Bulletin: Departments Section Guidelines–With Examples
The Department section contains two levels:
- Department landing page (i.e., hyperlinked list of departments)
- Individual department pages
Scott: What about schools with no departments? why don’t they have one?
Department Landing Page
- Bulleted list of departments in alphabetical order, each linking to its second-level page.
Example (first entry hyperlinked as an example)
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- History of Art & Architecuture
Individual Department Page
Individual Department pages have three components:
- Department overview
- Administration/contact sidebar (see next page)
- Links to other sections or sites (see next page)
Department Overview
Think: Short. Academics-only. Bird’s-eye view. Remember, the Bulletin is a place for academic information; provide links to Creative Services for information contained elsewhere (e.g., on your school’s website).
What information is appropriate to include on the Department overview?
| Include | Do NOT Include |
| High-level Department overview—break up with bullets and subheads as necessary—may include some or all of the elements below: | Rambling unbroken text or long-winded text that attempts to cover history, selling points and details of the Department |
| Overall focus/mission/objectives | Detailed list of degrees offered (these belong in Programs) |
| Range of degrees and programs: High-level look at range of degrees offered in this department (BA, BS, MA, etc.) and a note about the Program(s) that the Department houses | General attractions of Boston or BU as a place to study or live (these belong on your school website) |
| Research foci | Information available on your own school/college website (e.g. “Why study at…?”) |
| Facilities/special research equipment | List of programs (these belong in Programs section) |
| <em>General</em> note about faculty (e.g., size, general joint appointments, etc.) | List of faculty (these belong in the Faculty section) or long or detailed administration lists (these belong on your school website) |
| General note on special opportunities (study abroad, internships, and so on) | Policy information (this belongs in the Policy section) |
| Organizations/associations/affiliations | Requirements (these belong in the Program section) |
| Core curriculum (this belongs in the Program section) | |
| Application/admissions information (info specific to a particular Program belongs in Program section; general detailed school/college info belongs in Policies) | |
| Grade requirements (info specific to a particular Program belongs in Program section; general detailed info belongs in Policies) | |
| Any other details that belong or already exist in other bulletin sections or on your school’s website | |
Example: Department with multiple types of degrees tk Example: Department with corresponding degree tk (Scott, how can we include thumbnails of these?)
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