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  2. Humanities - Wikipedia

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    The study of the humanities was a key part of the secular curriculum in universities at the time. Today, the humanities are more frequently defined as any fields of study outside of natural sciences, social sciences, formal sciences (like mathematics), and applied sciences (or professional training).

  3. Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities

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    Website. academy .bsu .edu. The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities ( The Indiana Academy) is a nationally ranked [2] public high school located on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. [3] The Academy offers both residential and non-residential (commuter) options for juniors and seniors.

  4. Humanities, arts, and social sciences - Wikipedia

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    Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences ( HASS ), also known as social studies, is a broad term that groups together the academic disciplines of humanities, arts and social sciences. It is viewed as an academic counterpart to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in the United States, Canada, India, Australia, and other countries.

  5. Liberal arts education - Wikipedia

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    Liberal arts education (from Latin liberalis 'free' and ars 'art or principled practice') [1] is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. [2] Liberal arts takes the term art in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the fine arts.

  6. Mathematics and art - Wikipedia

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    The mathematician Jerry P. King describes mathematics as an art, stating that "the keys to mathematics are beauty and elegance and not dullness and technicality", and that beauty is the motivating force for mathematical research. King cites the mathematician G. H. Hardy's 1940 essay A Mathematician's Apology.

  7. Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences

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    The Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences is the heart of the undergraduate program and grants the majority of Stanford University 's degrees. The School has 27 departments and 20 interdisciplinary degree-granting programs. The School was officially created in 1948, from the merger of the Schools of Biological Sciences ...

  8. Outline of academic disciplines - Wikipedia

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    An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research . Disciplines vary between well-established ones that ...

  9. Mathematical sociology - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical sociology. Mathematical Bridge, or officially Wooden Bridge, is an arch bridge in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The arrangement of timbers is a series of tangents that describe the arc of the bridge, with radial members to tie the tangents together and triangulate the structure, making it rigid and self-supporting. Part of a series on.