diff --git a/specifyweb/backend/context/app_resource.py b/specifyweb/backend/context/app_resource.py
index ef01e17058b..d374ff4af76 100644
--- a/specifyweb/backend/context/app_resource.py
+++ b/specifyweb/backend/context/app_resource.py
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@
     "invertebrate": "invertebrate",
     "geology": "geology",
 }
+DISCIPLINE_NAMES = {
+    'fish': 'Ichthyology',
+    'herpetology': 'Herpetology',
+    'paleobotany': 'Paleobotany',
+    'invertpaleo': 'Invertebrate Paleontology',
+    'vertpaleo': 'Vertebrate Paleontology',
+    'bird': 'Ornithology',
+    'mammal': 'Mammalogy',
+    'insect': 'Entomology',
+    'botany': 'Botany',
+    'invertebrate': 'Invertebrate Zoology',
+    'geology': 'Geology',
+}
 
 FORM_RESOURCE_EXCLUDED_LST = [
     "fish/fishbase.views.xml",
diff --git a/specifyweb/specify/management/commands/run_key_migration_functions.py b/specifyweb/specify/management/commands/run_key_migration_functions.py
index 6209a0d0094..83a14b9e7bc 100644
--- a/specifyweb/specify/management/commands/run_key_migration_functions.py
+++ b/specifyweb/specify/management/commands/run_key_migration_functions.py
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ def fix_schema_config(stdout: WriteToStdOut | None = None):
         usc.add_quantities_gift, # specify 0032
         usc.update_paleo_desc, # specify 0033
         usc.update_accession_date_fields # specify 0034
+        usc.create_discipline_type_picklist # specify 0042
+        usc.update_discipline_type_splocalecontaineritem # specify specify 0042
     ]
     log_and_run(funcs, stdout)
 
diff --git a/specifyweb/specify/migration_utils/update_schema_config.py b/specifyweb/specify/migration_utils/update_schema_config.py
index 775299a8d07..cf69b4066df 100644
--- a/specifyweb/specify/migration_utils/update_schema_config.py
+++ b/specifyweb/specify/migration_utils/update_schema_config.py
@@ -1397,3 +1397,68 @@ def revert_version_required(apps):
         for table, fields in MIGRATION_0035_FIELDS.items():
             for field in fields:    
                 update_table_field_schema_config_params(table, discipline.id, field, updated_config_params, apps)
+
+# ##########################################
+# Used in 0042_discipline_type_picklist.py
+# ##########################################
+
+from specifyweb.backend.context.app_resource import DISCIPLINE_NAMES
+
+DISCIPLINE_TYPE_PICKLIST_NAME = 'DisciplineType'
+
+def create_discipline_type_picklist(apps):
+    Collection = apps.get_model('specify', 'Collection')
+    Picklist = apps.get_model('specify', 'Picklist')
+    Picklistitem = apps.get_model('specify', 'Picklistitem')
+
+    # Create a discipline type picklist for each collection
+    for collection in Collection.objects.all():
+        picklist, created = Picklist.objects.get_or_create(
+            name=DISCIPLINE_TYPE_PICKLIST_NAME,
+            type=0,
+            collection=collection,
+            defaults={
+                "issystem": True,
+                "readonly": True,
+                "sizelimit": -1,
+                "sorttype": 1,
+            }
+        )
+        # If the picklist doesn't exist, create a new one
+        if created:
+            ordinal = 1
+            items = []
+            for value, title in DISCIPLINE_NAMES.items():
+                items.append(
+                    Picklistitem(
+                        picklist=picklist,
+                        ordinal=ordinal,
+                        value=value,
+                        title=title,
+                    )
+                )
+                ordinal += 1
+            Picklistitem.objects.bulk_create(items)
+
+def revert_discipline_type_picklist(apps):
+    Picklist = apps.get_model('specify', 'Picklist')
+
+    Picklist.objects.filter(name=DISCIPLINE_TYPE_PICKLIST_NAME).delete()
+
+def update_discipline_type_splocalecontaineritem(apps):
+    Splocalecontaineritem = apps.get_model("specify", "Splocalecontaineritem")
+
+    Splocalecontaineritem.objects.filter(
+        container__name="discipline",
+        container__schematype=0,
+        name="type",
+    ).update(picklistname=DISCIPLINE_TYPE_PICKLIST_NAME, isrequired=True)
+
+def revert_discipline_type_splocalecontaineritem(apps):
+    Splocalecontaineritem = apps.get_model("specify", "Splocalecontaineritem")
+
+    Splocalecontaineritem.objects.filter(
+        container__name="discipline",
+        container__schematype=0,
+        name="type",
+    ).update(picklistname=None, isrequired=None)
diff --git a/specifyweb/specify/migrations/0042_discipline_type_picklist.py b/specifyweb/specify/migrations/0042_discipline_type_picklist.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f75d72aeb45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specifyweb/specify/migrations/0042_discipline_type_picklist.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from django.db import migrations
+from specifyweb.specify.migration_utils import update_schema_config as usc
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ('specify', '0041_add_missing_schema_after_reorganization'),
+    ]
+
+    def apply_migration(apps, schema_editor):
+        usc.create_discipline_type_picklist(apps)
+        usc.update_discipline_type_splocalecontaineritem(apps)
+
+    def revert_migration(apps, schema_editor):
+        usc.revert_discipline_type_picklist(apps)
+        usc.revert_discipline_type_splocalecontaineritem(apps)
+        
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(
+            apply_migration,
+            revert_migration,
+            atomic=True,
+        ),
+    ]