Discipline in modern terms refers to the academic categorization, in other words, the type of knowledge divided by the nature of scientific knowledge and a system of professional knowledge.

• 摘要学科指一个专门的研究领域，现代意义的学科主要指学术的分类，即按科学知识的性质而划分的知识门类，是专门的系统化的知识体系。