Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences

01.1001 - Food Science

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of converting raw agricultural products into processed forms suitable for direct human consumption, and the storage of such products. These programs include courses in applicable aspects of the agricultural sciences, human physiology and nutrition, food chemistry, agricultural products processing, food additives, food preparation and packaging, food storage and shipment, and related aspects of human health and safety including toxicology and pathology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Food chemistry
  • Food science

• Exclusion

  • Food processing(01.1002)
  • Cooking(12.0500)
  • Food preparation(12.0505)
  • Food engineering(14.0301)
  • Human nutritional sciences(30.1901)

19.05 - Foods, Nutrition and Related Services

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 19.0501 to 19.0599.

26.01 - Biology, General

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0101 and 26.0102.

26.02 - Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0202 to 26.0299.

26.03 - Botany/Plant Biology

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0301 to 26.0399.

26.04 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0401 to 26.0499.

26.05 - Microbiological Sciences and Immunology

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0502 to 26.0599.

26.07 - Zoology/Animal Biology

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0701 to 26.0799.

26.08 - Genetics

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0801 to 26.0899.

26.09 - Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0901 to 26.0999.

26.10 - Pharmacology and Toxicology

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.1001 to 26.1099.

26.11 - Biomathematics and Bioinformatics

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.1101 to 26.1199.

26.12 - Biotechnology

This subseries comprises instructional program class 26.1201.

26.1301 - Ecology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the relationships and interactions of small-scale biological systems, such as organisms, to each other, to complex and whole systems, and to the physical and other non-biological aspects of their environments. These programs include courses in biogeochemistry; landscape and/or marine/aquatic dynamics; decomposition; global and regional elemental budgets; biotic and abiotic regulation of nutrient cycles; ecophysiology; ecosystem resilience, disturbance, and succession; community and habitat dynamics; organismal interactions (co-evolution, competition, predation); paleoecology, and evolutionary ecology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Animal ecology
  • Ecology
  • Plant ecology
  • Wildlife ecology

• Exclusion

  • Plant sciences(01.1101)
  • Natural resources(03.0101)
  • Environmental studies(03.0103)
  • Environmental science(03.0104)
  • Environmental biology(26.1305)

26.1302 - Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the ecology and behaviour of microbes, plants, and animals inhabiting oceans, coastal waters, and saltwater wetlands and their interactions with the physical environment. These programs include courses in chemical, physical, and geological oceanography; molecular, cellular, and biochemical studies; marine microbiology; marine botany; ichthyology; mammalogy; marine population dynamics and biodiversity; reproductive biology; studies of specific species, phyla, habitats, and ecosystems; marine paleoecology and paleontology; and applications to fields such as fisheries science and biotechnology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Biological oceanography
  • Marine biology

• Exclusion

  • Aquaculture(01.0303)
  • Fisheries science(03.0301)
  • Biological sciences(26.0101)
  • Physical oceanography(40.0607)

26.1303 - Evolutionary Biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the genetic, developmental, functional, and morphological patterns and processes, and theoretical principles; and the emergence and mutation of organisms over time. These programs include courses in molecular and morphological systematics; genetics and development; evolutionary transformation; paleobiology and paleontology; morphogenesis; mutation; locomotor, biomechanical and craniodental form and function; evolutionary theory; and systematic biology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Evolutionary biology

• Exclusion

  • Biology(26.0101)
  • Anthropology(45.0201)
  • Physical anthropology(45.0202)

26.1304 - Aquatic Biology/Limnology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the ecology and behaviour of microbes, plants, and animals inhabiting inland fresh waters such as lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks, estuaries, and wetlands. These programs include courses in geology and hydrology; aquatic ecosystems; microbiology; mycology; botany; ichthyology; mammalogy; population biology and biodiversity; studies of specific species, phyla, and habitats; and applications to fields such as natural resources conservation, fisheries science, and biotechnology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Aquatic biology
  • Fisheries biology
  • Limnology

• Exclusion

  • Aquaculture(01.0303)
  • Fisheries science(03.0301)
  • Biological sciences(26.0101)
  • Marine biology(26.1302)

26.1305 - Environmental Biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the origins, functions, relationships, interactions, and natural history of living populations, communities, species, and ecosystems in relation to dynamic environmental processes. These programs include courses in biodiversity, molecular genetic and genomic evolution, meso-scale ecology, computational biology and modelling, conservation biology, local and global environmental change, and restoration ecology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Environmental biology

• Exclusion

  • Environmental science(03.0104)
  • Biology(26.0101)
  • Ecology(26.1301)
  • Natural sciences(30.1801)

26.1306 - Population Biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the natural history, life cycle behaviour, and ecosystem dynamics of single species and multi-species communities, and the patterns and causes of diversity within and among such populations. These programs include courses in biostatistics, population dynamics, population and quantitative genetics, RNA and DNA sequences, genomics, evolutionary ecology, natural adaptation and hybridization, geographic differentiation, life history and life cycle studies, and animal and plant demography.

