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.)

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Standard Classification of Educational Fields