Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings

Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings
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03 - Humanities

38. - Philosophy and religious studies

38.01 - Philosophy, logic and ethics

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 38.0101 to 38.0199.

38.0101 - Philosophy

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. These programs include courses in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the theoretical foundations and methods of other disciplines.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • philosophy

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • philosophy and religion(38.0001)
    • philosophy of education(13.0901)
    • philosophy of science and technology(54.0104)
    • political philosophy(45.1001)
    • religious studies(38.0201)
    • Taoist philosophy(38.0299)
38.0102 - Logic

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the systematic study of valid inference, argument, and sound reasoning. These programs include courses in classical logic, properties of argument, validity, proof, fallacies, formal and material logic, symbolic and mathematical logic, analysis, specific schools of logic, and applications to problems in other academic disciplines and professional fields.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • logic

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • artificial intelligence(11.0102)
    • cognitive science(30.2501)
    • computing and information science(11.0101)
    • mathematics(27.0101)
    • topology(27.0105)
38.0103 - Ethics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the systematic study of the theory of moral good and its application to various theoretical and practical problems. These programs include courses in ethical theory, history of ethics, belief and value systems, ethical constructs, and applications to specific topics, issues and problems.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Christian ethics
    • ethics
    • ethics studies
    • religious ethics

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • bioethics(51.3201)
    • business ethics(38.0104)
    • science, technology and society(30.1501)
38.0104 - Applied and professional ethics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the systematic study of ethical issues in the workplace and public life, and the application of ethical decision-making to the practical problems of society and the professions. These programs include courses in ethical theory; history of ethics; contemporary social dilemmas; methods in applied ethics; and applications including medical ethics, legal ethics, business ethics, environmental ethics, and criminal justice ethics.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • applied ethics
    • business ethics
    • engineering ethics
    • professional ethics
    • social ethics
    • value theory and applied ethics

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • bioethics(51.3201)
    • ethics(38.0103)
38.0199 - Philosophy, logic and ethics, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Philosophy, logic and ethics.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Eastern philosophy
    • European philosophy
    • existentialism
    • feminist philosophy
    • German philosophy
    • Greek philosophy
    • history of philosophy
    • metaphysics
    • phenomenology
    • philosophy of science

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • history and philosophy of art(50.0703)
    • history and philosophy of religion(38.9999)
    • legal philosophy(22.9999)
    • philosophy of science and technology(54.0104)
    • political philosophy(45.1001)
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