• Example Program Names:

  • Population biology

• Exclusion

  • Biology(26.0101)
  • Population studies(45.0501)
  • Public health (MPH, DPH)(51.2201)

26.1307 - Conservation Biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences to the specific problems of biodiversity, species preservation, ecological sustainability, and habitat fragmentation in the face of advancing human social, economic, and industrial pressures. These programs include courses in ecology, environmental science, biological systems, extinction theory, human-animal and human-plant interaction, ecosystem science and management, wetland conservation, field biology, forest and wildlife biology, and natural history.

• Example Program Names:

  • Conservation biology

• Exclusion

  • Environmental and conservation science(03.0101)
  • Environmental science(03.0104)
  • Renewable resources(03.0199)
  • Biology(26.0101)
  • Historic preservation and conservation(30.1201)

26.1308 - Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the theoretical and empirical study of the principles and processes underlying the origin and maintenance of biological taxonomic diversity; related biogeographical and evolutionary patterns; and studies of the origin, diversification, distribution, and extinction of species and lineages. These programs include courses in phylogenetic analysis, structural development and molecular evolution, classification and taxonomic theory, biological nomenclature, taxonomic assignment, evolutionary theory, biological surveys and inventories, computer modelling, and database building.

• Example Program Names:

  • Systematic biology

• Exclusion

  • Biological sciences(26.0101)
  • Biostatistics(26.1102)
  • Systems science and theory(30.0601)

26.1399 - Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology.

26.99 - Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other

This subseries comprises instructional program class 26.9999.

30.19 - Nutrition Sciences

This subseries comprises instructional program class 30.1901.

30.24 - Neuroscience

This subseries comprises instructional program class 30.2401.

41.01 - Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician

This subseries comprises instructional program class 41.0101.

51.14 - Medical Scientist (MSc, PhD)

This subseries comprises instructional program class 51.1401.

51.2205 - Health/Medical Physics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of physics, nuclear science, and engineering physics to diagnostic, treatment, and therapeutic processes and public health protection. These programs include courses in radiation biophysics, biophysics, health effects of natural and artificially induced radiation, hazard evaluation, environmental radioactivity, nuclear physics, engineering physics, radiobiology, medical radiology, calibration and dosage theory, computer applications and medical informatics, and specific research problems.

• Example Program Names:

  • Health physics
  • Medical physics

51.2501 - Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (Cert., MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any integrated program of study in one or more of the veterinary medical or clinical sciences or a program undifferentiated as to title.

• Example Program Names:

  • Veterinary sciences (Cert., MSc, PhD)

• Exclusion

  • Animal biology(26.0701)
  • Veterinary medicine(51.2401)
  • Veterinary practice-residency(60.0311)

51.2502 - Veterinary Anatomy (Cert., MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure of small and large animal cellular, organ, tissue, and body systems and their relation to physiologic function, disease, and therapeutic treatment. These programs include courses in histology, ultrastructure, molecular biology, biochemistry, developmental biology, neuroscience, electrophysiology, electron microscopy, computer imaging, and applications to specific species.

• Example Program Names:

  • Veterinary anatomy and public health

• Exclusion

  • Veterinary medicine(51.2401)

51.2503 - Veterinary Physiology (Cert., MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the functional dynamics of animal biological systems and their relationship to the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury. These programs include courses in mammalian and non-mammalian physiology, laboratory physiology, physiological responses to the environment, endocrinology, animal biotechnology, mechanisms of hormone action, organ systems, metabolism, and pathophysiology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Veterinary physiological sciences (Cert., MSc, PhD)

• Exclusion

  • Veterinary medicine(51.2401)

51.2504 - Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology (Cert., MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the microbial causation and immunologic processes related to animal disease, prevention, and treatment. These programs include courses in bacteriology, mycology, virology, immune response mechanisms, humoral and cell function, cancer defences, immune system dysfunction, immunologic diseases, parasitology, pathogenesis, and disease vectors.

