Variant of CIP 2016 - Cannabis STEM and BHASE groupings
a - STEM
a.1 - Science and science technology
a.12 - Biological sciences
01.09 - Animal sciences
This subseries comprises instructional program classes 01.0901 to 01.0999.
01.10 - Food science and technology
This subseries comprises instructional program classes 01.1001 to 01.1099.
01.1101 - Plant sciences, general
This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the scientific principles that underlie the breeding, cultivation, and production of agricultural plants, and the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural plant products. These programs include courses in the plant sciences, crop cultivation and production, and agricultural and food products processing.
Illustrative example(s)
- plant sciences
Exclusion(s)
- botany(26.0301)
- crop science(01.1102)
- crop technology(01.0304)
- horticultural science(01.1103)
01.1102 - Agronomy and crop science
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the chemical, physical, and biological relationships of crops and the soils nurturing them. These programs include courses in the growth and behaviour of agricultural crops, the development of new plant varieties, and the scientific management of soils and nutrients for maximum plant nutrition, health, and productivity.
Illustrative example(s)
- agronomy and crop science
- crop science
Exclusion(s)
- agriculture soil science(01.1201)
- botany(26.0301)
- crop technology(01.0304)
- plant sciences(01.1101)
01.1103 - Horticultural science
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific principles related to the cultivation of garden and ornamental plants, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape and nursery crops. These programs include courses in specific types of plants, such as citrus; breeding horticultural varieties; physiology of horticultural species; and the scientific management of horticultural plant development and production through the life cycle.
Illustrative example(s)
- horticultural science
Exclusion(s)
- floristry(01.0608)
- greenhouse operations and management(01.0604)
- horticultural landscaping(01.0605)
- horticulture(01.0601)
- nursery technology(01.0606)
- ornamental horticulture(01.0603)
- plant science(01.1101)
01.1104c - Agricultural and horticultural plant breeding (except cannabis)
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of genetics and genetic engineering to the improvement of agricultural plant health, the development of new plant varieties, and the selective improvement of agricultural plant populations (except cannabis). These programs include courses in genetics, genetic engineering, population genetics, agronomy, plant protection, and biotechnology.
01.1105 - Plant protection and integrated pest management
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of scientific principles to the control of animal, insect and weed infestation of domesticated plant populations and other settings, including agricultural crops; the prevention/reduction of attendant economic loss; and the control of environmental pollution and degradation related to pest infestation and pest control measures. These programs include courses in entomology, applicable animal sciences, plant pathology and physiology, weed science, crop science, and environmental toxicology.
Illustrative example(s)
- agriculture plant protection
- pest extermination
- pest management
- plant protection
Exclusion(s)
- crop technology(01.0304)
- entomology(26.0702)
- environmental and conservation science(03.0101)
- environmental toxicology(26.1006)
- plant physiology(26.0307)
01.1199 - Plant sciences, other
This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Plant sciences.
Illustrative example(s)
- crop and horticultural science
- plant science technology
Exclusion(s)
- botany(26.0301)
- crop production(01.0304)
- greenhouse operations and management(01.0606)
- horticulture(01.0601)
- plant biotechnology(26.1201)
- plant breeding(01.1104)
- plant physiology(26.0307)
- plant sciences(01.1101)
01.1203 - Soil microbiology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of microbiological theory and methods to the study of the organismic properties of soils, soil-plant and soil-animal interactions, and the biological components and effects of soil management strategies. These programs include courses in microbiology and related biological sciences, applicable animal and plant sciences, soil chemistry and physics as related to biological characteristics, and environmental science.
Illustrative example(s)
- soil microbiology
Exclusion(s)
- agricultural biology(01.9999)
- agrology(01.1201)
- agronomy and crop science(01.1102)
- environmental science(03.0104)
- microbiology(26.0502)
03.03 - Fishing and fisheries sciences and management
This subseries comprises instructional program class 03.0301.
03.0502 - Forest sciences and biology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of one or more forest-related sciences to the study of environmental factors affecting forests and the growth and management of forest resources. These programs include courses in forest biology, forest hydrology, forest mensuration, silviculture, forest soils, water resources, environmental science, forest resources management, and wood science.
Illustrative example(s)
- forest biology
- forest ecology
- forest entomology
- forest genetics
- forest pathology
- forest science
Exclusion(s)
- conservation biology(26.1307)
- forest engineering(14.3401)
- plant biology(26.0301)
- urban forestry(03.0508)
03.06 - Wildlife and wildlands science and management
This subseries comprises instructional program class 03.0601.
