Academic Schools and Conservatories
In formal external communications, use the full name of the school or conservatory in running text, and use the lowercased school or conservatory in second references.
Do not include the capitalized The at the beginning of a school or conservatory name, unless it is begins a sentence: Six undergraduate majors are offered by the Conservatory of Music in the School of the Arts at Purchase College, State University of New York. The conservatory also offers graduate programs leading to an MM, artist diploma, and performers certificate.
The use of the ampersand is discouraged in running text unless it is part of a formal name. Ampersands may be used for graphic purposes in promotional materials and tabular materials. See Ampersands under General Style Preferences.
- School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- School of Film and Media Studies
- School of Humanities
- School of Liberal Studies
- School of Natural and Social Sciences
- School of the Arts
- Conservatory of Dance
- Conservatory of Music
- Conservatory of Theatre Arts
- School of Art+Design (note use of the plus sign with no letter spacing)
School of Continuing Education
In first references that include both the name of the college and the name of a school or conservatory, separate the two references to avoid excessively long proper names:
- The Conservatory of Dance in the School of the Arts at Purchase College offers both BFA and MFA programs.
Updated March 26, 2025.