The phrase "substantive field" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a specific subject or area of study that holds substance and importance within a larger context. An example of its usage could be: "The professor's research focuses on the substantive field of environmental sustainability, examining the economic, social, and environmental impacts of various policies and practices."
My substantive field is comparative politics, and I focus primarily on the United Kingdom.
In the third tier, students choose an in-depth, three-subject program of study in a substantive field of policymaking.
Each student will design an experiment (or series of experiments) that advances the state of knowledge in some given substantive field.
The Applied Mathematics major provides a foundation in these mathematical techniques and trains the student to use them in a substantive field of application.
A PhD in Social Work candidate will complete approximately two years of full-time coursework, master content in a social work method, a related behavioral or social science, and a substantive field of practice, and prepare and defend a dissertation.
Wilson largely echoed the prevalent genocentric bias in his Sociobiology, but now tied to substantive field studies (especially on insects).
Estimation of variance and covariance components has importance in various substantive fields such as animal breeding and evolutionary biology among others.
The ninety-minute exam will cover two of the four major substantive fields in political science (American government, international relations, comparative politics, political theory), plus an additional focus field, which will be social policy for students in the Social Policy PhD program.
Intervening in a variety of substantive fields, these scholars often position New Governance as an ambitious project that seeks to usher in a new paradigm of public problem solving.
Believing that departments can make diversity hires during a hiring freeze is no more irrational than believing that a department can achieve racial proportionality when the number of black and Hispanic Ph.D.s in substantive fields barely registers.
Fortunately, SEM has matured to the point where there are such people in a variety of substantive fields.
