UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY (Revised Exchange-Visitor Skills List)

Revised Skills (Master)

Group (1). Fields in the Administration of Public or Public-Oriented Affairs:

1A. Public Administration (including, but not limited to: City Planning, Urban Studies / Planning, Urban Transportation, and Public Health)

1B. Public Social Administration (including, but not limited to: Welfare, Dietetics, Nutrition, Family Planning and Public Health)

1C. Public Social Services

1D. Sanitation

1E. Drug Abuse and Narcotics Control

1F. International Health

1G. Tourism and Travel

1H. Law Enforcement and Corrections (including, but not limited to the Administration of Justice)

1I. Parks and Recreation Management (including, but not limited to Wildlife Management)

1J. Primary School Administration

1K. Secondary School Administration

1L. College, University and Higher Education Administration

1M. Technical or Vocational School Administration

1N. Hospital Administration

1O. Labor Union Administration

Group (2). Fields in the Medical Profession:

2A. General Practice of Medicine (including Osteopaths who also practice Medicine)

2B. Recognized Medical Specializations (including, but not limited to: Anesthesiology, Audiology, Cardiography, Cardiology, Dermatology, Embryology, Epidemiology, Forensic Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Immunology, Internal Medicine, Neurological Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiology, Plastic Surgery, Preventive Medicine, Proctology, Psychiatry and Neurology, Radiology, Speech Pathology, Sports Medicine, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Toxicology, Urology and Virology)

2C. Veterinary Medicine

2D. Emergency Medicine

2E. Nuclear Medicine

2F. Geriatrics

2G. Nursing (including, but not limited to registered nurses, practical nurses, physician’s receptionists and medical records clerks)

2H. Medical Instruments and Technology

2I. Dentistry

2J. Dental Technology

2K. Optometry

2L. Chiropractic and Osteopathy (not including Osteopathic Physicians who also practice Medicine)

2M. Medical Cybernetics

2N. All Therapies, Prosthetics and Healing (except Medicine, Osteopathy or Osteopathic Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Chiropractic and Optometry)

2O. Medical Statistics and Documentation

2P. Cancer Research

2Q. Medical Photography

2R. Environmental Health

2S. Medical Research

Group (3). Fields in Computer Science and Related Professions:

3A. Computer Science

3B. Information Science and Systems Analysis

3C. Data Processing (including, but not limited to the use of data in analyzing census financial planning and feasibility studies)

3D. Computer Programming

3E. Computer Maintenance Technologies

Group (4). Fields in Engineering and Related Professions:

4A. Aerospace Engineering

4B. Cartography

4C. Chemical Engineering

4D. Civil Engineering (including Airport Engineering)

4E. Communication Engineering

4F. Computer Engineering and Technologies

4G. Electrical Engineering

4H. Electronic Engineering (including Radio Engineering)

4I. Energy Engineering and Technology (but not including Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and Technology)

4J. Genetic and Biomedical Engineering

4K. Industrial Engineering

4L. Marine and Aeronautical Engineering and Technology (including, but not limited to: Marine and Flight Engineers)

4M. Materials Engineering and Sciences (including, but not limited to: textiles, plastics, wood, paper and metal, but not including Metal Fabrication)

4N. Mechanical Engineering (including, but not limited to: systems, safety and production engineers, and including Automatic Data Processing)

4O. Mining and Lumbering Engineering and Technology

4P. Navigation and Transportation Engineering

4Q. Optical Engineering (including, but not limited to light and sound technology)

4R. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and Technology

4S. Printing and Photographic Engineering and Technology

4T. Surveying (including Oceanography)

4U. Agricultural Engineering

4V. Nuclear Engineering

4W. Natural Resource Management Engineering (including but not Limited to Water Resource Management)

4X. Environmental Engineering

Group (5). Fields in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics:

5A. Chemistry (including all branches and specialties in Chemistry, except in Pharmacy and Chemical Engineering)

5B. Life Sciences (including, but not limited to Pharmacy and Biology)

5C. Study of Drugs and Allied Sciences

5D. Optics and Physics (including physical chemists, metallurgists and all branches and specialties in Physics)

5E. Genetics

5F. Mathematics

5G. Laboratory Technology (including, but not limited to physical and chemistry laboratory technicians)

5H. Metal Fabrication (including, but not limited to skilled metal crafts workers)

