Subjects: Compare and contrast the two sources
- Paul Seiler (Unlicensed)
Owned by Paul Seiler (Unlicensed)
Based on the two contenders for the authoritative subject list I started to reconcile the two lists, noting differences and attempting to find ways to address these. For reasons listed on the parent subject page this analysis was abandoned prior to completion, but not before it was clear that we needed a new approach in which to ground our subject work.
Along the way I:
- Created a new column for alternative terms, as the web subjects were mixed. Needs further thought and work, but the attribute is valuable.
- Removed subjects that are either "not really subjects" (e.g. Postgraduate Education) or no longer subjects/taught.
- Added quite a few comments and questions
It is worth noting that there is an existing web page that attempts to map the subject codes to subject pages. While this proved useful to read it did not offer any insights on how to deal with those that do not map (in either direction).
| Subject on web | Subject Code | Alternative term | Comments | Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | ACCY | y | ||
| Actuarial science (School of Maths) | ACTS | y | ||
| Adult Literacy and Numeracy | Edult Education, | Has subject page, is studied in a Gdip Tchng Adult Lit. through the Faculty of Education, but has no subject code? | y | |
| Applied Physics | Physics | Has subject page, is major in BSc through School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, but has no subject code | y | |
| Architecture | ARCI | y | ||
| Architecture History and Theory | Is this a subject or a specialisation of architecture? Has subject page, is specialisation in BAS through School of Architecture, but has no subject code | y | ||
| Art History | ARTH | y | ||
| Asian Studies | ASIA | y | ||
| Biology | BIOL | Biological Science | Called Biology on web and Biological Science in publications | y |
| Biomedical Science | BMSC | y | ||
| Biotechnology | BTEC | y | ||
| · Business Administration | MBA, Masters of Busines Administration | |||
| Cell and Molecular Bioscience | Has subject page, is major in BSc through School of Biological Sciences, but has no subject code | y | ||
| Chemistry | CHEM | y | ||
| Chinese | CHIN | y | ||
| Classical Studies, Greek and Latin | CLAS, GREE, LATI | Classical Studies, Greek, Latin | Are Greek and Latin the came (composite) subject, even though they have their own subject codes ? | y |
| Classical Performance | MUSC | Performace Music, Music | y | |
| Clinical Research | CLNR | I found the code on the web but it is not in the publication. Is this because it is PG? | y | |
| · Commerce | ||||
| Commercial Law | COML | y | ||
| Communications Studies | COMM | PG and maybe only PhD | y | |
| Composition | CMPO | Music, Musical Composition | y | |
| Computer Science | COMP | y | ||
| Conservation Biology | I found the code on the web but it is not in the publication. Is this because it is PG? | y | ||
| Creative Writing | CREW | y | ||
| Criminology | CRIM | y | ||
| Culture+Context (Design) | CCDN | Design | y | |
| Cultural Anthropology | ANTH | Anthropology | y | |
| · Deaf Studies | ||||
| · Design Innovation | ||||
| · Development studies | ||||
| · Early childhood studies | ||||
| · Ecology and Biodiversity | y | |||
| · e-Commerce | ||||
| · Econometrics | ||||
| · Economics | ||||
| · Education | ||||
| · Education and psychology | ||||
| · Education Policy and Implementation | ||||
| · Education Psychology and Pedagogy | ||||
| · Electronic and Computer Systems | ||||
| · Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering | ||||
| · Engineering | ||||
| · English literature | ||||
| · Environmental Science | ||||
| · Environmental Studies | ||||
| · European Studies | ||||
| · Film | ||||
| · Finance | ||||
| · French | ||||
| Forensic Psychology [listed by school but not in current list] | ||||
| · Geography | ||||
| · Geology | ||||
| · Geophysics | ||||
| · German | ||||
| · Geographical Information Systems and Science | ||||
| · Heritage Materials Science: see Heritage Materials Science | ||||
| · History | ||||
| · Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations | ||||
| Human Geo (? A postgrad under Geo but not in current list) | ||||
| · Industrial Design | ||||
| · Industrial Relations: see Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations | ||||
| · Information Management | Has subject page, is major in MIM through School of Information Management, but has no subject code Is this because it is PG? Is the code BBIS? | y | ||
| · Information Studies | ||||
| · Information Systems | Has subject page, is major in BCOM (and available in a BSc and BA) through School of Information Management, but has no subject code Is the code BBIS? | y | ||
| · Interior Architecture | ||||
| · International Business | ||||
| · International Relations: see Political Science and International Relations | ||||
| · Italian | ||||
| · Japanese | ||||
| · Landscape Architecture | ||||
| · Law | LAWS | y | ||
| · Library and Information Systems: see Information Management | ||||
| · Linguistics | LING | Applied Linguistics | y | |
| · Management | ||||
| · Māori Business | ||||
| · Māori, Pasifika and Indigenous Education | Education, Māori, Pasifika and Indigenous | y | ||
| · Māori Studies | Māori Resource Management | y | ||
| · Marine Biology | Has subject page, is major in BSc through School of Biological Sciences, but has no subject code | y | ||
| · Marketing | ||||
| · Mathematics | ||||
| · Media Design | ||||
| · Media Studies | ||||
| · Modern Language Studies | ||||
| · Museum and Heritage Studies | ||||
| · Music | ||||
| · Network Engineering | ||||
| · New Zealand Sign Language: see Deaf Studies | ||||
| · New Zealand Studies | ||||
| · Nursing, Midwifery and Health | ||||
| · Operations Research | ||||
| · Pacific Studies | ||||
| · Philosophy | ||||
| · Physical Geography | ||||
| · Physics | ||||
| · Political Science and International Relations | ||||
| · Postgraduate Education | ||||
| · Project Management | ||||
| · Psychology | ||||
| · Public Management | ||||
| · Public Policy | ||||
| Petroleum geoscience [a postgrad but not in current list] | ||||
| · Religious Studies | ||||
| · Samoan Studies | ||||
| · Second Language Education | ALIN | TESOL, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Applied Linguistics | y | |
| · Social Policy | ||||
| · Sociology | ||||
| · Software Engineering | ||||
| · Spanish | ||||
| · Statistics and Applied Statistics | Applied Statistics, Statistics | y | ||
| · Strategic Studies | ||||
| · Sustainable Engineering Systems | ||||
| · Taxation | ||||
| · Teacher Education (Early Childhood) | ||||
| · Teacher Education (Primary and Secondary) | ||||
| · Te Reo Māori: see Māori Studies | ||||
| · Text Technologies | ||||
| · Theatre | ||||
| · Tourism Management | ||||
| · Writing (Academic and Professional) | ||||
| · Writing, Creative: see Creative Writing | ||||