Standard Classification of Educational Fields

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

• 0000 General programmes
  • 0100 Basic programmes
    • 0110 Pre-primary
    • 0120 Elementary
    • 0130 Primary
    • 0140 Secondary
    • 0150 University
  • 0800 Literacy and numeracy
    • 0810 Simple and functional literacy
    • 0820 Numeracy
  • 0900 Personal development
    • 0910 Behavioural capacities
    • 0920 Mental skills
    • 0930 Personal organizational capacities
    • 0940 Life orientation programmes
• 1000 Teacher training and education science
  • 1400 Teacher training
    • 1410 Pre-school
    • 1420 Kindergarten
    • 1430 Elementary school
    • 1440 Vocational
    • 1450 Practical
    • 1460 Non-vocational subject
    • 1470 Adult education
    • 1480 Teacher trainers
    • 1490 Handicapped children
  • 1500 Education science
    • 1510 Curriculum development in non-vocational and vocational subjects
    • 1520 Educational assessment
    • 1530 Testing and measurement
    • 1540 Educational research
    • 1550 Other education science
• 2000 Humanities and Arts
  • 2100 Arts
    • 2110 Fine arts
      • 2111 Drawing
      • 2112 Painting
      • 2113 Sculpture
    • 2120 Performing arts
      • 2121 Music
      • 2122 Drama
      • 2123 Dance
      • 2124 Circus
    • 2130 Graphic and audio-visual arts
      • 2131 Photography
      • 2132 Cinematography
      • 2133 Music production
      • 2134 Radio and TV production
      • 2135 Printing and publishing
    • 2140 Design
    • 2141 Craft skills
  • 2200 Humanities
    • 2210 Religion and theology
      • 2211 Foreign languages and cultures
      • 2212 Living or ‘dead’ languages and their literature
      • 2213 Area studies
    • 2220 Native languages
    • 2230 Interpretation and translation
    • 2240 Linguistics
    • 2250 Comparative literature
    • 2260 History
    • 2270 Archaeology
    • 2280 Philosophy
    • 2290 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

(The tags have been drawn from this UNESCO ISCED 1997 list.)