology
• Ethics
• Logic
• Philosophy of mind
• Philosophy of science

Political science

• Public policy
• Public administration
• Ideology
• Game theory
• Psephology (voting systems and electoral behaviour)
• Political economy
• Geopolitics and political geography
• Policy studies and public policy analysis
• Comparative politics
• National systems
• Cross-national political analysis
• Supranational and intergovernmental politics
• Globalization studies
• Political development
• International relations theory
• Foreign policy analysis
• public administration and local government studies
• Political psychology, bureaucratic, administrative and judicial behaviour
• Legislative processes and public law
• Power in international relations and the theory of great powers and superpowers.
• Political science of religion
• Research methodology
• Security Studies
• Strategic Studies

Sociology

See also Subfields of sociology

• Criminology
• Demography

Education

Management

Applied sciences

Architecture

Cognitive sciences

Engineering

Health sciences

Medicine

Military Science

• Military Organisation
• Military Education and Training
• Military History
• Military Engineering
• Military Strategy and Tactics

See also

• Science
• List of fields of doctoral studies
• List of academic disciplines
• Complete Joint Academic Classification of Subjects (JACS) from Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in the United Kingdom: [1]