Formats and Guidelines: Introduction

Included in the links to the right are guidelines for various forms of writing required in courses offered onsite at the Royal Military College (RMC), distance learning courses administered by the Division of Continuing Studies (DCS), modules for Officer Professional Military Education (OPME) programs, and various training courses available to Non-Commissioned Members (NCMs) of the Canadian Forces. The materials range from a full-fledged manual describing how to write an engineering lab, to the standard format for a military brief, and advice on how to write an effective book review. Several of these guidelines were prepared by faculty at RMC, who are acknowledged in their respective contributions. Each academic discipline has its own writing conventions and preferred formats for presenting ideas and information. This section of the Handbook is intended to assist students in preparing assignments for individual departments and courses, and to assist professors and instructors by consolidating and making readily available those helpful writing and format guidelines that often reside only in class handouts, on a departmental website, or in distance learning course materials.