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*Not known or unspecified
*Not known or unspecified

Revision as of 07:45, 27 May 2009

Here is a possible list of standard tags describing a course:

  • General Programmes
    • Basic programmes
      • pre-primary
      • elementary
      • primary
      • secondary
      • university
    • Literacy and numeracy
    • Personal development
      • behavioural capacities
      • mental skills
      • personal organizational capacities
      • life orientation programmes.
  • Teacher training and education science
    • Teacher training
      • pre-school
      • kindergarten
      • elementary school
      • vocational
      • practical
      • non-vocational subject
      • adult education
      • teacher trainers
      • for handicapped children
      • General and specialized teacher training programmes.
    • Education science
      • curriculum development in non-vocational and vocational subjects
      • Educational assessment
      • testing and measurement
      • educational research
      • other education science.
  • Humanities and Arts
    • Arts
      • Fine arts
        • drawing
        • painting
        • sculpture
      • Performing arts
        • music
        • drama
        • dance
        • circus
      • Graphic and audio-visual arts
        • photography]
        • cinematography
        • music production
        • radio and TV production
        • printing and publishing;
      • Design
      • Craft skills.
    • Humanities
      • Religion and theology
      • Foreign languages and cultures
        • living or ‘dead’ languages and their literature
        • area studies;
      • Native languages
      • interpretation and translation
      • linguistics
      • comparative literature
      • history
      • archaeology
      • philosophy
      • ethics.
  • Social sciences, business and law
    • Social and behavioural science
      • Economics
      • economic history
      • political science
      • sociology
      • demography
      • anthropology (except physical anthropology)
      • ethnology
      • futurology
      • psychology
      • geography (except physical geography)
      • peace and conflict studies
      • human rights
    • Journalism and information
      • Journalism
      • library technician and science
      • technicians in museums and similar repositories
      • Documentation techniques
      • Archival sciences
    • Business and administration
      • Retailing
      • marketing
      • sales
      • public relations
      • real estate
      • Finance
      • banking
      • insurance
      • investment analysis
      • Accounting
      • auditing
      • bookkeeping
      • Management
      • public administration
      • institutional administration
      • personnel administration
      • Secretarial and office work
    • Law
      • Local magistrates
      • ‘notaires’
      • law (general, international, labour, maritime, etc.)
      • jurisprudence
      • history of law.
  • Science
    • Life sciences
      • Biology
      • botany
      • bacteriology
      • toxicology
      • microbiology
      • zoology
      • entomology
      • ornithology
      • genetics
      • biochemistry
      • biophysics
      • other allied sciences excluding clinical and veterinary sciences.
    • Physical sciences
      • Astronomy and space sciences
      • physics and other allied subjects
      • chemistry and other allied subjects
      • geology***geophysics, mineralogy
      • physical anthropology
      • physical geography and other geosciences
      • meteorology and other atmospheric sciences including climatic research
      • marine science
      • vulcanology
      • palaeoecology
    • Mathematics and statistics
      • Mathematics
      • operations research
      • numerical analysis
      • actuarial science
      • statistics and other allied fields.
    • Computing - software development only (hardware development should be classified with the engineering fields)
      • system design
      • computer programming
      • data processing
      • networks
      • operating systems
  • Engineering, manufacturing and construction
    • Engineering and engineering trades
      • Engineering drawing
      • mechanics
      • metal work
      • electricity
      • electronics
      • telecommunications
      • energy and chemical engineering
      • vehicle maintenance
      • surveying
    • Manufacturing and processing
      • Food and drink processing
      • textiles
      • clothes
      • footwear
      • leather
      • materials (wood, paper, plastic, glass, etc.)
      • mining and extraction.
    • Architecture and building
      • structural architecture
      • landscape architecture
      • community planning
      • cartography
      • Building
      • construction
      • Civil engineering
  • Agriculture
    • Agriculture, forestry and fishery
      • Agriculture
      • crop and livestock production
      • agronomy
      • animal husbandry
      • horticulture and gardening
      • forestry and forest product techniques
      • natural parks
      • wildlife
      • fisheries
      • fishery science and technology.
    • Veterinary
      • Veterinary medicine
      • veterinary assisting
  • Health and welfare
    • Health
      • Medicine
        • anatomy
        • epidemiology
        • cytology
        • physiology
        • immunology and immunoaematology
        • pathology
        • anaesthesiology
        • paediatrics
        • obstetrics and gynaecology
        • internal medicine
        • surgery
        • neurology
        • psychiatry
        • radiology
        • ophthalmology
      • Medical services
        • public health services
        • hygiene
        • pharmacy
        • pharmacology
        • therapeutics
        • rehabilitation
        • prosthetics
        • optometry
        • nutrition
      • Nursing
        • basic nursing
        • midwifery
      • Dental services
        • dental assisting
        • dental hygienist
        • dental laboratory technician
        • odontology
    • Social services
      • Social care
        • care of the disabled
        • child care
        • youth services
        • gerontological services
      • Social work
        • counselling
        • welfare n.e.c.
  • Services
    • Personal services
      • Hotel and catering
      • travel and tourism
      • sports and leisure
      • hairdressing
      • beauty treatment
      • cleaning
      • laundry
      • dry-cleaning
      • cosmetic services
      • domestic science
      • other personal services
    • Transport services
      • Seamanship
      • ship's officer
      • nautical science
      • air crew
      • air traffic control
      • railway operations
      • road motor vehicle operations
      • postal service
    • Environmental protection
      • Environmental conservation
      • control and protection
      • air and water pollution control
      • labour protection and security
    • Security services
      • Protection of property and persons
        • police work and related law enforcement
        • criminology
        • fire-protection and fire fighting
        • civil security
      • Military
  • Not known or unspecified

Total: 34 tags
If we integrate the sub-sub categories, it would go to about 300 tags. In practice it still should be easy to navigate during a search if we integrate them.

(The tags could be drawn from this UNESCO ISCED 1997 list.)