code | group | title | definition | crossReferences | examples |
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05.0101 | Area Studies | African Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the African Continent, usually with an emphasis on Africa south of the Sahara, and including the African diasporas overseas. | 05.0201 - African-American/Black Studies. | (undefined) |
05.0102 | Area Studies | American/United States Studies/Civilization | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0103 | Area Studies | Asian Studies/Civilization | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Asian Continent, including the study of the Asian diasporas overseas. | 05.0206 - Asian-American Studies. | (undefined) |
05.0104 | Area Studies | East Asian Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of East Asia, defined as including China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Tibet, related borderlands and island groups, and including the study of the East Asian diasporas overseas. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0105 | Area Studies | Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the region encompassing Russia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia, including the Balkan, Baltic, Caucasus, and Central Asian states that were republics of the former Soviet Union. | 05.0110 - Russian Studies. | - Russian and East European Studies, - Central and Eastern European Studies, - CIS Studies |
05.0106 | Area Studies | European Studies/Civilization | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the European Continent, including the study of European migration patterns and colonial empires. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0107 | Area Studies | Latin American Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic peoples of the North and South American Continents outside Canada and the United States, including the study of the Pre-Columbian period and the flow of immigrants from other societies. | 05.0203 - Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies. | (undefined) |
05.0108 | Area Studies | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of North Africa, Southwestern Asia, Asia Minor, and the Arabian Peninsula, related borderlands and island groups, and including emigrant and immigrant groups. | 30.2202 - Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology. | - Modern Middle Eastern Studies |
05.0109 | Area Studies | Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Australasia and the Pacific Ocean, related island groups and bordering coastal regions, and including pre- and post-colonial migration patterns. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0110 | Area Studies | Russian Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Russian Federation and its Soviet, Czarist, and medieval predecessors and related borderlands. | 05.0105 - Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies. | (undefined) |
05.0111 | Area Studies | Scandinavian Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Scandinavia, defined as Northern Europe including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and related island groups (e.g., Greenland) and borderlands. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0112 | Area Studies | South Asian Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of South Asia, defined as including Afghanistan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas. | (undefined) | - Indian/South Asian Studies |
05.0113 | Area Studies | Southeast Asian Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Southeast Asia, defined as including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam; related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0114 | Area Studies | Western European Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of historical Western Europe, defined as including Britain, Ireland, France, the Low Countries, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, the Western Mediterranean, and related island groups and borderlands. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0115 | Area Studies | Canadian Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Canada and its Pre-Columbian, colonial, and pre-federation predecessors, including immigrant flows and related borderlands and island groups. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0116 | Area Studies | Balkans Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan Peninsula and associated island groups and borderlands, Southern Slavic and non-Slavic, during the medieval, Ottoman, and modern periods. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0117 | Area Studies | Baltic Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the coastlands of the Baltic Sea, including Baltic, Germanic, Scandinavian, and Slavic populations, related borderlands and island groups, and problems of cultural survival and assimilation. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0118 | Area Studies | Slavic Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Slavic peoples inhabiting Europe, Asia, and in immigrant groups elsewhere, including the study of the emergence and migration patterns of Slavic culture, languages, and populations. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0119 | Area Studies | Caribbean Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the major islands and archipelagoes of the Caribbean Sea and related coastal borderlands, including immigration patterns and Pre-Columbian, colonial, and modern societies. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
05.0120 | Area Studies | Ural-Altaic and Central Asian Studies | A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples and countries of Inner/Central Asia, including the Turkic and Mongolian inhabitants of the Caspian, Amur, Tien Shan, Baikal, Gobi, Siberian, and Manchurian areas and the historical Silk Road, in terms of their past and present development. | (undefined) | (undefined) |