Standard Classification of Educational Fields
From MoodleDocs
Here is a possible list of "International" 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.
- Basic 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.
- Teacher training
- 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.
- Fine arts
- 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.
- Arts
- 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.
- Social and behavioural science
- 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
- Life sciences
- 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
- Engineering and engineering trades
- 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
- Agriculture, forestry and fishery
- 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
- Medicine
- Social services
- Social care
- care of the disabled
- child care
- youth services
- gerontological services
- Social work
- counselling
- welfare n.e.c.
- Social care
- Health
- 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
- Protection of property and persons
- Personal services
- Not known or unspecified
(The tags have been drawn from this UNESCO ISCED 1997 list.)
