occultism - the study of the supernatural

communication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"

major - the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"

frontier - an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"

allometry - study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole

bibliotics - the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity

ology - an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

knowledge base, knowledge domain - the content of a particular domain or field of knowledge

science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

applied science, engineering science, technology, engineering - the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"

futuristics, futurology - the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions

arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"

theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

military science - the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare

numerology - the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs

protology - the study of origins and first things; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity"

theogony - the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods