Instructional programs that focus on the various natural resources and conservation fields and prepare individuals for related occupations.

Natural Resources And Conservation

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 03.0101 - 03.0199.

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

Instructional programs that focus on the defined areas, regions, and countries of the world; defined minority groups within and across societies; and issues relevant to collective gender and group experience.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 05.0101 - 05.0199.

Area Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 05.0200 - 05.0299.

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

Instructional programs that focus on how messages in various media are produced, used, and interpreted within and across different contexts, channels, and cultures, and that prepare individuals to apply communication knowledge and skills professionally.

Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 09.0100 - 09.0199.

Communication and Media Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 09.0900 - 09.0999.

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Publishing

Instructional programs that prepare individuals to function as equipment operators, support technicians, and operations managers in the film/video, recording, and graphic communications industries.

Communications Technologies/Technicians And Support Services

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 10.0301 - 10.0399.

Graphic Communications

Instructional programs that focus on the computer and information sciences and prepare individuals for various occupations in information technology and computer operations fields.

Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 11.0101 - 11.0199.

Computer and Information Sciences, General

Information Science/Studies

Computer Science

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 11.0801 - 11.0899.

Computer Software and Media Applications

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 11.0901 - 11.0999.

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 11.1001 - 11.1099.

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

Instructional programs that focus on the theory and practice of learning and teaching, and related research, administrative and support services.

Education

Education, General

Curriculum and Instruction

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 13.0401 - 13.0499.

Educational Administration and Supervision

Educational/Instructional Media Design

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 13.0601 - 13.0699.

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 13.1001 - 13.1099.

Special Education and Teaching

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 13.1101 - 13.1199.

Student Counseling and Personnel Services

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 13.1201 - 13.1299.

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 13.1301 - 13.1399.

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 13.1401 - 13.1499.

Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language

Instructional programs that prepare individuals to apply mathematical and     scientific principles to the solution of practical problems.

Engineering

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 14.0201 - 14.0299.

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering

Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 14.0801 - 14.0899.

Civil Engineering

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 14.0901 - 14.0999.

Computer Engineering

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 14.1001 - 14.1099.

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Systems Engineering

Construction Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Operations Research

Instructional programs that focus on foreign languages and literatures, the humanistic and scientific study of linguistics, and the provision of professional interpretation and translation services.

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 16.0101 - 16.0199.

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 16.0900 - 16.0999.

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Instructional programs that focus on the human interface with the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual environments and the developmental stages and needs of individuals in the interrelated spheres of family, workplace, and community.

Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 19.0701 - 19.0799.

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

Instructional programs that prepare individuals for the legal profession, for related support professions and professional legal research, and focus on the study of legal issues in non-professional programs.

Legal Professions And Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 22.0201 - 22.0299.

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies

Legal Professions and Studies, Other

Instructional programs that focus on the structure and use of the English language and dialects, speech, writing, and various aspects of the literatures and cultures of the English-speaking peoples.

English Language And Literature/Letters

English Language and Literature, General

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 23.1301 - 23.1399.

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 23.1401 - 23.1499.

Literature

General instructional programs and independent or individualized studies in the liberal arts subjects, the humanities disciplines and the general curriculum.

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 24.0101 - 24.0199.

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

Instructional programs that focus on the biological sciences and the non-clinical biomedical sciences, and that prepare individuals for research and professional careers as biologists and biomedical scientists.

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 26.0101 - 26.0102.

Biology, General

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 26.0202 - 26.0299.

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 26.0401 - 26.0499.

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 26.0502 - 26.0599.

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 26.1101 - 26.1199.

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 26.1301 - 26.1399.

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 26.1501 - 26.1599.

Neurobiology and Neurosciences

Instructional programs that focus on the systematic study of logical symbolic language and its applications.

Mathematics And Statistics

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 27.0101 - 27.0199.

Mathematics

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 27.0301 - 27.0399.

Applied Mathematics

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 27.0501 - 27.0599.

Statistics

Instructional programs that derive from two or more distinct programs to provide a cross-cutting focus on a subject concentration that is not subsumed under a single discipline or occupational field.

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Biological and Physical Sciences

Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Mathematics and Computer Science

Gerontology

Science, Technology and Society

International/Globalization Studies

Holocaust and Related Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 30.2501 - 30.2599.

Cognitive Science

Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis

Dispute Resolution

Computational Science

Sustainability Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 30.7101 - 30.7199.

Data Analytics

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

Instructional programs that focus on the principles and practices of managing parks and other recreational and fitness facilities; providing recreational, leisure and fitness services; and the study of human kinesiology and fitness.

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, And Kinesiology

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 31.0301 - 31.0399.

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 31.0501 - 31.0599.

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

Instructional programs that focus on logical inquiry, philosophical analysis, and the academic study of organized systems of belief and religious practices.

Philosophy And Religious Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 38.0101 - 38.0199.

Philosophy

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 38.0201 - 38.0299.

Religion/Religious Studies

Instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of inanimate objects, processes of matter and energy, and associated phenomena.

Physical Sciences

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0201 - 40.0299.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0401 - 40.0499.

Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0501 - 40.0599.

Chemistry

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0601 - 40.0699.

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0801 - 40.0899.

Physics

Physical Sciences, Other

Instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of the behavior of individuals, independently or collectively, and the physical and environmental bases of mental, emotional, and neurological activity.

Psychology

Psychology, General

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 42.2801 - 42.2899. These CIP codes are not valid for IPEDS reporting.

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

Instructional programs that focus on the principles and procedures for providing homeland security, police, fire, and other safety services and managing penal institutions. Note: this series is titled Security and Protective Services" in the Canadian CIP.

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