Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP 2000)
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	PHYSICAL SCIENCES. Instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of inanimate objects, processes of matter and energy, and associated phenomena.


40.	PHYSICAL SCIENCES. Instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of inanimate objects, processes of matter and energy, and associated phenomena.
40.01	Physical Sciences. Instructional content is defined in code 40.0101.
40.0101	Physical Sciences. A program that focuses on the major topics, concepts, processes, and interrelationships of physical phenomena as studied in any combination of physical science disciplines. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.02	Astronomy and Astrophysics. Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0201- 40.0299.
40.0201	Astronomy. A general program that focuses on the planetary, galactic, and stellar phenomena occurring in outer space. Includes instruction in celestial mechanics, cosmology, stellar physics, galactic evolution, quasars, stellar distribution and motion, interstellar medium, atomic and molecular constituents of astronomical phenomena, planetary science, solar system evolution, and specific methodologies such as optical astronomy, radioastronomy, and theoretical astronomy. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0202	Astrophysics. A program that focuses on the theoretical and observational study of the structure, properties, and behavior of stars, star systems and clusters, stellar life cycles, and related phenomena. Includes instruction in cosmology, plasma kinetics, stellar physics, convolution and non-equilibrium radiation transfer theory, non-Euclidean geometries, mathematical modeling, galactic structure theory, and relativistic astronomy. (Moved from 40.0301) (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0203	Planetary Astronomy and Science. (NEW) A program that focuses on the scientific study of planets, small objects, and related gravitational systems. Includes instruction in the structure and composition of planetary surfaces and interiors, planetary atmospheres, satellites, orbital mechanics, asteroids and comets, solar system evolution and dynamics, planetary evolution, gravitational physics, and radiation physics. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0299	Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other. (NEW) Any instructional program in astronomy and astrophysics not listed above. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.03	Astrophysics. (Deleted)
40.0301	Astrophysics. (Moved, Report under 40.0202) (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.04	Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0401- 40.0499.
40.0401	Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General. A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of the atmospheric envelopes surrounding the earth, the effect of earth's atmosphere on terrestrial weather, and related problems of environment and climate. Includes instruction in atmospheric chemistry and physics, atmospheric dynamics, climatology and climate change, weather simulation, weather forecasting, climate modeling and mathematical theory; and studies of specific phenomena such as clouds, weather systems, storms, and precipitation patterns. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0402	Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology. (NEW) A program that focuses on the scientific study of atmospheric constituents, reactions, measurement techniques, and processes in predictive, current, and historical contexts. Includes instruction in climate modeling, gases and aerosols, trace gases, aqueous phase chemistry, sinks, transport mechanisms, computer measurement, climate variability, paleoclimatology, climate diagnosis, numerical modeling and data analysis, ionization, recombination, photoemission, and plasma chemistry. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0403	Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics. (NEW) A program that focuses on the scientific study of the processes governing the interactions, movement, and behavioral of atmospheric phenomena and related terrestrial and solar phenomena. Includes instruction in cloud and precipitation physics, solar radiation transfer, active and passive remote sensing, atmospheric electricity and acoustics, atmospheric wave phenomena, turbulence and boundary layers, solar wind, geomagnetic storms, coupling, natural plasma, and energization. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0404	Meteorology. (NEW) A program that focuses on the scientific study of the prediction of atmospheric motion and climate change. Includes instruction in general circulation patterns, weather phenomena, atmospheric predictability, parameterization, numerical and statistical analysis, large- and mesoscale phenomena, kinematic structures, precipitation processes, and forecasting techniques. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0499	Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other. (NEW) Any instructional program in atmospheric sciences and meteorology not listed above. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.05	Chemistry. Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0501- 40.0599.
