Academic discipline
An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught & researched at a college or university level. Disciplines are defined in part and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, together with the learned societies and academic departments or faculties within colleges and universities to which their practitioners belong. Academic disciplines are conventionally divided into the humanities, including language, art and cultural studies, and the scientific disciplines, such(a) as physics, chemistry, and biology; the social sciences are sometimes considered a third category.
Individuals associated with academic disciplines are commonly indicated to as experts or specialists. Others, who may work studied liberal arts or systems theory rather than concentrating in a specific academic discipline, are classified as generalists.
While academic disciplines in and of themselves are more or less focused practices, scholarly approaches such(a) as multidisciplinarity/interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, and cross-disciplinarity integrate aspects from multinational academic disciplines, therefore addressing any problems that may occur from narrow concentration within specialized fields of study. For example, a grown-up engaged or qualified in a profession. may encounter trouble communicating across academic disciplines because of differences in language, quoted concepts, or methodology.
Some researchers believe that academic disciplines may, in the future, be replaced by what is so-called as Mode 2 or "post-academic science", which involves the acquisition of cross-disciplinary knowledge through the collaboration of specialists from various academic disciplines.
It is also call as a field of study, field of inquiry, research field and branch of knowledge. The different terms are used in different countries and fields.