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Intensificación

English translation: Specialization

17:15 Jan 12, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Certificación académica personal
Spanish term or phrase: Intensificación
Certificación académica personal

Don X, Secretario de la Escuela de Ingeniería, certifico que el alumno XX
en la TITULACIÓN: Ingeniería Química
INTENSIFICACIÓN: 02 - INTENSIFICACIÓN PROCESOS, Plan BOE: 27/08/2001
tiene el siguiente expediente académico:
Galax
Spain
Local time: 21:17
English translation:Specialization
Explanation:
I would say
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David Hollywood
Local time: 17:17
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4 +2Specialization
David Hollywood
5major concentration
Francois Boye


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Specialization


Explanation:
I would say

David Hollywood
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 284
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: yes but with s and not z for European English
3 mins
  -> thanks AT and OK with "s" for Europe
agree  Anna Heath: Agree with AllegroTrans' qualification.
22 mins
  -> thanks Anna and OK
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
major concentration


Explanation:
My translation draws on the US academic experience

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Note added at 8 hrs (2015-01-13 02:00:04 GMT)
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Major (academic)

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In the United States and Canada, an academic major or major concentration (informally, major or concentration) is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits. A student who successfully completes the courses prescribed in an academic major qualifies for an undergraduate degree.

In US, in the second half of the 19th century, concentrated focuses at the undergraduate level began to prosper and popularize, but the familiar term “major” did not appear until 1877 in a Johns Hopkins University catalogue. The major generally required 2 years of study. The Minor, required one.[1] Abbott Lawrence Lowell introduced the academic major system to Harvard University in 1910, during his presidency there. It required students to complete courses not only in a specialized discipline, but also in other subjects.[2] Variations of this system are now definitive among tertiary education institutions in the United States and Canada.

Today, an academic major typically consists of a core curriculum, prescribed courses, a liberal arts curriculum, and several elective courses. The amount of latitude a student has in choosing courses varies from program to program.[2] Typically, the courses of an academic major are portioned in several academic terms.

A major is administered by select faculty in an academic department. A major administered by more than one academic department/concentration is called an interdisciplinary major. In addition, some students design their own major, subject to faculty approval.

Whereas some students choose a major when first enrolling as an undergraduate at a school, others choose one later. Some schools even disallow students from declaring a major until the end of their second academic year.

A student who declares two academic majors is said to have a double major. A coordinate major is an ancillary major designed to complement the primary one. A coordinate major requires fewer course credits to complete. (Compare with academic minor and joint honours.)


Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 16:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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