26. - Biological and biomedical sciences
This series comprises 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.
30.10 - Biopsychology
This subseries comprises instructional program class 30.1001.
30.19 - Nutrition sciences
This subseries comprises instructional program class 30.1901.
30.27 - Human biology
This subseries comprises instructional program class 30.2701.
31.0505 - Kinesiology and exercise science
This instructional program class comprises any scientific program that focuses on the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and biophysics of human movement, and applications to exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation. These programs include courses in biomechanics, motor behaviour, motor development and coordination, motor neurophysiology, performance research, rehabilitative therapies, the development of diagnostic and rehabilitative methods and equipment, and related analytical methods and procedures in applied exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation.
Illustrative example(s)
- biomechanics
- exercise science
- human kinetics
- kinanthropology
- kinesiology
- kinesiology and exercise science
- kinesiology and health science
- kinesiology and sport studies
Exclusion(s)
- athletic trainer(51.0913)
- exercise physiology(26.0908)
- kinesiotherapy(51.2311)
- physical activity and sport studies(31.0501)
- physiotherapy(51.2308)
41.01 - Biology technician/biotechnology laboratory technician
This subseries comprises instructional program class 41.0101.
42.2701 - Cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the mechanisms and processes of learning and thinking, and associated information encoding, decoding, processing and transmitting systems. These programs include courses in theories of cognition and intelligence; studies of cognitive processes such as memory, sensation, perception, pattern recognition, problem solving, and conceptual thinking; cybernetics; psycholinguistics; and the study of biological and social communications mechanisms and processes.
Illustrative example(s)
- cognitive and motivational psychology
- cognitive psychology
- psycholinguistics
Exclusion(s)
- applied linguistics(16.0105)
- cognitive science(30.2501)
- education of individuals with speech or language impairments(13.1012)
- linguistics(16.0102)
- neuropsychology(42.9999)
42.2704 - Experimental psychology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of behaviour under experimental conditions and the analysis of controlled behavioural responses. These programs include courses in learning theory, research design and experimental methods, psychological measurement, statistical design and methods, analysis of cognitive and behavioural variables, and the conduct of specialized and large-scale studies.
Illustrative example(s)
- experimental psychology
Exclusion(s)
- behavioural sciences(30.1701)
- cognitive science(30.2501)
- comparative psychology(42.2702)
- experimental pathology(26.0910)
- measurement, evaluation and research methodology in education(13.0604)
42.2706 - Physiological psychology/psychobiology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific course study of the biological bases of psychological functioning, and their application to experimental and therapeutic research problems. These programs include courses in functional neuroanatomy, neural system development, biochemical neural regulatory mechanisms, neurological biophysics, memory storage and retrieval, physiology of cognition and perception, physiological bases of psychopathology and behavioural disorders, psychopharmacology, comparative psychobiology, and specialized experimental design and research methods.
Illustrative example(s)
- physiological psychology
- psychobiology
Exclusion(s)
- biopsychology(30.1001)
- clinical neuropsychology(42.2801)
- human physiology(26.0901)
- neurophysiology(26.1503)
- neuropsychology(42.9999)
- neuroscience(26.1501)
42.2709 - Psychopharmacology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the study of the behavioural effects of medications, drugs, nutrients, and chemicals (including natural and artificial toxins) in laboratory and clinical settings. These programs include courses in pharmacology, behavioural toxicology and pharmacology, neuroscience, physiology, clinical psychopharmacology, substance abuse treatments and antidotes, neurochemical mechanisms, epidemiology of chemicals and substances, biochemical interactions, and psychoactive drugs.
Illustrative example(s)
- psychopharmacology
Exclusion(s)
- neuropharmacology(26.1003)
- pharmacology(26.1001)
- pharmacology and toxicology(26.1007)
- substance abuse counselling(51.1501)
42.2799 - Research and experimental psychology, other
This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Research and experimental psychology.
51.0503 - Oral biology and oral and maxillofacial pathology (MS, MSc, PhD)
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the growth, development, diseases, healing properties, and neurological components of the oral cavity, related tissues and organs, and associated craniofacial areas. These programs include courses in oral microbiology microanatomy, craniofacial pain, humoral aspects of disease, etiology and histology of caries, plaque ecology, wound healing, oral disease epidemiology, oral manifestations of systemic disease, lesions, normal and pathologic physiology, and related molecular and physical studies.