5I. Atmospheric-Hydrospheric Sciences (including but not limited to Marine Science, Meteorology and Oceanography)

5J. Astronomy and Space Technology

5K. Repair and Maintenance Technology

5L. Agriculture and Agronomy (including, but not limited to veterinarians, plant pathologists, poultry and dairy scientists, animal husbandry and animal nutrition)

5M. Food Science and Technology

5N. Zoology (including Animal Behavior and Physiology)

5O. Forestry

5P. Fisheries (or other Marine Products)

5Q. Geology (including all branches and specialties, e.g. Oceanology, and all branches of Applied Geology including geophysicists and geochemists)

5R. Hydrology (including, but not limited to Water Pollution)

5S. Ecology and Environmental Protection (including Conservation)

5T. Desalinization

5U. Population Studies

5V. Botany

5W. Entomology

Group (6). Fields in the Social Sciences:

6A. Sociology (except Economics and including Criminology)

6B. Psychology (including, but not limited to Psychometrics, Child Psychology and Psychobiology)

6C. History (including Art History)

6D. Philosophy (including Humanities)

6E. Anthropology and Archaeology

6F. Demography

6G. Government and Politics (including, but not limited to International Relations)

6H. Economics

6I. Literature

6J. Instructional Media and Technology

6K. Fine Arts (including, but not limited to Music, Theater, Sculpture, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Photography)

6L. Estate Management

6M. Linguistics

6N. Law (including Judicature and all branches and specialties in the practice of Law, except in Law Enforcement)

6O. Theology

6P. Cultural Diversity (including, but not limited to Women’s, Minority, Ethnic and Area Studies)

6Q. Fashion and Textile Design

6R. Graphic Design

6S. Geography

6T. Home Economics

6U. Language Studies

Group (7). Fields in the Study and Practice of Education:

7A. Teaching and Religious Education

7B. Educational Testing, Evaluation and Measurement

7C. Primary School Teaching (including, but not limited to Nursery Schools and Kindergartens)

7D. Secondary School Teaching (including, but not limited to Remedial Teaching and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language)

7E. Vocational and Technical School Teaching

7F. College and University Teaching in Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (except Agriculture)

7G. College and University Teaching of Social Sciences, Liberal Arts and Literature (including Foreign Language Education)

7H. College and University Teaching of Education

7I. College and University Teaching of Business

7J. Agricultural School Teaching

7K. Education of the Physically Handicapped (including Education of the Mentally Retarded and Emotionally Disturbed)

7L. Education of Exceptional Children

7M. Physical Education and Recreation (including, but not limited to Coaching)

7N. Teaching in Medical Schools (including, but not limited to lecturers)

7O. Teaching in Law Schools (including, but not limited to lecturers)

7P. Career Guidance and Counseling

7Q. Camp Counselor

7R. Educational Technology (Instructional Systems Technology)

7S. Educational Psychology

7T. Curriculum Planning

Group (8). Fields in Communication, Transport and Construction Professions and Skills:

8A. Journalism (including, but not limited to editors and reporters, and including text-book writers, interpreters and translators)

8B. Communication Media (including Television and Film)

8C. Electrical Communication Technology

8D. Radio Operation

8E. Airplane Piloting (including, but not limited to Airline Piloting)

8F. Merchant Marine

8G. Architecture (including Marine Architecture)

8H. Construction (including but not limited to builders, but not including skilled and unskilled laborers)

8I. Construction-Project Management

8J. Drafting

8K. Skilled Operation of Construction Machines

8L. Telecommunications

Group (9). Fields in Business:

9A. Industrial and Business Administration and Management (including, but not limited to: programmers and Project Evaluation, Business, Total Quality Management)

9B. International Business and Commerce

9C. Industrial Organization

9D. Labor and Industrial Relations

9E. Economic Development and Planning (including Rural Development)

9F. Economic Information Analysis (including, but not limited to Management Studies)

9G. Accounting

9H. Cybernetic Technology

9I. Statistics

9J. Insurance (including Actuaries)

9K. Administration of Financial Institutions (including, but not limited to Savings and Loan Organizations and Credit Unions)

9L. Financial Planning

9M. Operations Research

9N. Banking

9O. Farm Management and Administration

9P. Hotel and Motel Management

9R. Marketing

9S. Finance

Group (10). Fields of Library Science:

10A. Library Science (including, but not limited to Electronic Data Storage and Retrieval)