Bulletin Editing Guidelines

should be no more than  75 words unless necessary criteria exceeds the word cap.

ex.:  explores, examines, gains, learns, develops.

ex:  consider the question, what's in it for them?

• In this course...
• This instructor-led workshop...
• This class provides an overview of...
• Participants learn about...
• At the end of this course...

we and you when writing course descriptions and always write in the present tense; ex.:  OLD VERSION:  in this course, you will learn the fundamentals of human resources management.  NEW VERSION:  learn the fundamentals of human resources management.

Refrain from posing questions or repeating the exact title of the course as the first sentence of any description.

Introduction to the Spa Industry, Services and Treatments

Explores the evolution of the spa industry from ancient civilizations to new frontiers of convergence integrating spas, medicine, healthcare, tourism and hospitality. Studies the industry from an international perspective, with emphasis on current business models and positioning for future trends. Explains the definition and market segmentation of spa categories including day, resort, medical, destination, hospital and lifestyle management programs. Examines industry trends and employment opportunities.

the editing toolbar is based on Microsoft Word; much of the functionality is the same.  There are a few extra tools that you will need to edit your bulletin pages.

if cutting and pasting from a Word document always use the clipboard with the W over it.

used to remove formatting.

used to create or undo a hyperlink.

1st icon is used to insert/edit a database field for inline courses.

2nd icon is used to insert/edit a formatted table for course lists and plan of study grids.

course lists are used to add lists of courses for degree requirements, major/minor requirements, electives, etc.

Example of different fields used in the Course List formatting table.

example of the course list broken down.

Use your Marquette credentials.

Navigate to the page you want to edit.

click or tap OK to save and Cancel to exit.

• Long title:  XX characters.
• Short title:  30 characters; please abbreviate phonetically.

• Always use active present tense, e.g. students learn vs. students will learn.
• Keep word course or this course out of description, e.g. Teaches vs. Course teaches.
• S/U grade assessment and fee should be in course description section.
• Use a semi-colon before a series of 3 or more, e.g. topics include:  w, x, y, z.

• All course numbers in the Prereq section should have a space between the department and the course number MATH 1450 rather than MATH1450.
• Consent of instructor should be abbreviated Cons. of inst. (it should only be capitalized if it is the first term after Prereq:)  Other examples:  cons. of prog. dir., cons. of dept. ch.; cons. of associate dean (this should be spelled out and lower case.  All titles without a name are lower case).
• No quote marks around grades; "C" should be C.
• Word "required" not needed in any Prereq; e.g. consent of instructor required should be cons. of instr.
• Would "only" not needed in any Prereq; e.g. English Major only should be English major.
• Use Soph. stndg.; Jr. stndg., Sr. stndg. for Sophomore standing, Junior standing, Senior standing. Soph. Jr. and Sr. always capitalized .  If Graduate standing is needed use:  grad. stndg.
• With the exception of Soph. Jr. Sr., words following a semicolon should be lower case.
• Prereq:  should not be typed in the Prerequisite field, only what is being enforced, i.e. Soph. stndg.
• Do not capitalize the following words unless they immediately follow Prereq; major, minor, program.
• For Prereq sections:  always begin first word with a capital letter and always end section with a period.  Note:  no abbreviation period after Prereq for consistency throughout the bulletin.

• adviser:  always with an e, not advisor
• audit:  lower case
• chair:  ch.
• co-requisite:  coreq.
• course work:  always two words
• department:  dept.
• discussion:  disc.
• doctoral degree or doctorate degree:  both correct; lower case; no Ph.D. in text
• e-mail:  email  
• equivalent:  equiv.
• G.P.A.:  GPA
• Graduate School:  stays capped
• GSM:  wants no periods; only exception; Note:  see Legend of Abbreviations in current Graduate Bulletin for complete list of graduate degrees, if needed.
• hours:  hrs.
• in-depth:  use hyphen
• Internet:  stays capped
• laboratory:  lab.
• lecture:  lec.
• M.A.:  with periods
• master of arts degree:  lower case, no apostrophe with entire phrase
• master of science degree
• master's degree:  always with apostrophe, lower case m
• M.B.A.:  with periods
• M.Ed.:  note placement of periods and cap/non-cap
• M.S.:  with periods
• M.S.A.:  with periods
• Number:  spell out if it starts a sentence in description or is a single digit, otherwise numerals are OK.
• one credit:  sem. hr.
• online:  no hyphen
• Ph.D.:  note placement of periods and cap/non-cap
• R.N.
• Semester:  term
• standing:  stndg.
• Web, Web page and Web feed:  stays capped
• webmaster, website, webcast and webcam:  lower case
• zero credit or more that one credit:  sem. hrs.

• From within the bulletin:
  format:  /grad/policiesofthegraduateschool/index.html#academichonestypolicy
• From the web format:
  https://www.marquette.edu/central/registrar/academic-policies.ph