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The University of Lethbridge follows Canadian Press Stylebook and the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. However, there are exceptions that are unique to the University of Lethbridge.

 A

  • Aboriginal
  • advisor
  • alma mater
  • alumna: a female graduate
  • alumni: more than one graduate
  • Alumni Association – capitalize if you’re referring to the U of L Alumni Association (ULAA)
  • alumnus: a male graduate
  • analyse (not analyze)
  • Applied Studies program (only capitalize the official full program name)
  • applied studies coordinator (only capitalize if it’s a job title preceding a name)
  • applied studies course
  • applied studied office vs. Faculty of Arts & Science Applied Studies office
  • applied studies placement
  • applied studies student
  • * The full name is Faculty of Arts & Science Applied Studies/Co-operative Education and Internship programs or Faculty of Arts & Science Applied Studies/Co-operative Education and Internship Office
  • archeology

 

B

  • BA
  • BASc
  • bachelor of management degree
  • Bachelor of Management program
  • bachelor’s degree recipient
  • BEd
  • beta, beta testing
  • BMgt
  • BMgt certificate
  • Board of Governors, the Board
  • Board of Governors member (avoid Board of Governors representative)
  • BSc

 

C

  • Calendar – the U of L Calendar states… According to the Calendar…
  • (references to other universities’ calendars are not capitalized)
  • centre
  • centred on (not centred around)
  • Chair – this title should always be capitalized so it’s not confused with the chairs used for sitting!
  • continuing education programs
  • convocation ceremonies
  • Co-operative Education program (full proper name)
  • co-op coordinator (unless used as a job title preceding the name)
  • co-op degree designation
  • co-op office vs. Faculty of Arts & Science Co-operative Education and Internship office
  • co-op placement
  • co-op student
  • co-op work term
  • course
  • credit/non-credit

 

D

  • department – Capitalize the proper names of departments (History Department), but don’t
  • capitalize “department” when it’s standing alone.
  • doctoral degree, doctoral student (avoid doctoral candidate) * note – “doctoral” is an adjective, but doctorate is a noun. (She has a doctorate. vs. She has a doctoral degree.)
  • doctorate

 

E

  • email
  • enrol
  • enrolled
  • enrolment

 

F

  • faculty member
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
  • Faculty of Arts & Science Applied Studies/Co-operative Education and Internship
  • office
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Fine Arts
  • Faculty of Management
  • fall (winter, spring, summer)
  • fall semester, Fall 2004 Semester
  • fieldwork
  • focused, focusing
  • fundraiser, fundraising, fundraise

 

G

  • governors
  • graduand

 

H

  • home page
  • honour, honourable, honorary
  • honorary degree – “Tom Jackson is an honorary degree recipient.”

 

I

  • internet

 

L

  • LINC – avoid. Prefer University of Lethbridge Library or Library building

M

  • MA
  • master’s degree
  • MEd
  • MSc

 

P

  • per cent (do not use % except in tables)
  • PhD
  • postgraduate
  • Prairie provinces * but prairie chicken
  • program (avoid programme)

 

R

  • readmission

 

S

  • School of Graduate Studies
  • Senate (the U of L Senate)
  • senator
  • sizable
  • southern Alberta
  • spring (winter, summer, fall)
  • spring semester/Spring Semester 2008
  • student computer labs
  • Students’ Union (SU)
  • summer session

 

 

T

  • theatre

 

U

  • University Library, the U of L Library
  • University of Lethbridge
  • U of L
  • University Hall, or UHall

 

V

  • vice-president
  • vice-chair

 

W

  • web, web page, website, webcast, web server, webmaster
  • Western Canada – capitalize because it’s a region. But go with western Canadian
  • women’s studies major/ Women’s Studies program