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Cheat sheet: UC Santa Cruz styleguide TIP #1: CAPITALIZATION OF TITLES Capitalize formal or courtesy titles —“president,” “chancellor,” “senator”—that directly precede names of individuals. Lowercase titles after names and when they are used descriptively. Dean Tyler Stovall met with students. The dean of the Division of Graduate Studies has retired. Chancellor George Blumenthal chaired the committee. George Blumenthal, the chancellor, agreed to the plan. The magazine was on its way to the printer when editor Gwen Jourdonnais noticed a typo ("editor" is descriptive). TIP #2: CAPITALIZATION OF UNIVERSITY Capitalize “University of California”; lowercase “university” when not using the formal title. The University of California has revised its policy on smoking. The university’s current drug policy is consistent with previous policies. TIP #3: CAPITALIZATION OF DEPARTMENT NAMES, MAJORS Capitalize full names of academic divisions and departments: Astronomy and Astrophysics Department Department of Sociology Lowercase the names of disciplines, majors, and undergraduate and graduate programs when not part of a formal name: biology Earth sciences courses legal studies major Eli is a math major, while Elizabeth is in the M.S. program in applied economics and finance. TIP #4: COMMAS SEPARATING WORDS IN A SERIES Use a comma before the conjunction: "I like strawberries, raspberries, and bananas," said Sarah. Not "I like strawberries, raspberries and bananas," said Sarah. TIP #5: TIME OF DAY For time of day and time ranges, use the following style: 8 a.m. 6 p.m. 8–9:10 a.m. 4:15–11 p.m. Note the slightly longer "en dash" (option +hyphen) rather than regular dash in the time spans. The en dash is used in spans of numbers. TIP #6: SINGLE SPACE BETWEEN SENTENCES Use a single space (not double spaces) between sentences: The double space was originally needed to provide proper spacing in typewritten documents, but it is no longer used.

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Page 1: Cheat sheet: UC Santa Cruz styleguide · Cheat sheet: UC Santa Cruz styleguide TIP #1: CAPITALIZATION OF TITLES Capitalize formal or courtesy titles —“president,” “chancellor,”

Cheat sheet: UC Santa Cruz styleguide TIP #1: CAPITALIZATION OF TITLES Capitalize formal or courtesy titles—“president,” “chancellor,” “senator”—that directly precede names of individuals. Lowercase titles after names and when they are used descriptively. q  Dean Tyler Stovall met with students. q  The dean of the Division of Graduate

Studies has retired. q  Chancellor George Blumenthal chaired

the committee. q  George Blumenthal, the chancellor,

agreed to the plan. q  The magazine was on its way to the

printer when editor Gwen Jourdonnais noticed a typo ("editor" is descriptive).

TIP #2: CAPITALIZATION OF UNIVERSITY Capitalize “University of California”; lowercase “university” when not using the formal title. q  The University of California has revised

its policy on smoking. q  The university’s current drug policy is

consistent with previous policies.

TIP #3: CAPITALIZATION OF DEPARTMENT NAMES, MAJORS Capitalize full names of academic divisions and departments: q  Astronomy and Astrophysics Department q  Department of Sociology

Lowercase the names of disciplines, majors, and undergraduate and graduate programs when not part of a formal name: q  biology q  Earth sciences courses q  legal studies major q  Eli is a math major, while Elizabeth is in

the M.S. program in applied economics and finance.

TIP #4: COMMAS SEPARATING WORDS IN A SERIES Use a comma before the conjunction: q  "I like strawberries, raspberries, and

bananas," said Sarah. q  Not "I like strawberries, raspberries and

bananas," said Sarah.

TIP #5: TIME OF DAY For time of day and time ranges, use the following style: q  8 a.m. q  6 p.m. q  8–9:10 a.m. q  4:15–11 p.m.

Note the slightly longer "en dash" (option+hyphen) rather than regular dash in the time spans. The en dash is used in spans of numbers.

TIP #6: SINGLE SPACE BETWEEN SENTENCES Use a single space (not double spaces) between sentences: The double space was originally needed to provide proper spacing in typewritten documents, but it is no longer used.