academic year
An academic year straddles two calendar years. Drop the first two digits of the second year and connect with an en-dash. 2015–16
Administration and Finance
Capitalize when referring to offices in the division of the University overseen by the chief financial officer; lowercase in generic use. Do not abbreviate.
acronyms and initialisms
Use full caps and no periods for acronyms and initialisms, with the exceptions noted in this style guide. In general, do not use acronyms on first reference for University units,…
Academic areas of study, disciplines, fields, majors, subjects
Academic subjects are not capitalized unless they form part of a department name or an official course name or are themselves proper nouns (for example, English, Latin).
academic departments
Names of departments are capitalized only when using the full formal name, or when the department name is the proper name of a nationality, people, or race. (Do not abbreviate…
Academic degrees
In most editorial uses, lowercase the names of academic degrees, whether in full or as generic terms: bachelor of arts, bachelor of science; master of arts, master of science; doctor…