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Are Workshop Titles Italicized?

Workshop-title formatting is a house-style choice. Georgia College explicitly separates workshops from course titles and says workshop titles are not italicized, so the page avoids presenting italics as a universal requirement.

Quick answer

Not necessarily. Georgia College’s house style explicitly says workshop titles are not italicized; follow the style that governs your document.

Key details

Core Issuewhether the formal title of a workshop should be italicized in institutional prose
Registeracademic, institutional, edited, and style-governed writing
RuleGeorgia College house style distinguishes workshop titles from course titles and states that program, seminar, and workshop titles are not italicized.

Important caveats

Scope Boundary

This is a house-style convention, not a universal grammar rule; a publisher, association, or institution can prescribe a different treatment.

Further guidance

Recommendation

When following an institutional style that treats workshops as event names, keep the workshop title in roman type unless that style says otherwise.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. Georgia College Style Book (opens in a new tab)Georgia College & State University · Georgia College house style distinguishing course titles from conference, program, seminar, and workshop titles and stating that the latter are not italicized.

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