BYU Terms - C
campus places and spaces
Brigham Square (plaza northwest of the Wilkinson Student Center)
Garden Court (skylighted room north of the WSC Ballroom)
Joseph Smith Atrium (open area in the center of the Joseph Smith Building)
Kimball Quad (area between the Kimball Tower, the Eyring Science Center, and the Joseph Smith and McKay Buildings)
Lee Quad (area between the Lee Library, Smoot building and Harris Fine Arts building)
Maeser Quad (grassy area between the Maeser, Brimhall, Joseph Smith, and Grant buildings)
Marigold Mall (north–south walkway between the Fletcher, Clyde, Martin, and Clark buildings)
Native Garden (five native plant theme gardens on the hill south of the Joseph Smith Building)
North Hillside (area below the Centennial Carillon Tower featuring the waterfall)
Richards Quad (area between the Richards Building, the stairs to campus, the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, and the Student Athlete Building)
Sculpture Garden (area surrounding the Museum of Art)
Smoot Mall (area north of the Smoot Building featuring the fountain and flowers)
Wilkinson Way (north–south walkway west of the BYU Store and east of the Lee Library, formerly known as the Checkerboard Quad)
Wilk Terrace (large dining area north of the Cougareat)
Garden Court (skylighted room north of the WSC Ballroom)
Joseph Smith Atrium (open area in the center of the Joseph Smith Building)
Kimball Quad (area between the Kimball Tower, the Eyring Science Center, and the Joseph Smith and McKay Buildings)
Lee Quad (area between the Lee Library, Smoot building and Harris Fine Arts building)
Maeser Quad (grassy area between the Maeser, Brimhall, Joseph Smith, and Grant buildings)
Marigold Mall (north–south walkway between the Fletcher, Clyde, Martin, and Clark buildings)
Native Garden (five native plant theme gardens on the hill south of the Joseph Smith Building)
North Hillside (area below the Centennial Carillon Tower featuring the waterfall)
Richards Quad (area between the Richards Building, the stairs to campus, the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, and the Student Athlete Building)
Sculpture Garden (area surrounding the Museum of Art)
Smoot Mall (area north of the Smoot Building featuring the fountain and flowers)
Wilkinson Way (north–south walkway west of the BYU Store and east of the Lee Library, formerly known as the Checkerboard Quad)
Wilk Terrace (large dining area north of the Cougareat)
capstone
capstone (generic senior course)
Capstone (two-semester program for engineering students)
Capstone (two-semester program for engineering students)
centers and institutes
Lowercase the word center or institute when it appears by itself. Capitalize when part of an official name (see 17th Chicago 8.57). Please consult the telephone directory or the entity itself for the proper treatment of its name.
class schedule
When the full title is used, capitalize but do not italicize or enclose in quotation marks: Winter 2016 Class Schedule.
college-level entities
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
College of Fine Arts and Communications
College of Humanities
College of Life Sciences
College of Life Sciences
College of Nursing
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies; Kennedy Center
David O. McKay School of Education; McKay School
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
J. Reuben Clark Law School; BYU Law; the Law School
BYU Marriott School of Business; J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott School of Business; BYU Marriott
Religious Education
College of Fine Arts and Communications
College of Humanities
College of Life Sciences
College of Life Sciences
College of Nursing
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies; Kennedy Center
David O. McKay School of Education; McKay School
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
J. Reuben Clark Law School; BYU Law; the Law School
BYU Marriott School of Business; J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott School of Business; BYU Marriott
Religious Education
commencement and convocation
Commencement, convocation, and graduation are not synonymous. Commencement is the event at which the university celebrates the graduation of its students. Convocation is the corresponding college-level event. Graduation is what happens to make these events possible.
Capitalize the formal title of particular commencement exercises; lowercase general references.
BYU commencement
university commencement
commencement
132nd Spring Commencement Exercises
April (or spring) 2017 commencement exercises
August (or summer) commencement
December (or June) graduation (there are no commencement exercises in these months, but students still graduate)
Capitalize the formal title of particular commencement exercises; lowercase general references.
BYU commencement
university commencement
commencement
132nd Spring Commencement Exercises
April (or spring) 2017 commencement exercises
August (or summer) commencement
December (or June) graduation (there are no commencement exercises in these months, but students still graduate)
committees
Capitalize titles of official or formal committees; lowercase unofficial or informal ones.
Academic Standards Committee
Undergraduate Scholarship Committee
Her courses must be preapproved by her graduate committee.
Academic Standards Committee
Undergraduate Scholarship Committee
Her courses must be preapproved by her graduate committee.
convocation
Lowercase generic references to convocation exercises; capitalize specific references. See commencement
convocations
convocation exercises
College of Humanities Convocation
College of Life Sciences Convocation
convocations
convocation exercises
College of Humanities Convocation
College of Life Sciences Convocation
Cougar
Capitalize when used as a nickname for a student, athletic team, alumnus, or BYU-blue-wearing supporter of the university.
Cougar fan
They played the Cougars.
Cosmo the Cougar
There are two stuffed cougars in the Wilk.
Cougar fan
They played the Cougars.
Cosmo the Cougar
There are two stuffed cougars in the Wilk.
Cougar fight song
Officially “The Cougar Song,” the Cougar fight song, with its famous “rise and shout” chorus, is sung frequently—due to the high number of touchdowns scored—at athletic events. It was written by Clyde D. Sandgren. “The College Song,” written by Annie Pike Greenwood, is sometimes sung at other events (usually by old people who refer to the university as “the BYU” and by the Cougar Marching Band at the end of a football game).
Cougar Marching Band
Cougar Marching Band (plays for football games)
BYU Cougar Marching Band
BYU marching band
BYU Cougar Marching Band
BYU marching band
course numbers and their titles in text
Capitalize course titles, spell out any abbreviations, and set off course descriptions with a colon. Catalogs, class schedules, and so forth that are filled with information about courses are an exception to this rule; common sense dictates the use of abbreviations there.
Philosophy 105: Reasoning and Writing was the course I took.
She is taking Philosophy 105 with her younger sister.
I took philosophy from an awesome professor.
She is taking a 100-level philosophy course about reasoning and writing with her younger sister.
Philosophy 105: Reasoning and Writing was the course I took.
She is taking Philosophy 105 with her younger sister.
I took philosophy from an awesome professor.
She is taking a 100-level philosophy course about reasoning and writing with her younger sister.