Editors | Emeritus | Rice University Glasscock School of Continuing Studies (RUGC) Style Guide | PCHCM / PCHRM

Key Style Guide Information and Links

This card covers style guidance for RUGC e-learning documents.

• For any style points not covered in this guide, refer to:

  • Editors | Emeritus | Chicago Manual of Style (CMoS) Guidelines for Emeritus Content

• Spelling: Merriam—Webster

• Dialect: US English

• For marketing documents, use:

  • Editors | Emeritus | Rice University Glasscock School of Continuing Studies (RUGC) | Marketing Style Guide

• For video editing specifics, refer to:

  • Editors | Emeritus | Rice University Glasscock School of Continuing Studies (RUGC) | Video Style Guide

School and Course Terminology

course and teacher

Bold green = correct option for this course

school name and faculty

• Prof. and Professor both fine.

• Faculty may also have M.D. or J.D. following their names: ensure these are always written with the periods.

Important Course-Specific Notes

• Please use second-person perspective, "you", consistently when referring to who is consuming the learning content:

  • e.g., In the last module, you saw... (not "we saw")

• Use periods for learning outcomes that are full sentences.

• Use the instruction "Click" (not "Select") for clicking on items on a screen.

For RUGC-PCHRM: Capitalize the term North Star.

Capitalization

Headers/subheaders

• Headers: Title Case (CMoS)

• Subheaders: sentence case

• See the Title Case Converter to confirm correct capitalization for title/sentence casing.

Punctuation

• Use the serial comma.

• Parenthetical dashes: use unspaced em dashes.

Numbers

• Spell out numbers one to nine; use figures for 10 and above.

Bullet Lists

• Use periods only for full sentences.

Citations/Referencing

• CMoS (Notes and Bibliography)

  • Bibliography for reference/reading lists in documents

  • Notes for source citations in videos

Subject-Specific Terminology/Spelling Preferences

• healthcare as one word