Note: Country specific skills are subject to the two-year foreign residence (home country physical presence) requirement.
1.00 Agriculture, General
1.01 Agricultural Business and Management
including Production Operations and Mechanization
1.06 Applied Horticulture/Horticulture
1.09 Animal Sciences
including Agricultural Animal Breeding; Animal Health and Nutrition; Dairy Science; Livestock Management; and Poultry Science
1.10 Food Science
1.11 Plant Sciences
including Crop Science; Horticulture Science; Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding; Pest Management; and Range Science
1.12 Soil Science and Agronomy
3.01 Natural Resources Conservation and Research & Environmental/ Wildlife/Wildlands Science/Studies including Environmental Protection
3.02 Natural Resources Management and Policy
3.03 Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
3.05 Forestry
4.02 Architecture
including Environmental, Interior & Landscape Design; Architectural History; and Architectural Technology
4.03 City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning; Architectural Urban Design and Planning
There are no sub-groups for this category.
9.01 Communication and Media Studies
9.04 Journalism
including Broadcast Journalism; Photojournalism; On-Line/Web-page News
9.07 Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
including Media/Multimedia
9.09 Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
9.10 Publishing
10.01 Communications Technology/Technicians
10.02 Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
including Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant; Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician; and Recording Arts Technology/ Technician
10.03 Graphic Communications
including Printing Management; Prepress/ Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design; Animation; Interactive Technology; Video Graphics and Special Effects; Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator; Printing Press Operator; Computer Typography; and Composition Equipment Operator
11.01 Computer and Information Sciences, General
including Web Page Design; Database Administration; Cybernetics; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and Information Technology
11.02 Computer Programming
11.03 Data Processing
11.04 Information Science/Studies
11.05 Computer Systems Analysis
11.06 Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications and Word Processing
11.07 Computer Science
including Systems Engineering
11.10 Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
12.03 Funeral and Mortuary Service
12.05 Cooking, Culinary Arts and Related Services
including Baking and Pastry Arts; Bartending; Culinary Arts/Chef Training; Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management; Food Preparation/ Professional Cooking; Meat Cutting; Food Service; Institutional Food Workers
13.01 Education, General
including Educational Administration
13.02 Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural
13.03 Curriculum and Instruction
including Media Design
13.06 Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
13.09 Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
13.10 Special Education and Teaching
13.11 Student Counseling and Personnel Services
13.12 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
including all types of levels and types of teaching including, but not limited to Adult and Continuing Education; Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School and Secondary Education; Montessori Teacher Education; and Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education
13.13 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
including, but not limited to Agriculture; Art; Business; Computers; Drama; Driver Safety; English, Foreign Languages; Geography; Health; History; Home Economics; Industrial Arts; Sales and Marketing; Math; Music; Physical Education; Psychology; Reading; Science; Social Studies; and Speech
14.01 Engineering, General
14.02 Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
14.03 Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
14.05 Biomedical/Medical Engineering
14.07 Chemical Engineering
14.08 Civil Engineering
including Geotechnical, Structural, Water Resources, and Transportation and Highway Engineering
14.09 Computer Hardware and Software Engineering
14.10 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
including Radio Engineering
14.14 Environmental Engineering
including Pollution Control; Waste and Hazardous Material Disposal
14.18 Materials Engineering
14.19 Mechanical Engineering
14.20 Metallurgical Engineering
14.21 Mining and Mineral Engineering
14.22 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
14.23 Nuclear Engineering
14.24 Ocean Engineering
14.25 Energy Engineering & Tech.
including Petroleum and Natural Gas
14.33 Construction Engineering
14.35 Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
14.38 Surveying Engineering
14.39 Geological/Geophysical Engineering
Including Foreign Languages and Literatures; Linguistics; Language Interpretation and Translation; Comparative Literature; Language, Literature and Linguistics For All Languages In The World Including Various Forms and Study of Sign Language
There are no sub-groups for this category.
19.01 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
formerly Home Economics
19.05 Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
19.09 Apparel and Textiles
including Textile Manufacturing; Textile Science; Apparel and Textile Marketing Management; and Fashion and Fabric Consulting
Including English Literature, Composition, and Various Types of English Writing
There are no sub-groups for this category.
There are no sub-groups for this category.
There are no sub-groups for this category.
26.01 Biology
26.03 Botany/Plant Biology
26.04 Anatomical Sciences
including Anatomy
26.05 Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
also under Medicine
26.07 Zoology/Animal Biology
26.08 Genetics
all types, including Animal; Plant; Molecular; Microbial and Eukaryotic; and Human; as well as Genetic Engineering
26.12 Biotechnology
26.13 Ecology, Population Biology
There are no sub-groups for this category.
31.01 Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
31.05 Health and Physical Education/Fitness
36.0101 Camp Counselor
There are no sub-groups for this category.
There are no sub-groups for this category.
40.01 Physical Sciences
40.02 Astronomy; Astrophysics; Planetary Astronomy and Science; and Space Technology
40.04 Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
40.05 Chemistry
40.06 Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences including Oceanography; Hydrology
40.08 Physics
There are no sub-groups for this category.
