According to the Measures for Setting and Managing the Catalogue of Degree Granting and Personnel Training (the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, Ministry of Education [2009]10), discipline categories are jointly formulated by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and Ministry of Education, which is the basic basis for the state to review degree authorization and discipline management, and degree-granting units to carry out degree granting and personnel training. National 13 discipline.
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Generally speaking, the subject catalogue is divided into subject categories, first-class subjects and two disciplines.
The first-level discipline is called professional category in undergraduate education, that is, professional category; Two disciplines is called major in the catalogue of undergraduate majors, which is a subdivision of major categories.
For example, literature is a discipline, then the Chinese major in colleges and universities is a major category, that is, a first-class discipline; China ancient literature belongs to two disciplines after the subdivision of Chinese major.
Simply put, it is a discipline category, a first-class discipline, two disciplines. It should be noted here that bachelor's, master's and doctor's degrees are awarded according to disciplines.
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