40.0501	Chemistry, General. A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena. (Occupational Crosswalk)
-----	Chemistry Teacher Education. (Report under 13.1323)
-----	Chemical Engineering. (Report under 14.0701)
40.0502	Analytical Chemistry. A program that focuses on the scientific study of techniques for analyzing and describing matter, including its precise composition and the interrelationships of constituent elements and compounds. Includes instruction in spectroscopy, chromatography, atomic absorption, photometry, chemical modeling, mathematical analysis, laboratory analysis procedures and equipment maintenance, and applications to specific research, industrial and health problems. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0503	Inorganic Chemistry. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the elements and their compounds, other than the hydrocarbons and their derivatives. Includes instruction in the characterization and synthesis of non-carbon molecules, including their structure and their bonding, conductivity, and reactive properties; research techniques such as spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and photoelectron analysis; and the study of specific compounds, such as transition metals, and compounds composed of inorganic and organic molecules. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0504	Organic Chemistry. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the properties and behavior of hydrocarbon compounds and their derivatives. Includes instruction in molecular conversion and synthesis, the molecular structure of living cells and systems, the mutual reactivity of organic and inorganic compounds in combination, the spectroscopic analysis of hydrocarbon compounds, and applications to specific problems in research, industry, and health. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0505	Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry. (Moved, Report under 51.2004) (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0506	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the theoretical properties of matter, and the relation of physical forces and phenomena to the chemical structure and behavior of molecules and other compounds. Includes instruction in reaction theory, calculation of potential molecular properties and behavior, computer simulation of structures and actions, transition theory, statistical mechanics, phase studies, quantum chemistry, and the study of surface properties. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0507	Polymer Chemistry. A program that focuses on the scientific study of synthesized macromolecule and their interactions with other substances. Includes instruction in molecular bonding theory, polymerization, properties and behavior of unstable compounds, the development of tailored polymers, transition phenomena, and applications to specific industrial problems and technologies. (Occupational Crosswalk)
-----	Polymer/Plastics Engineering. (Report under 14.3201)
40.0508	Chemical Physics. (NEW) A program that focuses on the scientific study of structural phenomena combining the disciplines of physical chemistry and atomic/molecular physics. Includes instruction in heterogeneous structures, alignment and surface phenomena, quantum theory, mathematical physics, statistical and classical mechanics, chemical kinetics, liquid crystals and membranes, molecular synthesis and design, and laser physics. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0599	Chemistry, Other. Any instructional program in chemistry not listed above. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.06	Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0601 - 40.0699.
40.0601	Geology/Earth Science, General. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks and soils, stratigraphy, mineralogy, petrology, geostatistics, volcanology, glaciology, geophysical principles, and applications to research and industrial problems. (Occupational Crosswalk)
-----	Geological/Geophysical Engineering. (Report under 14.3901)
40.0602	Geochemistry. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemical properties and behavior of the silicates and other substances forming, and formed by geomorphological processes of the earth and other planets. Includes instruction in chemical thermodynamics, equilibrium in silicate systems, atomic bonding, isotopic fractionation, geochemical modeling, specimen analysis, and studies of specific organic and inorganic substances. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0603	Geophysics and Seismology. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the physics of solids and its application to the study of the earth and other planets. Includes instruction in gravimetric, seismology, earthquake forecasting, magnetrometry, electrical properties of solid bodies, plate tectonics, active deformation, thermodynamics, remote sensing, geodesy, and laboratory simulations of geological processes. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0604	Paleontology. A program that focuses on the scientific study of extinct life forms and associated fossil remains, and the reconstruction and analysis of ancient life forms, ecosystems, and geologic processes. Includes instruction in sedimentation and fossilization processes, fossil chemistry, evolutionary biology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology, trace fossils, micropaleontology, invertebrate paleontology, vertebrate paleontology, paleobotany, field research methods, and laboratory research and conservation methods. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0605	Hydrology and Water Resources Science. (NEW) A program that focuses on the scientific of study of the occurrence, circulation, distribution, chemical and physical properties, and environmental interaction of surface and subsurface waters, including groundwater. Includes instruction in geophysics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, chemical physics, geomorphology, mathematical modeling, hydrologic analysis, continental water processes, global water balance, and environmental science. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0606	Geochemistry and Petrology. (NEW) A program that focuses on the scientific study of the igneous, metamorphic, and hydrothermal processes within the earth and the mineral, fluid, rock, and ore deposits resulting from them. Includes instruction in mineralogy, crystallography, petrology, volcanology, economic geology, meteoritics, geochemical reactions, deposition, compound transformation, core studies, theoretical geochemistry, computer applications, and laboratory studies. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0607	Oceanography, Chemical and Physical. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemical components, mechanisms, structure, and movement of ocean waters and their interaction with terrestrial and atmospheric phenomena. Includes instruction in material inputs and outputs, chemical and biochemical transformations in marine systems, equilibria studies, inorganic and organic ocean chemistry, oceanographic processes, sediment transport, zone processes, circulation, mixing, tidal movements, wave properties, and seawater properties. (Moved from 40.0702) (Occupational Crosswalk)
-----	Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography. (Report under 26.1302)
40.0699	Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other. Any instructional program in geological and related sciences not listed above. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.07	Miscellaneous Physical Sciences. (Deleted)
40.0701	Metallurgy. (Deleted, Report under 40.9999) (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0702	Oceanography, Chemical and Physical. (Moved, Report under 40.0607) (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0703	Earth and Planetary Sciences. (Deleted, Report under 40.0601) (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0799	Miscellaneous Physical Sciences, Other. (Deleted, Report under 40.9999) (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.08	Physics. Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0801- 40.0899.
