That means English, arts, philosophy, religion, and ethics courses and any other classes you take that fall within these subjects.

Use MLA format for the final draft of every piece of academic writing, including essays, reports, and research papers, that you do in your arts and humanities courses. This format (like other academic formats) takes the guesswork out of formatting your academic writing and ensures that your sources are cited and credited properly, leaving you, and your readers, to focus on your paper’s content. MLA format, like other academic styles, includes specific guidelines for a paper’s heading, in-text citations, works cited page, quotations, abbreviations, and even the size of the margins. MLA format was developed by the Modern Language Association to provide a uniform way for academics in the arts and humanities fields to format their works and cite their sources. We’ll also cover how to cite sources in MLA format, with examples. Below, we explain how the MLA format works and what sets it apart from Chicago and APA formats. Since most schools’ requirements include humanities courses, there’s a good chance you’ll write a paper in MLA format at some point. We use MLA format for topics in the humanities, including languages, philosophy, and the arts, but not history (which uses Chicago) or the social sciences, like psychology or education (which use APA format). MLA format is a set of formatting and citation guidelines for how an academic paper should look, similar to other styles such as Chicago or APA format.

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