Capital letter and economics

I am having a few issues working out when economics needs a capital letter, and the more I think about it the more confused I get, and obviously my PS isn't the place to get it wrong.

So obviously at the start of a sentence it has a capital e (I'm not that confused!) but when saying I loko forward to studying the rewarding economics course... should it be a capital.

And also when talking about the subjects I am currently studying (though not the title of the course) should they have capital letters or not.
ie should ....I have gained through mathematics have a capital m for maths.

And thats another point. Are admissions tutors going to be worried if I shortened it to maths not mathematics?

Thank-you for the help and sorry for the ramble. It's one of those days :rolleyes:

Reply 1

ma2k5

It shoudn't matter, but just keep it consistant (like if you do capital, you'll have to do it all the time and vice versa if you do small letters).

No one will reject you on basis of writing maths over mathematics, now thats just paranoid! :O

Reply 2

sugardaddy

Sound advice above. But generally speaking - subject names should begin with a capital, for example: having taken Economics at A-Level... However if you are generally talking about economics, for example: this reinforces my passion for economics... it should be small. I may have just confused you even more.

Reply 3

WokSz

Bloody hell, I need to look over my PS now lol.

Reply 4

icybum

Sugardaddy: no that hasn't confused me further and I think I've got it so thank-you :smile:

and J-Curve lol the more I look at mine the worse it gets!!!!

Reply 5

PGtips92

Bump...

Well, this doesn't seem very conclusive so, in the PS is it Economics or economics, or if both then when should you use each?

Reply 6

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

doesn't matter but keep it consistent

Reply 7

sil3nt_cha0s

sugardaddy

Yes, I can confirm that Sugardaddy is indeed correct :smile:

Reply 8

Paulwhy

There are multiple threads on this in the UCAS Applications thread. But the agreed correct answer is economics and not Economics. i.e. economics is a common noun not a proper noun. Exception is when it is a specific course name e.g. I want to study Financial Economics as I like both finance and economics.

Reply 9

.ACS.

I wonder how many universities actually take notice of this, especially when so many students and even teachers seem unsure?

Reply 10

Piricad

I use a capital when it is a title of a course.

"I really enjoyed my A level in Economics"

"I have been interested in economics for a number of years"

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