academic department

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Noun

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academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject department, 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 anthropology art department - the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation biology department, department of biology - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology chemistry department, department of chemistry - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry department of computer science - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science department of economics, economics department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics department of English, English department - the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature department of history, history department - the academic department responsible for teaching history department of linguistics, linguistics department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics department of mathematics, mathematics department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics department of philosophy, philosophy department - the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy department of physics, physics department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics department of music, music department - the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation department of psychology, psychology department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology department of sociology, sociology department - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology