Science & Engineering Degrees

Science and technology degrees are very popular with students since they have such practical applications in our world. Getting a distance learning science degree does not have to be difficult, but it will take personal effort. Here is our list of science and technology related distance learning degrees.

Biological sciences

 

     * Biochemistry

     * Bioinformatics

     * Biology

           o Aerobiology

           o Anatomy

                 + Comparative anatomy

                 + Human anatomy

           o Botany

                   + Ethnobotany

                 + Phycology

           o Cell biology

           o Chronobiology

           o Cryobiology

           o Developmental Biology

                 + Embryology

           o Ecology

                 + Human ecology

                 + Landscape ecology

           o Genetics

           o Endocrinology

           o Evolutionary biology

           o Human biology

           o Marine biology

           o Microbiology

           o Molecular biology

           o Nutrition

           o Neuroscience

           o Paleobiology

                 + Paleontology

           o Virology

                 + Molecular virology

           o Xenobiology

           o Zoology

                 + Animal communications

                 + Cryptozoology

                 + Entomology

                 + Ethology

                 + Herpetology

                 + Ichthyology

                 + Oology

                 + Ornithology

                 + Primatology

                 + Zootomy

     * Biophysics

     * Limnology

     * Linnaean taxonomy

     * Mycology

     * Parasitology

     * Pathology

     * Physiology

           o Human physiology

                 + Exercise physiology

     * Systematics (Taxonomy)

     * Teratology

 

Chemistry

 

     * Analytical chemistry

     * Biochemistry

     * Cheminformatics

     * Computational chemistry

     * Materials science

     * Mathematical chemistry

     * Quantum chemistry

     * Inorganic chemistry

     * Organic chemistry

     * Physical chemistry

       * Theoretical chemistry

     * Interface and colloid science

 

Earth sciences

 

     * Edaphology

     * Environmental science

     * Environmental chemistry

     * Gemology

     * Geodesy

     * Geography

     * Geology

     * Geochemistry

     * Geomorphology

     * Geophysics

     * Glaciology

     * Hydrogeology

     * Hydrology

     * Meteorology

     * Mineralogy

     * Oceanography

     * Pedology

     * Paleontology

           o Paleobiology

     * Planetary science

     * Sedimentology

     * Soil science

     * Speleology

 

Physics

 

     * Acoustics

     * Astrophysics

     * Atomic, molecular, and optical physics

     * Biophysics

     * Theoretical physics

     * Computational physics

     * Condensed matter physics

     * Cryogenics

     * Electromagnetism

     * Elementary particle physics

     * Fluid dynamics

     * Geophysics

     * Mathematical physics

     * Medical physics

     * Materials science

     * Mechanics

     * Molecular physics

     * Nuclear physics

     * Newtonian dynamics

     * Optics

     * Plasma physics

     * Quantum physics

     * Solid state physics

     * Statistical mechanics

     * Vehicle dynamics

     * Thermodynamics

     * Applied Physics

 

Space sciences

 

     * Astrobiology

     * Astronomy

           o Observational astronomy

                 + Gamma ray astronomy

                 + Infrared astronomy

                 + Microwave astronomy

                 + Optical astronomy

                 + Radio astronomy

                 + UV astronomy

                 + X-ray astronomy

     * Astrophysics

           o Gravitational astronomy

                 + Black holes

           o Interstellar medium

           o Numerical simulations in

                 + Astrophysical plasma

                 + Galaxy formation and evolution

                 + High-energy astrophysics

                 + Hydrodynamics

                 + Magnetohydrodynamics

                 + Star formation

           o Physical cosmology

           o Stellar astrophysics

                 + Helioseismology

                 + Stellar evolution

                 + Stellar nucleosynthesis

 

Formal sciences

 

Computer sciences

 

     * Theory of computation

             o Automata theory (Formal languages)

           o Computability theory

           o Computational complexity theory

           o Concurrency theory

     * Algorithms

           o Randomized algorithms

           o Distributed algorithms

           o Parallel algorithms

     * Data structures

     * Computer architecture

           o VLSI design

     * Operating systems

     * Computer communications (networks)

           o Information theory

           o Internet, World wide web

           o Wireless computing (Mobile computing)

     * Computer security and reliability

           o Cryptography

           o Fault-tolerant computing

     * Distributed computing

           o Grid computing

     * Parallel computing

           o High-performance computing

     * Quantum computing

     * Computer graphics

           o Image processing

           o Scientific visualization

           o Computational geometry

     * Computer and society

           o History of computer hardware

           o History of computer science

           o Humanistic informatics

           o Community informatics

     * Software engineering

           o Formal methods (Formal verification)

     * Programming languages

           o Programming paradigms

                 + Object-oriented programming

                 + Functional programming

                 + Concurrent programming

           o Program semantics

           o Type theory

           o Compilers

     * Information science

           o Data management

           o Data mining

           o Database

                 + Relational database

                 + Distributed database

                 + Object database

           o Information retrieval

           o Information management

           o Knowledge management

           o Multimedia, hypermedia

     * Artificial intelligence

           o Cognitive science

                 + Automated reasoning

                 + Machine learning

                       # Artificial neural network

                 + Natural language processing (Computational linguistics)

                 + Computer vision

           o Expert systems

           o Robotics

     * Information systems (Business informatics)

           o Information technology

           o Management information systems

           o Health informatics

     * Human-computer interaction

     * Computing in Mathematics, Natural sciences, Engineering and Medicine

           o Numerical analysis

           o Algebraic (symbolic) computation

           o Computational number theory

           o Computational mathematics

           o Scientific computing (Computational science)

           o Computational biology (bioinformatics)

           o Computational physics

           o Computational chemistry

           o Computational neuroscience

           o Computer-aided engineering

                 + Finite element analysis

                 + Computational fluid dynamics

     * Computing in Social sciences, Arts and Humanities, Professions

           o Computational economics

           o Computational sociology

           o Computational finance

           o The Digital Humanities (Humanities computing)

 

Mathematics

 

     * Algebra

           o Group theory

                 + Group representation

           o Ring theory

           o Field theory

           o Linear algebra (Vector space)

           o Multilinear algebra

           o Lie algebra

           o Associative algebra

           o Non-associative algebra

           o Universal algebra

           o Homological algebra

           o Category theory

           o Lattice theory (Order theory)

           o Differential algebra

     * Analysis

           o Real analysis

                 + Calculus

           o Complex analysis

           o Functional analysis

                 + Operator theory

           o Non-standard analysis

           o Harmonic analysis

           o p-adic analysis

           o Ordinary differential equations

           o Partial differential equations

     * Probability theory

           o Measure theory

           o Ergodic theory

           o Stochastic process

     * Geometry and Topology

           o General topology

           o Algebraic topology

           o Geometric topology

           o Differential topology

           o Algebraic geometry

           o Differential geometry

           o Projective geometry

           o Affine geometry

           o Non-Euclidean geometry

           o Convex geometry

           o Discrete geometry

     * Number theory

           o Analytic number theory

           o Algebraic number theory

           o Geometric number theory

     * Logic and Foundations of mathematics

           o Set theory

           o Proof theory

           o Model theory

           o Recursion theory

           o Modal logic

           o Intuitionistic logic

     * Applied mathematics

           o Statistics

                 + Mathematical statistics

                 + Econometrics

                 + Actuarial science

                 + Demography

           o Approximation theory

           o Numerical analysis

           o Optimization (Mathematical programming)

                 + Operations research

                 + Linear programming

           o Dynamical systems

                 + Chaos theory

                 + Fractal geometry

           o Mathematical physics

                 + Quantum field theory

                   + Statistical mechanics

           o Theory of computation

                 + Computational complexity theory

           o Information theory

           o Cryptography

           o Combinatorics

                 + Coding theory

           o Graph theory

             o Game theory

 

Systems science

 

     * Chaos theory

     * Complex systems

     * Complexity theory

     * Cybernetics

           o Biocybernetics

           o Engineering cybernetics

           o Management cybernetics

           o Medical cybernetics

           o New Cybernetics

           o Second-order cybernetics

     * Control theory

           o Affect control theory

           o Control engineering

           o Control systems

           o Dynamical systems

           o Perceptual control theory

     * Operations research

     * Systems biology

           o Computational systems biology

           o Synthetic biology

           o Systems immunology

     * Systems dynamics

             o Social dynamics

     * Systems ecology

           o Ecosystem ecology

     * Systems engineering

           o Biological systems engineering

           o Earth systems engineering and management

           o Enterprise systems engineering

           o Systems analysis

     * Systems psychology

           o Ergonomics

           o Family systems theory

           o Systemic therapy

     * Systems theory

           o Biochemical systems theory

           o Ecological systems theory

           o Developmental systems theory

           o General systems theory

           o Living systems theory

           o LTI system theory

           o Sociotechnical systems theory

           o Mathematical system theory

           o World-systems theory

 

Professions and Applied sciences

 

Agriculture

 

     * Agroecology

     * Agronomy

     * Animal science

     * Agrology

     * Entomology

     * Environmental science

     * Agricultural economics

     * Agricultural engineering

           o Biological systems engineering

           o Food engineering

     * Aquaculture

     * Beekeeping (Apiculture)

     * Enology

     * Food science

     * Horticulture

     * Hydrology

     * Meteorology

     * Plant science

           o Pomology

     * Silviculture

     * Viticulture

 

Architecture and design

 

     * Architecture and related design

           o Architecture

           o Urban planning (urban design)

           o Interior design (interior architecture)

           o Landscape architecture (landscape planning)

     * Historic preservation

     * Industrial design (product design)

           o Ergonomics

           o Game design

           o Toy and amusement design

     * Fashion design

     * Textile design

     * Visual communication

           o Graphic design

           o User interface design