Answered By: Timothy Grasso
Last Updated: Jan 11, 2022     Views: 1042

Standard writing (citation) styles vary by academic school and discipline:

For theology, history, and ministry classes within the School of Mission and Theology (SMT), it is usually Chicago/ Turabian style that uses footnotes.

  • Footnotes tend to be preferred within disciplines that frequently cite books and monographs. Explanatory notes can also be more common and detailed in this style.

For social science and intercultural classes within the School of Mission and Theology (SMT), it is usually Chicago/Turabian Author-Date style that uses in-text citation.

  • Parenthetical citation tends to be preferred within disciplines that frequently cite periodical literature and contain extensive literature reviews. 

For the School of Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy (SOPMFT), APA (American Psychological Association) style is used. This is closer in appearance to the Author-date style of Chicago, but has distinct citation rules appropriate to health sciences.

For individual classes, it is still best practice to check your syllabi, or ask your professor, as some instructors prefer a variant style.