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I have to write a CV in english for an application for a Master's degree programme. I want to write "Emphasis: pure Mathematics". How shall I write "pure Mathematics"? Like this, or "Pure Mathematics"?

How do I write Mathematics in a running text? Always with capital M? And am I enrolled in the Bachelor's programme mathematics oder Mathematics? Is it B.Sc. Mathematics or B.Sc. mathematics?

Thanks in advance 🙂

Best Answer

You'd only write "Mathematics" with a capital when it's part of a title of a program, or a degree, e.g.

B.Sc. Mathematics.

You do not capitalise common nouns such as "mathematics" in all normal circumstances. You (more or less) always write "mathematics" in the running text with a lower-case "m". You would have,

Emphasis: pure mathematics

So you would have something like:

Degree: BSc Mathematics

But:

I achieved a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics, with an emphasis on pure mathematics.

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