Sometimes it can be hard to tell when to capitalize words. As this guide shows, the difference between capitalization and lowercase is often whether a specific place or person is referenced.
Words are capitalized when you are referring to specific, official names of places, people, or organizations (proper nouns):
Specific landmarks or locations are capitalized, whereas general types of geography or landmark are lowercase.
Other specific areas (state, county, etc) are capitalized, whereas general references to those areas, would be lowercase.
Specific institutions are capitalized, whereas mentions of non-specific members are lowercase.
Similarly, words are capitalized when referring to a specific president, but when presidents are mentioned as a group or concept, the word would be lowercase.
A specific, full title of a degree is capitalized, whereas a nonspecific bachelor’s degree would be lowercase.
The major/minor of degrees is capitalized only when those subjects are languages, whereas other degree subjects would not be capitalized.
Departments that are part of a specific institution would be capitalized, whereas departments in a general sense are not capitalized.
Similarly, specific non-academic departments or divisions (like the Department of Veterans’ Affairs) would be capitalized; if “office” is used to refer to the location of a department or organization, office would be lowercase.
Durham Tech (ND). Style guide: Capitalization. Retrieved from: https://www.durhamtech.edu/faculty/marketing/capitalization.htm
University of Colorado (ND). Capitalization (titles, departments, units, etc.). Retrieved from: https://www.cu.edu/university-relations/capitalization