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This division covers studies in human society.
It includes:

• policy and political science;
• social work;
• anthropology;
• criminology; and
• human geography.

1601 Anthropology
1602 Criminology
1603 Demography
1604 Human Geography
1605 Policy and Administration
1606 Political Science
1607 Social Work
1608 Sociology
1699 Other Studies in Human Society

Exclusions:
a) Forensic statistics is included in Group 0104 Statistics.
b) Forensic chemistry is included in Group 0399 Other Chemical Sciences.
c) Physical geography is included in Group 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience.
d) Anthropological genetics is included in Group 0604 Genetics.
e) Forensic biology is included in Group 0699 Other Biological Sciences.
f) Health care administration is included in Group 1117 Public Health and Health Services.
g) Educational administration is included in Group 1303 Specialist Studies in Education.
h) Economics, including urban and regional economics, is included in Division 14 Economics.
i) Actuarial studies are included in Group 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment.
j) Forensic psychology is included in Group 1701 Psychology.
k) Law and society and criminal law are included in Group 1801 Law.
l) Language in society (sociolinguistics) is included in Group 2004 Linguistics.
m) Archaeology is included in Group 2101 Archaeology.
n) History and philosophy of science, technology and the social sciences are included in Group 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields.
o) Social philosophy is included in Group 2203 Philosophy.
p) Religion and society is included in Group 2204 Religion and Religious Studies.