{"id":73,"date":"2020-11-17T05:38:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T13:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucomm.wsu.edu\/editorial-style-guide\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2023-12-18T15:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:46:50","slug":"abbreviations-of-wsu-majors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucomm.wsu.edu\/editorial-style-guide\/abbreviations-of-wsu-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbreviations of WSU majors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\t\tWSU Editorial Style Guide\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tCurrent majors\t<\/h2>\n\n\n
Degree<\/strong><\/td>Short form<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Accounting<\/td>Accounting<\/td><\/tr>
Addiction Studies<\/td>Addiction Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Administrative Credentials<\/td>Admin. Cred.<\/td><\/tr>
Adolescence<\/td>Adolescence<\/td><\/tr>
Advertising<\/td>Advert.<\/td><\/tr>
Aging<\/td>Aging<\/td><\/tr>
Agribusiness Economics<\/td>Agribusi. Econ.<\/td><\/tr>
Agricultural & Food Business Economics<\/td>Ag. & Food Busi. Econ.<\/td><\/tr>
Agricultural Biotechnology<\/td>Ag. Biotech.<\/td><\/tr>
Agricultural Education<\/td>Ag. Ed.<\/td><\/tr>
Agricultural Systems<\/td>Ag. Systems<\/td><\/tr>
Agricultural Technology & Production Management<\/td>Ag. Tech. & Prod. Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Agriculture & Food Security<\/td>Ag. & Food Security<\/td><\/tr>
American Indian Studies<\/td>Amer. Indian Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Animal Sciences<\/td>Ani. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Anthropology<\/td>Anthro.<\/td><\/tr>
Apparel, Merchandising, Design & Textiles<\/td>Apparel, Merch., Des. & Tex.<\/td><\/tr>
Architectural Studies<\/td>Arch.<\/td><\/tr>
Asian Studies<\/td>Asian Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Astronomy<\/td>Astro.<\/td><\/tr>
Athletic Training<\/td>Athletic Trng.<\/td><\/tr>
Basic Medical Sciences<\/td>Basic Med. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Biochemistry<\/td>Biochem.<\/td><\/tr>
Bioengineering<\/td>Bioeng.<\/td><\/tr>
Biology<\/td>Biol.<\/td><\/tr>
Broadcast News<\/td>Broadcast News<\/td><\/tr>
Broadcast Production<\/td>Broadcast Prod.<\/td><\/tr>
Business Administration<\/td>Busi. Admin.<\/td><\/tr>
Chemical Engineering<\/td>Chem. Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
Chemistry<\/td>Chem.<\/td><\/tr>
Chinese<\/td>Chinese<\/td><\/tr>
Chinese Language & Culture<\/td>Chinese Lang. & Cult.<\/td><\/tr>
Civil Engineering<\/td>Civ. Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
Communication<\/td>Comm.<\/td><\/tr>
Communication Technology<\/td>Comm. Tech.<\/td><\/tr>
Comparative Ethnic Studies<\/td>Compara. Ethnic Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Computer Engineering<\/td>Comp. Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
Computer Science<\/td>Comp. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Construction Engineering<\/td>Const. Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
Construction Management<\/td>Const. Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Criminal Justice & Criminology<\/td>Crim. Jus. & Crim.<\/td><\/tr>
Crop Science<\/td>Crop Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Data Analytics<\/td>Data Analytics<\/td><\/tr>
Digital Technology & Culture<\/td>Digi. Tech. & Cult.<\/td><\/tr>
Early Childhood Education<\/td>Early Child. Ed.<\/td><\/tr>
Earth Sciences<\/td>Earth Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
East Asian Studies for Business Majors<\/td>E. Asian Stu. for Busi.<\/td><\/tr>
