academic department

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academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subjectdepartment, section - a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"anthropology department, department of anthropology - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropologyart department - the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciationbiology department, department of biology - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biologychemistry department, department of chemistry - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistrydepartment of computer science - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer sciencedepartment of economics, economics department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economicsdepartment of English, English department - the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literaturedepartment of history, history department - the academic department responsible for teaching historydepartment of linguistics, linguistics department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguisticsdepartment of mathematics, mathematics department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematicsdepartment of philosophy, philosophy department - the academic department responsible for teaching philosophydepartment of physics, physics department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physicsdepartment of music, music department - the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciationdepartment of psychology, psychology department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychologydepartment of sociology, sociology department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology