Social sciences

 

Education

Includes philosophies and theories of education and information about all levels of study including distance, community, adult and life-long learning

Genealogy

Includes the ancestry of individuals and families

Geography and travel

Covers the exploration, mapping, analysis and interpretation of the physical, spatial and cultural features of the earth's surface. The focus is on human interaction with the geographic environment and includes the physical and social aspects of travel.

Library studies, information and knowledge management, media

Includes generating, collecting, organising, and providing access to information and archiving it, and knowledge management. It includes journalism and reporting, information products, the history of publishing, rare books and manuscripts.

Sociology

Includes human societies, their development and the structures and processes within them. It includes social behaviour; groups and communities; anthropology and culture; social issues and services; etiquette, customs and folklore.

Sport and recreation

Includes indoor and outdoor sports, pastimes, games of chance, puzzles, amusements and games and magic tricks

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