• Example Program Names:

  • Veterinary microbiology and immunobiology (Cert., MSc, PhD)

• Exclusion

  • Veterinary microbiology-residency(60.0307)

51.2505 - Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology (Cert., MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the development and process of disease in domestic and wild animals and applications to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. These programs include courses in pathogenesis, immunoparasitology, viral therapy, inherited metabolic diseases, environmental toxicology, anatomical and clinical pathology, necropsy and biopsy techniques, clinical laboratory analysis, pathological interpretation, and disease diagnosis.

• Example Program Names:

  • Veterinary pathology and pathobiology (Cert., MSc, PhD)

• Exclusion

  • Biomedical toxicology(26.1004)
  • Veterinary pathology-residency(60.0310)

51.2506 - Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology (Cert., MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of specific environmental and food hazards affecting domestic and wild animals and the development and action of chemical antidotes and treatments. These programs include courses in small and large animal toxicology and pharmacology, neurotoxicology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, neuropharmacology, xenobiotics, drug resistance, pesticides, toxicological pathology, genetic and molecular toxicology, environmental toxicology, drug and toxicant analysis and evaluation, and environmental radiology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Veterinary toxicology and pharmacology (Cert., MSc, PhD)

• Exclusion

  • Veterinary toxicology-residency(60.0316)

51.2509 - Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine (Cert., MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of animal models of human disease and related experimental procedures, and prepares veterinarians and animal health specialists to manage the laboratory use and care of experimental animals. These programs include courses in laboratory animal husbandry, laboratory animal disease, biohazard control, gnotobiology, breeding, comparative anatomy and physiology, comparative gene mapping, protein function, physical and mathematical modelling, computer modelling, stem cell technology, colony and genetic stock management, cryopreservation, applicable regulations, and bioethics.

• Example Program Names:

  • Comparative and laboratory animal medicine (Cert., MSc, PhD)

• Exclusion

  • Veterinary medicine(51.2401)
  • Laboratory animal medicine-residency(60.0306)

51.2511 - Veterinary Infectious Diseases (Cert., MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of zoonotic infectious diseases, disease mechanisms, and prevention and treatment strategies. These programs include courses in disease pathogenesis, vector biology, mycobacterial infection, blood parasites, retroviruses, food-borne diseases, new infectious agents, ecotoxicology, mechanisms of disease transfer, antibody resistance, comparative pathology, communicable diseases, and disease prevention and eradication.

• Example Program Names:

  • Veterinary parasitology (Cert., MSc, PhD)

• Exclusion

  • Veterinary epidemiology(51.2510)
  • Veterinary pathology-residency(60.0310)
  • Veterinary toxicology-residency(60.0316)

51.2599 - Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (Cert., MSc, PhD), Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (Cert., MSc, PhD).

51.3101 - Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to integrate and apply the principles of the food and nutrition sciences, human behaviour, and the biomedical sciences to design and manage effective nutrition programs in a variety of settings. These programs include courses in human nutrition; nutrient metabolism; the role of foods and nutrition in health promotion and disease prevention; planning and directing food service activities; diet and nutrition analysis and planning; supervision of food storage and preparation; client education; and professional standards and regulations.

• Example Program Names:

  • Dietetics
  • Dietitian

• Exclusion

  • Food science(01.1001)
  • Food and nutrition(19.0501)
  • Human nutrition(19.0504)
  • Nutrition science(30.1901)

51.3102 - Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply the principles of dietetics and the biomedical and nutrition sciences to design and manage effective nutrition programs as part of clinical treatment and therapy programs, and to manage health care facility food services. These programs include courses in human nutrition, nutrient metabolism, the role of foods and nutrition in health promotion and disease prevention, nutrition as a treatment regime, planning and directing hospital food service programs, diet and nutrition analysis and planning, supervision of food storage and preparation, special diets, client education, and professional standards and regulations.

• Example Program Names:

  • Clinical nutrition
  • Nutritionist

• Exclusion

  • Food science(01.1001)
  • Human nutrition(19.0504)
  • Nutrition science(30.1901)
  • Dietitian(51.3101)

51.3199 - Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.

• Example Program Names:

  • Holistic nutrition