Codes
Letters are assigned to the subject groups as follows. Note that in the proposed version 3 of JACS, Computer Sciences are split from Mathematics and assigned code letter I.
| Letter | Subject Group | Major subgroups |
|---|---|---|
| A | Medicine and Dentistry | A100 Pre-clinical Medicine, A200 Pre-clinical Dentistry, A300 Clinical Medicine, A400 Clinical Dentistry |
| B | Subjects allied to Medicine | B100 Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology, B200 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, B300 Complementary Medicine, B400 Nutrition, B500 Ophthalmics, B600 Aural and Oral Sciences, B700 Nursing, B800 Medical Technology |
| C | Biological Sciences | C100 Biology, C200 Botany, C300 Zoology, C400 Genetics, C500 Microbiology, C600 Sports Science, C800 Psychology |
| D | Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects | D100 Pre-clinical Veterinary Medicine, D400 Agriculture, D500 Forestry, D600 Food and Beverage Studies |
| F | Physical Sciences | F100 Chemistry, F200 Materials Science, F300 Physics, F400 Forensics and Archaeology, F600 Geology, F700 Ocean Sciences, F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences, F840 Physical Geography |
| G | Mathematical and Computer Sciences | G100 Mathematics, G300 Statistics, G400 Computer Science, G600 Software Engineering, G700 Artificial Intelligence |
| H | Engineering | H200 Civil, H300 Mechanical, H400 Aerospace, H500 Naval Architecture, H700 Production and Manufacturing, H800 Chemical |
| J | Technologies | J200 Metallurgy, J300 Ceramics and Glasses, J400 Polymers and Textiles, J500 Materials Technology |
| K | Architecture, Building and Planning | K100 Architecture, K200 Building, K400 Planning |
| L | Social studies | L100 Economics, L200 Politics, L300 Sociology, L400 Social Policy, L500 Social Work, L600 Anthropology, L700 Human and Social Geography |
| M | Law | M100 Law by geographical area, M200 Law by topic |
| N | Business and Administrative studies | N100 Business Studies, N200 Management, N300 Finance, N400 Accounting, N500 Marketing |
| P | Mass Communications and Documentation | P300 Media Studies, P500 Journalism |
| Q | Linguistics, Classics and related subjects | Q100 Linguistics, Q500 Celtic Studies |
| R | European Languages, Literature and related subjects | R100 French Studies, R200 German Studies, R300 Italian Studies, R400 Hispanic Studies, R600 Scandinavian Studies, R700 Russian Studies |
| T | Eastern, Asiatic, African, American and Australasian Languages, Literature and related subjects | T100 Chinese Studies, T500 African Studies |
| V | Historical and Philosophical studies | V100 History by period, V200 History by area, V350 History of Art, V400 Archaeology, V500 Philosophy, V600 Theology and Religious Studies |
| W | Creative Arts and Design | W100 Fine Art, W200 Design, W300 Music, W400 Drama, W500 Dance, W600 Cinematics and Photography, W700 Crafts, W800 Creative Writing |
| X | Education | X100 Training Teachers |
| Y | Combined studies | |
| Z | Not used | Not used |
Y codes (combined studies) are only used at the Course level in the HESA database and are not used to describe individual modules.
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