Academic subjects - capital or lowercase

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Wingspread  #9321  Sat, 27 Sep 03 11:28 PM
When writing about academic subjects such as sociology or Urban Planning, when do we capitalize and when do we use lowercase? Thanks.
  
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Ryan  #9351  Sun, 28 Sep 03 11:56 AM

Dear Wingspread,

Hope this helps:

1. The Sociology 211 lectures are boring. ( a specific sociology subject)

2. I have never liked sociology. (a general reference to sociology)


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moijelesuis  #9393  Sun, 28 Sep 03 11:52 PM
(exception to be made for foriegn languages ... always capped!)

i study French ... i am taking French 101
  
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