40.0801	Physics, General. A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, mechanics, wave properties, nuclear processes, relativity and quantum theory, quantitative methods, and laboratory methods. (Occupational Crosswalk)
-----	Physics Teacher Education. (Report under 13.1329)
-----	Engineering Physics. (Report under 14.1201)
-----	Biophysics. (Report under 26.0203)
-----	Molecular Biophysics. (Report under 26.0206)
40.0802	Atomic/Molecular Physics. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the behavior of matter-energy phenomena at the level of atoms and molecules. Includes instruction in chemical physics, atomic forces and structure, fission reactions, molecular orbital theory, magnetic resonance, molecular bonding, phase equilibria, quantum theory of solids, and applications to the study of specific elements and higher compounds. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0804	Elementary Particle Physics. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the basic constituents of sub-atomic matter and energy, and the forces governing fundamental processes. Includes instruction in quantum theory, field theory, single-particle systems, perturbation and scattering theory, matter-radiation interaction, symmetry, quarks, capture, Schroedinger mechanics, methods for detecting particle emission and absorption, and research equipment operation and maintenance. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0805	Plasma and High-Temperature Physics. A program that focuses on the scientific study of properties and behavior of matter at high temperatures, such that molecular and atomic structures are in a disassociated ionic or electronic state. Includes instruction in magnetohydrodynamics, free electron phenomena, fusion theory, electromagnetic fields and dynamics, plasma and non-linear wave theory, instability theory, plasma shock phenomena, quantitative modeling, and research equipment operation and maintenance. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0806	Nuclear Physics. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the properties and behavior of atomic nuclei instruction in nuclear reaction theory, quantum mechanics, energy conservation, nuclear fission and fusion, strong and weak atomic forces, nuclear modeling, nuclear decay, nucleon scattering, pairing, photon and electron reactions, statistical methods, and research equipment operation and maintenance. (Occupational Crosswalk)
-----	Nuclear Engineering. (Report under 14.2301)
40.0807	Optics/Optical Sciences. A program that focuses on the scientific study of light energy, including its structure, properties and behavior under different conditions. Includes instruction in wave theory, wave mechanics, electromagnetic theory, physical optics, geometric optics, quantum theory of light, photon detecting, laser theory, wall and beam properties, chaotic light, non-linear optics, harmonic generation, optical systems theory, and applications to engineering problems. (Occupational Crosswalk)
-----	Vision Sciences and Physiological Optics. (Report under 26.0909)
40.0808	Solid State and Low-Temperature Physics. A program that focuses on the scientific study of solids and related states of matter at low energy levels, including liquids and dense gases. Includes instruction in statistical mechanics, quantum theory of solids, many-body theory, low temperature phenomena, electron theory of metals, band theory, crystalline structures, magnetism and superconductivity, equilibria and dynamics of liquids, film and surface phenomena, quantitative modeling, and research equipment operation and maintenance. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0809	Acoustics. A program that focuses on the scientific study of sound, and the properties and behavior of acoustic wave phenomena under different conditions. Includes instruction in wave theory, the acoustic wave equation, energy transformation, vibration phenomena, sound reflection and transmission, scattering and surface wave phenomena, singularity expansion theory, ducting, and applications to specific research problems such as underwater acoustics, crystallography, and health diagnostics. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.0810	Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. A program that focuses on the scientific and mathematical formulation and evaluation of the physical laws governing, and models describing, matter-energy phenomena, and the analysis of related experimental designs and results. Includes instruction in classical and quantum theory, relativity theory, field theory, mathematics of infinite series, vector and coordinate analysis, wave and particle theory, advanced applied calculus and geometry, analyses of continuum, cosmology, and statistical theory and analysis. (Occupational Crosswalk)
-----	Mathematics. (Report under 27. Series)
40.0899	Physics, Other. Any instructional program in physics not listed above. (Occupational Crosswalk)
40.99	Physical Sciences, Other. Instructional content is defined in code 40.9999.
40.9999	Physical Sciences, Other. Any instructional program in physical sciences not listed above. (Occupational Crosswalk)