The following exhibit lists the postsecondary taxonomy used to classify students’ majors and faculty members’ teaching fields. The postsecondary taxonomy links to the secondary school taxonomy that is used to classify high school students' coursetaking; a crosswalk illustrates the relationship. In addition, the postsecondary taxonomy is designed to link to the Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes, as indicated in the exhibit.
(22 KB)| Exhibit 1. Postsecondary taxonomy categories and Classification of Instruction Programs (CIP) 2000 codes, for academic education and career education: 2007 | ||
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| Postsecondary taxonomy categories | CIP 2000 code | |
| Liberal Arts (Academic) Education | ||
| Fine/performing arts (excludes design; includes dance, film/video/photographic arts, fine arts and music) | 50., except 50.04 | |
| Humanities | ||
| Foreign languages | 16. | |
| Liberal/general studies | 24. | |
| Philosophy and religion | 38. | |
| Interdisciplinary studies | 30. | |
| Letters/English | 23. | |
| Mathematics | 27. | |
| Science | ||
| Biological/life sciences | 26. | |
| Physical sciences | 40. | |
| Social and behavioral sciences | ||
| Social sciences (includes anthropology, economics, geography, political science/government, and sociology) | 45. | |
| Area/ethnic studies | 05. | |
| History | 54. | |
| Psychology | 42. | |
| Career Education (career/technical education at the subbaccalaureate level) | ||
| Agriculture and natural resources | ||
| Agriculture | 01. | |
| Natural resources/conservation | 03. | |
| Business management (includes accounting, entrepreneurship, finance management, and management information systems) | 52., except 52.04, 52.14, 52.15, 52.18, 52.19 | |
| Business support | 52.04 | |
| Communications and design | ||
| Communications technologies | 10. | |
| Design (includes commercial art, fashion design, and interior design) | 50.04 | |
| Journalism and other communications | 09. | |
| Computer and information sciences | 11 | |
| Education | 13. | |
| Engineering, architecture and science technologies | ||
| Architecture | 04. | |
| Engineering | 14. | |
| Engineering technologies | 15. | |
| Military technologies | 29. | |
| Science technologies | 41. | |
| Health sciences | 51. | |
| Marketing | ||
| Marketing | 52.14 | |
| Real estate | 52.15 | |
| Sales and merchandising | 52.18, 52.19 | |
| Consumer services | ||
| Family and consumer sciences (includes child care, family studies, and nutrition services) | 19., except 19.09 | |
| Personal and culinary services | 12. | |
| Parks, recreation and fitness | 31. | |
| Protective services | 43. | |
| Public, legal, and social services | ||
| Law/legal studies | 22. | |
| Library sciences | 25. | |
| Public administration and social service | 44. | |
| Theology | 39. | |
| Manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation | ||
| Apparel and textiles | 19.09 | |
| Construction | 46. | |
| Repair | 47. | |
| Manufacturing | 48. | |
| Transportation | 49. | |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2002). Classification of Instructional Programs: 2000. | ||
