Except for languages, such as English, French and Japanese, the names of academic disciplines, majors, minors, programs and courses of study are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized. General references, such as bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree, are not capitalized.
Q. Does capitalism need a capital C?
Capitalism, or any form of it, should always be lowercased in your sentence. Namely, if the word comes at the beginning of the sentence, or is being used in a title, then it should be capitalized like all words. The word capitalism is over five letters, which means it will be upper case in any title.
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Q. Do I capitalize Caucasian?
Capitalize nouns and adjectives referring to race, tribe, nationality and language: Caucasian.
Q. Is a Bachelor’s degree undergraduate?
A bachelor’s is a post-secondary undergraduate degree. Historically, the term “college degree” meant a bachelor’s or traditional four-year degree. Bachelor degrees are also sometimes called baccalaureate degrees. Regionally accredited liberal arts colleges award most of the bachelor degrees in the United States.
Q. Do you capitalize the name of a field of study?
Don’t capitalize names of school or college studies, fields of study, majors, minors, curricula or options unless they contain proper nouns when no specific course is referenced. He is studying geology. She is majoring in engineering. The Department of English offers a specialization in creative writing.
Q. How do you capitalize degrees?
Academic degrees are capitalized only when the full name of the degree is used, such as Bachelor of Arts or Master of Science. General references, such as bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree, are not capitalized.
Q. Do you capitalize sophomore year?
Lowercase first-year, sophomore, junior, and senior. Only capitalize when part of a formal title: “Senior Prom.” Do not use the word “freshman.” Use “first-year” instead.