Illustrative example(s)
- craniofacial biology (MS, MSc, PhD)
- oral and craniofacial biology (MS, MSc, PhD)
- oral and maxillofacial pathology (MS, MSc, PhD)
- oral biology (MS, MSc, PhD)
- oral biology and oral and maxillofacial pathology (MS, MSc, PhD)
Exclusion(s)
- biology(26.0101)
- oral and maxillofacial radiology - residency(60.0109)
- pathology(26.0910)
51.1005 - Clinical laboratory science/medical technology/technologist
This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes. These programs include courses in the theory and practice of hematology; clinical chemistry; microbiology; immunology; immunohematology; physiological relationships to test results; laboratory procedures and quality assurance controls; test and research design and implementation; analytic techniques; laboratory management; data development and reporting; medical informatics; and professional standards and regulations.
Illustrative example(s)
- biomedical laboratory technologist
- clinical laboratory science
- clinical laboratory technologist
- medical laboratory technical supervisor
- medical laboratory technologist
- medical technologist
Exclusion(s)
- biology lab technology(41.0101)
- biomedical technology(15.0401)
- clinical laboratory technician(51.1004)
- laboratory medicine - residency(60.0529)
- medical laboratory assistant(51.0802)
- science laboratory technology(41.0000)
51.1401 - Medical scientist (MS, MSc, PhD)
This instructional program class comprises any undifferentiated clinical science program that prepares clinicians to conduct clinical and translational research in various areas. Note: Programs that prepare clinicians to conduct research in specific scientific fields should report under the relevant CIP code series (e.g., Series 26 Biological and Biomedical Sciences).
Illustrative example(s)
- clinician investigator program
- experimental medicine
- medical research
- medical science
- medical scientist
Exclusion(s)
- clinical trial research coordination(51.0719)
- laboratory medicine - residency(60.0529)
- medical biology(26.0102)
- medical engineering(14.0501)
- medicine(51.1201)
- research methodology and quantitative methods(45.0102)
51.2003 - Pharmaceutics and drug design (MS, MSc, PhD)
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the formulation of medicinal substances into product vehicles capable of being stored, transported, and then introduced into the patient and behaving in ways optimal to therapeutic interaction. These programs include courses in statistics, biopharmaceutics, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, physical pharmacy, pharmacological analysis, drug design and development, pharmacological biotechnology, chemical separations, spectroscopy, drug-host interactions, immunology, quantitative drug measurement, enzymatic transformations, and metabolic excretion.
Illustrative example(s)
- drug design
- pharmaceutics
- pharmaceutics and drug design
Exclusion(s)
- biomedical toxicology(26.1004)
- pharmaceutical engineering(14.0799)
- pharmacology(26.1001)
51.2004 - Medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry (MS, MSc, PhD)
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of chemistry to the study of biologically and clinically active substances, biological and pharmacological interactions, and the development of associated research methods, techniques, and clinical trial procedures. These programs include courses in organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular graphics, rational drug design, toxicology, molecular biology, pharmacology, enzyme mechanisms, receptor theory, neurochemistry, drug metabolism, drug synthesis, biological mechanisms of drug action, research tools and techniques, and laboratory safety.
Illustrative example(s)
- biological and pharmaceutical chemistry
- medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry
- medicinal chemistry
- pharmaceutical chemistry
Exclusion(s)
- biochemical engineering(14.4301)
- pharmaceutical engineering(14.0799)
- pharmaceutical sciences(51.2010)
- pharmaceutics and drug design(51.2003)
- pharmacology(26.1001)
51.2005 - Natural products chemistry and pharmacognosy (MS, MSc, PhD)
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of biologically active compounds found in naturally occurring sources such as plants, animals, and microbes and their use and/or modification as medicinal substances. These programs include courses in medicinal chemistry, organic medicinals, pharmacological therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, molecular biology, structural chemistry, enzymes, nucleic acids, economic botany, ethnobotany, bioprospecting, bioassay, compound identification and isolation, mass spectrometry, and analytical instrumentation and techniques.
