Capitalize:

  • Proper nouns and adjectives
  • Racial and ethnic groups
    • The following study present the ancestral customs of Indigenous women
  • Names of specific university departments, academic institutions, and academic courses.

 

Capitalize Do not capitalize
Department of Linguistics, TUW A department of linguistics, at a university
Business 101 A language course
Neuroscience Practice A neuroscience course
  • Trade and brand names
    • APA style
    • Wi-Fi
    • iPhone

Do not capitalize:

  • proper adjectives that have a common meaning.
    • cesarian section
  • except for those who have personal names.
    • Wilks’ lambda

(Adapted from APA, 2020, pp.165-166)

 

Source

The American Psychological Association. (2020).  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th edition