34 C.F.R. § 648 app to Part 648

Current through September 30, 2024
Appendix to Part 648 - Academic Areas

The Secretary may give an absolute preference to any of the academic areas listed as disciplines or subdisciplines below, or the resulting inter-disciplines. The list was derived from the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) developed by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education and includes the instructional programs that may constitute courses of studies toward graduate degrees. The code number to the left of each discipline and subdiscipline is the Department's identification code for that particular type of instructional program.

05. Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies

05.01 Area Studies

05.02 Ethnic and Cultural Studies

11. Computer and Information Sciences

11.01 Computer and Information Sciences, General

11.02 Computer Programming

11.04 Information Sciences and Systems

11.05 Computer Systems Analysis

11.07 Computer Science

13. Education

13.01 Education, General

13.02 Bilingual/Bicultural Education

13.03 Curriculum and Instruction

13.04 Education Administration and Supervision

13.05 Educational/Instructional Media Design

13.06 Educational Evaluation, Research, and Statistics

13.07 International and Comparative Education

13.08 Educational Psychology

13.09 Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

13.10 Special Education

13.11 Student Counseling and Personnel Services

13.12 General Teacher Education

13.13 Teacher Education, Specific Academic, and Vocational Programs

13.14 Teaching English as a Second Language/Foreign Language

14. Engineering

14.01 Engineering, General

14.02 Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering

14.03 Agricultural Engineering

14.04 Architectural Engineering

14.05 Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering

14.06 Ceramic Sciences and Engineering

14.07 Chemical Engineering

14.08 Civil Engineering

14.09 Computer Engineering

14.10 Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering

14.11 Engineering Mechanics

14.12 Engineering Physics

14.13 Engineering Science

14.14 Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

14.15 Geological Engineering

14.16 Geophysical Engineering

14.17 Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

14.18 Materials Engineering

14.19 Mechanical Engineering

14.20 Metallurgical Engineering

14.21 Mining and Mineral Engineering

14.22 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

14.23 Nuclear Engineering

14.24 Ocean Engineering

14.25 Petroleum Engineering

14.27 Systems Engineering

14.28 Textile Sciences and Engineering

14.29 Engineering Design

14.30 Engineering/Industrial Management

14.31 Materials Science

14.32 Polymer/Plastics Engineering

16. Foreign Languages

16.01 Foreign Languages and Literatures

16.03 East and Southeast Asian Languages and Literatures

16.04 East European Languages and Literatures

16.05 Germanic Languages and Literatures

16.06 Greek Languages and Literatures

16.07 South Asian Languages and Literatures

16.09 Romance Languages and Literatures

16.11 Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures

16.12 Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

22. Law and Legal Studies

22.01 Law and Legal Studies

25. Library Science

25.01 Library Science/Librarianship

25.03 Library Assistant

26. Biological Sciences/Life Sciences

26.01 Biology, General

26.02 Biochemistry and Biophysics

26.03 Botany

26.04 Cell and Molecular Biology

26.05 Microbiology/Bacteriology

26.06 Miscellaneous Biological Specializations

26.07 Zoology

27. Mathematics

27.01 Mathematics

27.03 Applied Mathematics

27.05 Mathematic Statistics

40. Physical Sciences

40.01 Physical Sciences, General

40.02 Astronomy

40.03 Astrophysics

40.04 Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

40.05 Chemistry

40.06 Geological and Related Sciences

40.07 Miscellaneous Physical Sciences

40.08 Physics

42. Psychology

42.01 Psychology

42.02 Clinical Psychology

42.03 Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics

42.04 Community Psychology

42.06 Counseling Psychology

42.07 Developmental and Child Psychology

42.08 Experimental Psychology

42.09 Industrial and Organizational Psychology

42.11 Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology

42.16 Social Psychology

42.17 School Psychology

50. Visual and Performing Arts

50.01 Visual and Performing Arts

50.02 Crafts, Folk Art, and Artisanry

50.03 Dance

50.04 Design and Applied Arts

50.05 Dramatic/Theater Arts and Stagecraft

50.06 Film/Video and Photographic Arts

50.07 Fine Arts and Art Studies

50.09 Music

51. Health Professions and Related Sciences

51.01 Chiropractic (D.C., D.C.M.)

51.02 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services

51.03 Community Health Services

51.04 Dentistry (D.D.S., D.M.D.)

51.05 Dental Clinical Sciences/Graduate Dentistry (M.S., Ph.D.)

51.06 Dental Services

51.07 Health and Medical Administrative Services

51.08 Health and Medical Assistants

51.09 Health and Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Services

51.10 Health and Medical Laboratory Technologies/Technicians

51.11 Health and Medical Preparatory Programs

51.12 Medicine (M.D.)

51.13 Medical Basic Science

51.14 Medical Clinical Services (M.S., Ph.D)

51.15 Mental Health Services

51.16 Nursing

51.17 Optometry (O.D.)

51.18 Ophthalmic/Optometric Services

51.19 Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

51.20 Pharmacy

51.21 Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., Pod.D.)

51.22 Public Health

51.23 Rehabilitation/Therapeutic Services

51.24 Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)

51.25 Veterinary Clinical Services

51.27 Miscellaneous Health Professions

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