Illustrative example(s)
- natural products chemistry
- natural products chemistry and pharmacognosy
- pharmacognosy
51.2006 - Clinical and industrial drug development (MS, MSc, PhD)
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific application of pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and industrial management to the development, production, marketing, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. These programs include courses in industrial microbiology, plasmids, expression vectors, protein chemistry, assay and evaluation, drug synthesis and purification, quality control, industrial management, production security, patent procedures, intellectual property regulations and issues, patent enforcement and defence, and research design and testing.
Illustrative example(s)
- clinical and industrial drug development
- clinical drug development
- industrial drug development
Exclusion(s)
- pharmaceutics and drug design(51.2003)
51.2009 - Industrial and physical pharmacy and cosmetic sciences (MS, MSc, PhD)
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy to the study of pharmaceuticals production and distribution, and prepares individuals to manage pharmaceutical industry operations. These programs include courses in pharmacoeconomics, industrial management, operations management, preformulation evaluation, product formulation/reformulation, drug product development, stability testing, dosage design, pilot scale-up, drug marketing, quality control, drug information, and legal and regulatory affairs.
Illustrative example(s)
- cosmetic chemist
- cosmetic sciences
- industrial and physical pharmacy and cosmetic sciences
- industrial pharmacy
- industrial pharmacy and cosmetic sciences
- physical pharmacy and cosmetic sciences
Exclusion(s)
- clinical and industrial drug development(51.2006)
- cosmetologist(12.0401)
- pharmaceutics and drug design(51.2003)
51.2010 - Pharmaceutical sciences
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the basic sciences that underlie drugs and drug therapy and that prepares individuals for further study and/or careers in pharmaceutical science and research, pharmaceutical administration and sales, biotechnology, drug manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and related fields. These programs include courses in mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, statistics, pharmaceutics, pharmacology and toxicology, dosage formulation, manufacturing, quality assurance, and regulations.
Illustrative example(s)
- pharmaceutical science
- pharmaceutical sciences
Exclusion(s)
- pharmaceutical chemistry(51.2004)
- pharmaceutical economics(51.2007)
- pharmaceutical engineering(14.0799)
- pharmaceutical marketing and management(51.2011)
- pharmaceutical technology(51.1099)
- pharmacy(51.2001)
51.2502 - Veterinary anatomy (Cert., MS, 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.
Illustrative example(s)
- veterinary anatomy
- veterinary anatomy (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
Exclusion(s)
- veterinary medicine (DVM)(51.2401)
51.2503 - Veterinary physiology (Cert., MS, 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.
Illustrative example(s)
- veterinary physiology
- veterinary physiology (Cert., MS, MSc., PhD)
Exclusion(s)
- veterinary medicine (DVM)(51.2401)
51.2504 - Veterinary microbiology and immunobiology (Cert., MS, 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.
Illustrative example(s)
- veterinary immunobiology
- veterinary microbiology
- veterinary microbiology and immunobiology (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
Exclusion(s)
- microbiology and immunology(26.0508)
- veterinary microbiology - residency(60.0307)
51.2505 - Veterinary pathology and pathobiology (Cert., MS, 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.
Illustrative example(s)
- veterinary pathobiology
- veterinary pathology
- veterinary pathology and pathobiology (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
Exclusion(s)
- biomedical toxicology(26.1004)
- veterinary pathology - residency(60.0310)
51.2506 - Veterinary toxicology and pharmacology (Cert., MS, 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.
Illustrative example(s)
- veterinary pharmacology
- veterinary toxicology
- veterinary toxicology and pharmacology (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
Exclusion(s)
- veterinary clinical pharmacology - residency(60.0320)
- veterinary toxicology - residency(60.0316)
51.2511 - Veterinary infectious diseases (Cert., MS, 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.
Illustrative example(s)
- veterinary infectious diseases
- veterinary infectious diseases (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
- veterinary parasitology (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
Exclusion(s)
- pediatric infectious diseases - residency(60.0556)
- veterinary epidemiology(51.2510)
- veterinary pathology - residency(60.0310)
- veterinary toxicology - residency(60.0316)
71.0103 - Cannabis product development and plant breeding
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of genetics and genetic engineering to the improvement of cannabis plant health, the development of new cannabis products and cannabis plant strains, and the selective improvement of cannabis plant populations. These programs include courses in genetics, genetic engineering, population genetics, agronomy, plant protection, and biotechnology; inventory control; security requirements; sanitation; health and safety procedures; and applicable laws and government regulatory and licensing requirements.
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