- On first reference, the University should be referred to as Southeast Missouri State University.
On second reference, the University, Southeast or Southeast Missouri State are acceptable. SEMO is unacceptable, except in references to Southeast athletic teams.
- Use an apostrophe in bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, etc.
The master of business administration degree or master of business administration program is referred to on second reference as the MBA (no periods) program.
- Use doctoral degree or doctorate. Do not use doctorate degree.
Correct: He holds a doctoral degree in physics.
He holds a doctorate in physics.
Incorrect: He holds a doctorate degree in physics.
- Course work is two words.
- In references to academic departments, they should be called “Department of (discipline)”
The words “Department” and the discipline (ie. Music) should both be uppercased.
Correct:
Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology
Department of English
Department of Music
Incorrect:
Music Department
English Department
When referring to multiple departments in the same reference, lowercase the word “departments” and the discipline, except when the discipline is a proper noun, such as English.
ie. “The departments of math and biology are cosponsoring a conference today.”
ie. “The departments of English and psychology are cosponsoring a conference today.”
- Lowercase names of disciplines, except in reference to languages.
ie. He is studying mathematics and English.
ie. She is majoring in Spanish with a minor in history.
- Capitalize college when part of a proper name: “The College of Science and Mathematics is planning a field trip to visit Boeing in St. Louis” but “The college currently has six departments.”
- Please refer to the following list for the proper names of Southeast’s Colleges and Schools:
Donald L. Harrison College of Business
Earl and Margie Holland School of Visual and Performing Arts
College of Education
College of Health and Human Services
College of Liberal Arts
College of Science and Mathematics
School of Polytechnic Studies
School of Graduate and University Studies
- Please refer to the following list for the proper names of Southeast’s academic departments.
Donald L. Harrison College of Business
- Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems
- Department of Economics and Finance
- Department of Management and Marketing
College of Education
- Department of Educational Administration and Counseling
- Department of Elementary, Early and Special Education
- Department of Secondary Education
College of Health and Human Services
- Department of Aerospace Studies
- Department of Communication Disorders (note the s on Disorders)
- Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology
- Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
- Department of Human Environmental Studies
- Department of Nursing
- Department of Social Work
College of Liberal Arts
- Department of Art
- Department of Communication (note no s on this word)
- Department of English
- Department of Foreign Languages and Anthropology (note the s on Languages)
- Department of History
- Department of Music
- Department of Political Science, Philosophy, and Religion
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Theatre and Dance
College of Science and Mathematics
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
School of Polytechnic Studies
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology
- The word "theatre" should always be spelled as such, both in reference to a facility or the art.
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