Are academic fields capitalized?

When writing about academic fields, the general rule is to capitalize the field name when you are referring to the field as a whole. For example, "He is studying physics." However, you would not capitalize the field name if you were referring to a specific course within that field, such as "I'm taking a history class." There are a few exceptions to this rule. For example, when writing about the fine arts, you would always capitalize the name of the field, regardless of whether you were referring to the field as a whole or a specific course within the field. So, you would write "She is studying art" and "I'm taking an art history class." The same rule applies to the names of languages. You would always capitalize the name of the language, whether you are referring to the language as a whole or a specific course within the language. So, you would write "He is studying French" and "I'm taking a French conversation class." There are a few other exceptions to the rule, but in general, if you are unsure whether or not to capitalize the name of a academic field, err on the side of capitalization.