Rules and Guidelines
Rules for Capitalization, Abbreviation, Referencing Formal Names for Degrees and Partner Programs
Undergraduate
- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
- Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
- Bachelor of Science (BS)
Graduate
- Master of Accounting (MACT)
- Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC)
- Master of Arts in College Student Development (MACSD)
- Master of Accounting (MACT)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Master of Science in Leadership and Change (MSLC)
When abbreviating degrees offered by St. Edward鈥檚, omit periods between the letters:
- BA
- MAC
- MBA
- BBA
- MACSD
- MSLC
- BS
- MACT
With informal references to degrees, use an apostrophe in bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚.
- She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree at St. Edward鈥檚.
- Their master鈥檚 degrees proved beneficial.
- Students can choose from two degrees: a bachelor鈥檚 in Digital Media Management or a master鈥檚 in Business Management.
Spell out the first reference to a degree, followed by its abbreviation if used in subsequent references.
- Lauren is interested in the MA in College Student Development program.
- Jorge is pursuing a Master of Accounting, like his mentor, Justin Taylor MACT 鈥10. Taylor鈥檚 MACT degree has enabled him to ...
Do not spell out first reference to a degree when it is used with a graduation year.
- Justin Taylor MACT 鈥10 will participate on the alumni panel.
Use these same rules when referring to degrees earned at other universities.
To avoid style inconsistencies, follow these guidelines for capitalizing the university鈥檚 degrees, academic programs, majors, co-curricular programs and course titles. St. Edward鈥檚 has many unique degree names (i.e. Accounting Information Technology, Digital Media Management, Writing and Rhetoric) that are best understood when capped. They set the standard for capitalizing all majors, including the more general ones (i.e. Chemistry, History, Psychology).
Note the following examples and use editorial judgment to determine when the 鈥渙fficial鈥 capped style or the 鈥済eneral areas of study鈥 lowercase style applies based on the context of the copy.
Capitalize official names of the university鈥檚 degrees, academic programs, majors, co-curricular programs and course titles.
The Master of Accounting program/degree ...
The Writing and Rhetoric program/degree/major ...
Courses offered in Freshman Studies include ...
Our Psychology program/degree/major is one of the most popular ...
Business Communication is taken in the first semester of ...
She earned a Master of Arts in Counseling at St. Edward鈥檚.
In the BA in Philosophy program, students are required to take Ethics and Public Policy.
Courses in Self and Society, General Psychology, American National Government, and State and Local Government are required in his chosen major.
When using the term 鈥渕ajor,鈥 鈥済raduate鈥 or 鈥渟tudent鈥 directly following an official degree name, capitalize the degree name.
- BA in Criminal Justice majors complete supporting courses in ...
- Work by several Photography and Media Arts students was included in the exhibit.
- Many of our Biology graduates continue their studies in graduate school.
Do not capitalize when referring to general areas of study, even when the area of study matches an official name. To better understand these examples, the editorial context is given in brackets.
He is interested in computer science [general area of study] but plans to major in Accounting Information Technology [official degree].
He wants to take computer science [general area of study] courses but plans to major in Accounting Information Technology [official degree].
He wants to take courses in the Computer Science [official degree] program but plans to major in Accounting Information Technology [official degree].
In the Criminal Justice program [official degree], students study psychology, government, crime analysis and American history [general area of study].
She wants to study French and creative writing [general area of study] but plans to major in Theater Arts [official degree].
Along with teaching high school, chemistry graduates [not referring specifically to 顶级国产视频 graduates] may work in research or ...
She is a graduate in international business [general area of study].
She is interested in international studies [general area of study] but plans to pursue a degree in political science [general area of study].
He wants to earn a master鈥檚 in kinesiology [general area of study].
Students are required to take courses in biology, mathematics and chemistry [general area of study].
You鈥檒l research a topic within chemistry [general area of study] and present your findings.
The philosophy professors [general work title] are traveling to a conference next week.
When using the term 鈥渕ajor,鈥 鈥済raduate鈥 or 鈥渟tudent鈥 directly following an official degree name, capitalize the degree name.
- BA in Criminal Justice majors complete supporting courses in ...
- Work by several Photography and Media Arts students was included in the exhibit.
- Many of our Biology graduates continue their studies in graduate school.
When abbreviating academic degrees, omitting the periods is our preferred style. This applies to religious order classifications as well.
- BBA, MBA, PhD, LLD, etc.
Plural Abbreviations
To form the plural of a degree abbreviation with our style of no periods, add 鈥渟鈥 after the abbreviation.
- BAs, MLAs, PhDs, LLDs, etc. To avoid odd-looking plural constructions, rewrite or add the word 鈥渄egrees鈥 after the abbreviation.
- MACSD degrees, MAC degrees
- They earned BS degrees in Computer Information Technology.
顶级国产视频 in France
- The partnership program the university has established with Universite虂 Catholique de l鈥橭uest (UCO) in Angers, France, should be referred to in these ways:
- the university鈥檚 flagship study abroad program in Angers, France
- our partner university in Angers, France
- Do not refer to UCO as the 顶级国产视频:
- portal campus in Angers, France
- campus in Angers, France
International Partner Universities
The university has established international educational partnerships with the following universities:
- Universite虂 Catholique de l鈥橭uest (UCO) in Angers, France
- Paris L鈥橧nstitut Supe虂rieur de Gestion in Paris, France
- Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Fachhochschule Koblenz in Koblenz, Germany
- Katholische Universita虉t Eichsta虉tt-Ingolstadt in Eichsta虉tt, Germany
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Jaume I in Castello de la Plana, Spain
- Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan
- Catholic University of Korea in Seoul, South Korea
- Tecnolo虂gico de Monterrey, with programs throughout Mexico
- Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- University of Roehampton in London, England
- Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) in Costa Rica
- Universidad Adolfo Iba虂n虄ez in Vin虄a del Mar, Chile
- Universidad Te虂cnica Federico Santa Mari虂a in Valparai虂so, Chile
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Wu Yee Sun College (CUHK) in Hong Kong, China
- University of Notre Dame in Fremantle, Australia
- Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- James Cook University in Queensland, Australia
- University of Technology Sydney in Sydney, Australia
- Management Center Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria
- The Universita虁 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy
- Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland
- University of Roehampton in London, England
- Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) in Costa Rica
The Fulbright Program is a highly selective scholarship/grant program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The program offers grants for graduating college seniors, graduate students, teachers, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research and/or teach abroad.
Graduating college seniors in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program may be referred to as 鈥淔ulbright Students,鈥 鈥淔ulbright U.S. Students鈥 or 鈥淔ulbrighters.鈥 For consistency, we use 鈥淔ulbright Students鈥 as the common description.
The Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship grant is one of several Fulbright U.S. Student Programs. This program places recent college graduates and young professionals as English Teaching Assistants in schools or universities overseas to help teach English language while serving as ambassadors for U.S. culture. English Teaching Assistants may also pursue individual study/research plans in addition to their teaching responsibilities.