Arts
- Audio-visual techniques and media production
Audio-visual techniques and media production is the study of techniques and skills to produce books or newspapers, radio or TV production, film or video production, recorded music production and graphic reproduction. It includes programmes and qualifications in methods of colour reproduction, photography and computer graphics. Study of combining pictures, words and decorations in the production of books, magazines, posters, adverts etc. is also included.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Animation
· Bookbinding
· Camera operating
· Compositing (printing)
· Computer game production
· Computer type-setting
· Film and video production
· Graphic design
· Graphic reproduction
· Illustration
· Interactive media design
· Media techniques
· Multimedia production
· Photography
· Pre-press operations
· Print finishing and binding
· Printing
· Publishing design, lay-out
· Radio and TV production
· Recorded music production
· Sound techniques
· Type-setting
Inclusions
Desktop publishing and layout are included here.
Exclusions
Programmes and qualifications in the use of specific software applications for desktop publishing and website development are excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Computer use” (in the domain Information and Communication Technologies).
Study of journalism (wording and content of messages) is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Journalism and reporting’ (in the domain Social Sciences, Education, Journalism and Information).
- Fashion, interior and industrial design
Fashion, interior and industrial design is the study of creatively combining line, form and fabric in designing and constructing e.g. fashion garments, industrial products and interiors.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Costume design
· Design of industrial products
· Fashion design
· Interior architecture
· Interior design
· Stage designing
· Window dressing
Exclusions
Study of Building design is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Architecture and town planning’ (in the domain Engineering).
Study of Industrial design is excluded from this detailed field if emphasis is given to technical subjects and not to artistic design and included in the appropriate detailed field under ‘Engineering and engineering trades’ (in the domain Engineering).
Publishing design and graphic design are excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Audio-visual techniques and media production’.
- Fine arts
Fine arts is the study of visual forms of creative expression, dealing with theory, history, techniques, performance and production in fine arts.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Art theory
· Calligraphy
· Etching
· Fine art printmaking
· History of art
· Painting
· Philosophy of art
· Sculpture
Exclusions
Training in ceramics, pottery etc is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Handicrafts’.
Study of architecture is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Architecture and town planning’ (in the domain Engineering).
Teacher training in arts is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Teacher training with subject specialisation’ (in the domain Social Sciences, Education, Journalism and Information).
- Handicrafts
Handicrafts is the study of techniques and skills in a chosen craft, such as jewellery, pottery, weaving, woodcarving etc.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Ceramics
· Crafts, folk arts and artisan
· Decorative metal crafts
· Indigenous crafts
· Embroidery
· Floristry (flower arranging)
· Glass arts and craft
· Goldsmithing
· Jewellery
· Making of musical instruments (not industrial)
· Musical instruments (repairing and tuning)
· Silversmithing
· Stone carving (craft)
· Weaving (craft)
· Woodcarving
Exclusions
Study of industrial (large scaled mechanised) production of pottery, woven materials, embroidery etc. is excluded from this field and included in one of the detailed fields under the domain ‘Engineering’.
- Music and performing arts
Music and performing arts is the study of the principles and techniques associated with performance involving music, speech, movement, mime, characterisation, improvisation and stage craft.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Acting and directing
· Ballet
· Choreography
· Circus
· Composition (music)
· Conducting (music)
· Creative and performance art
· Dance
· Drama
· History of film and theatre
· History of music
· Music
· Music conducting
· Musicology
· Theatre/Theatre sciences
Inclusions
Study of music and performing arts history and theory is included here.
Exclusions
Teacher training in music and other performing arts is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Teacher training with subject specialisation’(in the domain Social Sciences, Education, Journalism and Information).
Humanities (except languages)
- Religion and theology
Religion and theology is the study of religious beliefs, concepts, symbols, expressions and texts of spirituality.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Religious history
· Study of sacred books
· Study of different religions
· Theology
Inclusions
Included in this detailed field are programmes for children and young people, usually given in religious schools or seminars, in monasteries etc., aiming to develop an interest in the tenets of their religion and sufficient familiarity with its philosophy to assist in the propagation of their faith.
Exclusions
Basic programmes given in religious schools, seminars etc. containing religious instruction but not emphasising it or leading to a religious vocation, are excluded from this detailed field.
Islamic sharia programmes and qualifications are excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Law’ (in the domain Business, Administration and Law).
- History and archaeology
History is the study of past events, especially the political, social and economic development of a country, a continent or the world. History of medicine is classified here, likewise the study of history of science and ideas. Archaeology is the study of ancient civilisations by scientific analysis of what is found in the ground.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Archaeology
· Cultural history
· Folklore studies
· History
· History of literature
· History of medicine
· History of science and ideas
· History of technology
Inclusions
Restoration and preservation of artistic heritage are included here.
Exclusions
Study of literature combined with study of a specific language is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Literature and linguistics’.
Study of classical languages (Latin etc.) is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Language acquisition’.
Study of History of art is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field ‘Fine arts’.
Study of Music and performing arts history is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Music and performing arts’.
Study of Economic history/history of economics is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Economics’ (in the domain Business, Administration and Law).
- Philosophy and ethics
Philosophy and ethics is the study of philosophy, ethics and related subjects dealing with the conception of life.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Ethics
· Logic
· Morals
· Philosophy
Exclusions
Study of religion is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Religion’.
Study of Philosophy of arts is excluded from this detailed field and is included in the detailed field ‘Fine arts’.
Languages
- Language acquisition
Language acquisition is the study of the structure and composition of languages taught as second or foreign languages (i.e. that are intended for non-native or non-fluent speakers of the language). It includes the study of related cultures, literature, linguistics and phonetics if related to the specific language being acquired and forms part of the same programme or qualification. Classical or dead languages are included here as it is assumed there are no native speakers of the language and hence the manner of teaching and the content of the curriculum are more similar to the teaching of foreign languages.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Classical languages
· Exogenous languages
· Foreign languages
· Interpretation
· Phonetics
· Second languages, for example English as a second language
· Sign language
· Sign language interpreting
· Translation
Inclusions
Language and linguistics studies are included here if the linguistics are related to a specific language or languages being acquired and forming part of the same programme or qualification.
Translation and interpretation are included here.
Exclusions
The study of the mother tongue or first language (i.e. that are intended for native, fluent or competent speakers of the language), even if this language is not a national language of the country of study (e.g. programmes for immigrants learning their mother tongue) are excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Literature and linguistics’.
- Literature and linguistics
Literature and linguistics is here defined as the study of language(s) intended for native, fluent or competent speakers of the language. It includes the study of related literature and linguistics and may or may not include the structure and composition of the language.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
· Creative writing
· First language
· Indigenous languages
· Linguistics
· Literature
· “Mother tongue” languages
· Native first languages
Inclusions
Languages taught as the first language (“mother tongue”), even if the language is not the national language of the country of study (e.g. programmes for immigrants in their home or first language) are included here. Local and regional languages are included here if they are first languages spoken by a significant minority in the country and are intended for at least competent speakers of the language.
Study of comparative literature is included here.
Study of general linguistics (not related to the study of a particular language) is included here.
Study of literature in general (not combined with study of a special language) is included here.
Exclusions
Language programmes are excluded from this detailed field if the language is taught as a foreign or a second language, and are then included in ‘Language acquisition’.
Sign language programmes are excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field ‘Language acquisition’.
Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving arts and humanities
Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications to which the greatest intended learning time is devoted to arts and humanities are classified here.