Variant of CIP 2000 - Primary groupings

Variant of CIP 2000 - Primary groupings
Abbreviations, acronyms and superscripts

04 - Social and Behavioural Sciences and Law

05. - Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies

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

05.02 - Ethnic, Cultural Minority and Gender Studies

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 05.0201 to 05.0299.

05.0201 - African American/Black Studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of the North American peoples descended from the African diaspora; focusing on the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, but also including reference to Latin American elements of the diaspora.

  • Example Program Names:

    • African American studies
    • Black Canadian studies
    • Black studies

  • Exclusion

    • African studies(05.0101)
    • American studies(05.0102)
    • African languages and literature(16.0201)
05.0202 - Aboriginal Studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of the aboriginal peoples of the Americas from earliest times until the present, with particular emphasis on U.S. and Canadian populations and their problems but including reference to Caribbean and Latin American native peoples.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Aboriginal studies
    • First Nations studies
    • Inuit studies
    • Native American studies
    • Native studies

  • Exclusion

    • American studies(05.0102)
    • Canadian studies(05.0115)
    • Aboriginal language(16.1001)
05.0203 - Hispanic American, Puerto Rican and Mexican American/Chicano Studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic American immigrant populations within the U.S., including Mexican American Studies, Cuban American Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, and others.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Chicano studies
    • Cuban American studies
    • Hispanic American studies
    • Mexican American studies
    • Puerto Rican studies

  • Exclusion

    • Latin American studies(05.0107)
    • Hispanic studies(05.0130)
    • Spanish language and literature(16.0905)
05.0206 - Asian American Studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of Asian population groups who have immigrated to the United States, or sought refugee asylum, from the colonial period to the present, and including Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Cambodian Americans, and others.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Asian American studies

  • Exclusion

    • American studies(05.0102)
    • Asian studies(05.0103)
    • Oriental languages(16.0300)
05.0207 - Women's Studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literature, philosophy, and the arts as much as on social studies and policy.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Women's studies
    • Women's/gender studies

  • Exclusion

    • Gender studies(05.0299)
    • Political history(54.0199)
    • Women's history(54.0199)
05.0208 - Gay/Lesbian Studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on homosexuality in history, society, politics, and cultural life; usually with an emphasis on the modern emergence of gays and lesbians as a sociocultural minority movement, the identification of social, literary, and artistic themes and the definition of, and public policy and legal issues surrounding the gay and lesbian community.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Gay and lesbian studies

  • Exclusion

    • Intercultural studies(30.2301)
05.0299 - Ethnic, Cultural Minority and Gender Studies, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Ethnic, Cultural Minority and Gender Studies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Gender studies

  • Exclusion

    • International studies(30.2001)
    • Intercultural studies(30.2301)
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