Including, But Not Limited To Psychometrics and Psychobiology
There are no sub-groups for this category.
Including Law Enforcement, Fire Protection, And Corrections
There are no sub-groups for this category.
44.04 Public Administration
including City Planning, Urban Planning, Urban Transportation
44.07 Social Work/Youth Services
including Welfare and Probation
45.02 Anthropology
including Physical Anthropology
45.03 Archeology
45.04 Criminology
45.05 Demography and Population Studies
45.06 Economics
45.07 Geography and Cartography
45.09 International Relations and Affairs
45.10 Political Science and Government
45.11 Sociology
45.99 Social Sciences, Other
There are no sub-groups for this category.
There are no sub-groups for this category.
Application Of Technical Knowledge And Skills To Create Products Using Techniques Of Precision Craftsmanship Or Technical Illustration.
48.00 Precision Production Trades
including Metal Working, Woodworking, and Drafting
49.01 Air Transportation
including Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General; Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew; Aviation/ Airway Management and Operations; Air Traffic Controller; Flight Instructor
49.02 Ground Transportation
including Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation; Commercial Vehicle Operation; and Mobil Crane Operation
49.03 Marine Transportation
including Commercial Fishing; Diver, Professional and Instructor; Marine Science/ Merchant Marine
50.01 Visual and Performing Arts
including, but not limited to: Music, Theatre, Sculpture, Photography, TV & Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
50.04 Design and Applied Arts
including Commercial and Advertising Art; Industrial Design; Fashion/Apparel Design; Interior Design; Graphic Design; and Illustration
51.01 Chiropractic
51.02 Communication Disorders Sciences & Services
including Speech Language Pathology and Sign Language Interpretation
51.04 Dentistry, Advanced/Graduate Dentistry, Oral Sciences, Dental Technology
including Orthodontics
51.06 Dental Support Services/Assistant
51.07 Health and Medical Administrative Services
including statistics and documentation
51.08 Medical Support Services/Assistant
51.09 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
including, but not limited to the following fields: Emergency Medical; Cardiovascular; Electrocardiograph; Electroneurodiagnostic / Electroencephalographic; Nuclear Medical; Perfusionist; Radiation Therapy; Respiratory Care Therapy; Surgical; Sonography and Ultrasound; Radiography; Athletic Training; Genetic Therapy; Cardiopulmonary; and Radiation Protection/Health Physics
51.10 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions
51.12 Medicine, Medical Research, including all specialties and fields
including, but not limited to: Allergy and Immunology, Anesthesiology, Audiology, Cancer, Cardiography, Cardiology, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Dermatology, Embryology, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Family Practice, Forensic Medicine, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology, Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics, Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiology, Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, Preventive Medicine, Proctology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Speech Pathology, Sports Medicine, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Toxicology, Transitional, Thoracic Surgery, Urology, Virology
51.15 Mental and Social Health Services
including Substance Abuse Counseling; Marriage/ Family Counseling; and Psychoanalysis
51.16 Nursing
including all specialties
51.17 Optometry
51.19 Osteopathic Medicine/ Osteopathy
51.20 Pharmacy
including Administration
51.22 Public Health
including, but not limited to Environmental Health; Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene; Public Health Education and Promotion; International Health; Community Health and Preventive Medicine; and Health Services Administration
51.23 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
51.24 Veterinary Medicine
51.25 Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
including all Veterinary Sciences; Anatomy; Physiology; Microbiology; Pathology; and Toxicology as well as Animal/ Veterinary Surgery and Medicine
51.27 Medical Illustration and Informatics & Medical Photography
51.31 Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition
51.33 Alternative Medicine
52.02 Business Administration, Management and Operations
including Industrial Administration & Management; Small Business Administration/ Operations; Franchising
52.03 Accounting and Related Services
52.04 Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
52.06 Business/Managerial Economics
including Management Studies & Economic Information Analysis
52.08 Finance, Banking and Financial Management Services
52.09 Hospitality Administration/ Management
including Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management & Tourism and Travel Services Management
52.10 Human Resources Management and Services
including Labor and Industrial Relations; Organizational Behavior Studies; and Labor Studies
52.11 International Business/ Trade/ Commerce
52.12 Management Information Systems and Services
52.13 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
including Operations Research; Statistics
52.14 Marketing/Marketing Management
52.15 Real Estate
52.16 Taxation
52.17 Insurance
52.20 Construction Management
54.01 History
including Regional History, such as American, European and Asian; History of Science and Technology; and Public/ Applied History and Archival Administration
Residency programs are designed to prepare medical doctors M.D. or osteopaths DO, dentists DDS, D.M.D., and veterinarians D.V.M. for certification as practitioners of recognized specialties in their respective professions. These programs are approved and accredited by designated professional associations and require from one to five years to complete, depending on the program. Medical residencies usually require completion of an internship after the M.D. degree for program entry, while requirements vary for dentistry and veterinary programs.
60.01 Dental Residency Programs
60.02 Medical Residency Programs The program sponsor for medical residency programs is The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
60.03 Veterinary Residency Programs