East Asian Studies for Engineering & Architecture Majors<\/td>E. Asian Stu. for Eng. & Arch.<\/td><\/tr>
Economic Sciences<\/td>Econ. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Economics<\/td>Econ.<\/td><\/tr>
Editing & Publishing<\/td>Editing & Pub.<\/td><\/tr>
Electrical Engineering<\/td>Elec. Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
Elementary Education<\/td>Elem. Ed.<\/td><\/tr>
Engineering<\/td>Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
English<\/td>English<\/td><\/tr>
Entrepreneurship<\/td>Entrep.<\/td><\/tr>
Environmental & Ecosystem Sciences<\/td>Env. & Ecosystem Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Environmental Science<\/td>Env. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Ethics<\/td>Ethics<\/td><\/tr>
Exhibition Studies<\/td>Exhibit. Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Family Studies<\/td>Fam. Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Field Crop Management<\/td>Field Crop Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Film Studies<\/td>Film Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Finance<\/td>Finance<\/td><\/tr>
Fine Arts<\/td>Fine Arts<\/td><\/tr>
Food Science<\/td>Food Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Forestry<\/td>Forestry<\/td><\/tr>
French<\/td>French<\/td><\/tr>
French Area & Culture Studies<\/td>French Area & Cult. Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
French for Design & Merchandising<\/td>French for Des. & Merch.<\/td><\/tr>
Fruit & Vegetable Management<\/td>Fruit & Vege. Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Game Studies & Design<\/td>Game Stu. & Des.<\/td><\/tr>
General History<\/td>Gen. History<\/td><\/tr>
General Science or Sciences<\/td>Gen. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Genetics & Cell Biology<\/td>Gene. & Cell Biol.<\/td><\/tr>
Geospatial Analysis<\/td>Geospatial Analysis<\/td><\/tr>
German<\/td>German<\/td><\/tr>
German Area & Culture Studies<\/td>German Area & Cult. Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Gerontology<\/td>Gerontology<\/td><\/tr>
Global Leadership<\/td>Global Ldrship.<\/td><\/tr>
Global Studies<\/td>Global Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Health & Fitness<\/td>Health & Fitness<\/td><\/tr>
History<\/td>History<\/td><\/tr>
Horticulture<\/td>Hort.<\/td><\/tr>
Hospitality Business Management<\/td>Hosp. Busi. Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Human Development<\/td>Human Dev.<\/td><\/tr>
Human Service Case Management & Administration<\/td>Human Svc. Case Mgmt & Admin.<\/td><\/tr>
Humanities (General Studies)<\/td>Hum.<\/td><\/tr>
Integrated Strategic Communication<\/td>Integ. Strat. Comm.<\/td><\/tr>
Interior Design<\/td>Int. Des.<\/td><\/tr>
International Business<\/td>Intl. Busi.<\/td><\/tr>
Japanese<\/td>Japanese<\/td><\/tr>
Landscape Architecture<\/td>Land. Arch.<\/td><\/tr>
Landscape, Nursery & Greenhouse Management<\/td>Land., Nursery & Greenhouse Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Latin American & Spanish Area Studies<\/td>Latin Amer. & Spanish Area Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Management<\/td>Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Management Information Systems<\/td>Mgmt. Info. Sys.<\/td><\/tr>
Marketing<\/td>Mktg.<\/td><\/tr>
Materials Science & Engineering<\/td>Mat. Sci. & Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
Mathematics<\/td>Math.<\/td><\/tr>
Mechanical Engineering<\/td>Mech. Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
Medicine (doctorate)<\/td>MD<\/td><\/tr>
Microbiology<\/td>Microbiol.<\/td><\/tr>
Molecular Biosciences<\/td>Molec. Biosci.<\/td><\/tr>
Multimedia Journalism<\/td>Multimedia Journ.<\/td><\/tr>
