MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

SCIENCES

APPLIED SCIENCES
Applied sciences, including engineering and medicine, use existing knowledge to develop applications, such as technology.

Information Technology & Engineering Building, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, Maryland, May 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Formal sciences focus on abstract structures and thought, such as mathematics and statistics.

• Natural sciences, like chemistry and geology, study and try to predict phenomena in nature.

• Social sciences, such as archeology and psychology, study society and human relationships and behavior.

• Natural and social sciences are empirical sciences, which require that information be acquired by either observation or experimentation, and can be validated.

Lost Towns Project archeological team, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, September 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Applied Mathematics
• Applied Physics
• Engineering
• Medicine
• Research & Development

FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES

FORMAL SCIENCES

• Mathematics
• Statistics

NATURAL SCIENCES
• Anatomy
• Astronomy
• Biotechnology
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Genetics
• Geology
• Marine Biology
• Meteorology
• Paleontology
• Physics
• Virology
• Zoology

SOCIAL SCIENCES
• Archeology
• Criminology
• Economics
• Education
• International Relations
• Psychology

Projectile point [arrowhead], Lost Towns Project, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, September 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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