Music<\/td>Music<\/td><\/tr>
Music Composition<\/td>Music Composition<\/td><\/tr>
Music Education<\/td>Music Ed.<\/td><\/tr>
Music Performance<\/td>Music Perf.<\/td><\/tr>
Natural Resources<\/td>Nat. Res.<\/td><\/tr>
Neuroscience<\/td>Neurosci.<\/td><\/tr>
Nursing<\/td>Nursing<\/td><\/tr>
Nutrition & Exercise Physiology<\/td>Nutr. & Exer. Physio.<\/td><\/tr>
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture<\/td>Organic and Sust. Ag.<\/td><\/tr>
Pharmacy<\/td>Pharm.<\/td><\/tr>
Pharmacy (doctorate)<\/td>PharmD<\/td><\/tr>
Philosophy<\/td>Phil.<\/td><\/tr>
Physics<\/td>Physics<\/td><\/tr>
Political Science<\/td>Poli. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Popular Culture<\/td>Pop. Cult.<\/td><\/tr>
Pre-Genetic Counseling<\/td>Pre-genetic Couns.<\/td><\/tr>
Professional Writing<\/td>Prof. Writing<\/td><\/tr>
Professional, Science & Technology Writing<\/td>Prof., Sci. & Tech. Writing<\/td><\/tr>
Psychology<\/td>Psych.<\/td><\/tr>
Public Affairs<\/td>Pub. Affairs<\/td><\/tr>
Public Relations<\/td>Pub. Relations<\/td><\/tr>
Quantitative Biology<\/td>Quant. Biol.<\/td><\/tr>
Queer Studies<\/td>Queer Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Risk & Crisis Communication<\/td>Risk & Crisis Comm.<\/td><\/tr>
Russian Area & Culture Studies<\/td>Russian Area & Cult. Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Science Communication<\/td>Sci. Comm.<\/td><\/tr>
Social Sciences (General Studies)<\/td>Soc. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Social Studies<\/td>Soc. Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Social Studies Teaching<\/td>Soc. Stu. Teaching<\/td><\/tr>
Sociology<\/td>Socio.<\/td><\/tr>
Software Engineering<\/td>Software Eng.<\/td><\/tr>
Soil Science<\/td>Soil Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Spanish<\/td>Spanish<\/td><\/tr>
Speech & Hearing Sciences<\/td>Speech & Hearing Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Sport Management<\/td>Sport Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Sport Science<\/td>Sport Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Sports Communication<\/td>Sports Comm.<\/td><\/tr>
Strength & Conditioning<\/td>Strength & Condit.<\/td><\/tr>
Sustainable Development<\/td>Sust. Dev.<\/td><\/tr>
Teaching<\/td>Teaching<\/td><\/tr>
Turfgrass Management<\/td>Turfgrass Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Veterinary Medicine (doctorate)<\/td>DVM<\/td><\/tr>
Viticulture & Enology<\/td>Viti. & Enol.<\/td><\/tr>
Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Sciences<\/td>Wildlife Ecol. & Conserv. Sci.<\/td><\/tr>
Wine & Beverage Business Management<\/td>Wine & Bev. Busi. Mgmt.<\/td><\/tr>
Women\u2019s Studies<\/td>Women\u2019s Stu.<\/td><\/tr>
Zoology<\/td>Zool.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tStandard abbreviations\t<\/h2>\n\n\n
  • Administration: Admin.<\/li>
  • Agriculture or Agricultural: Ag.<\/li>
  • Biology or Biological: Biol.<\/li>
  • Business: Busi.<\/li>
  • Chemistry or Chemical: Chem.<\/li>
  • Communication or Communications: Comm.<\/li>
  • Culture or Cultural: Cult.<\/li>
  • Design: Des.<\/li>
  • Ecology: Ecol.<\/li>
  • Economics: Econ.<\/li>
  • Education: Ed.<\/li>
  • Engineering: Eng.<\/li>
  • Environmental: Env.<\/li>
  • Language or Languages: Lang.<\/li>
  • Management: Mgmt.<\/li>
  • Medical or Medicine: Med.<\/li>
  • Natural: Nat.<\/li>
  • Professional: Prof.<\/li>
  • Science or Sciences: Sci.<\/li>
  • Social: Soc.<\/li>
  • Studies: Stu.<\/li>
  • Sustainability: Sust.<\/li>
  • Technology: Tech.<\/li>
  • Veterinary: Vet.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n
    \n\n\n

    \n\t\t\tRules\t<\/h2>\n\n\n

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