SWS

12:48 Aug 4, 2000

German to English translations [PRO]

German term or phrase: SWS

University Study courses
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Course name > # between 01-04 > SWS > lecture or practical exercise

We are looking for the meaning of the abreviation SWS(It's a German University)

Shannon Pfeil

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Semesterwochenstunden

Dierk Seeburg

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Semesterwochenstunden

Explanation:
This is the common abbreviation for Semesterwochenstunden which is the equivalent of semester hours or sem.hrs. to indicate how many hours per week the course is held (or how many hours the student gets credit for anyway - sometimes expressed as credit hours or cred.hrs.).
Cheerio,
Dierk

Reference: http://www.fh-deggendorf.de/Et/Et/Lehrgebiete.html
Reference: http://www.wiwi.uni-rostock.de/~verkehr/lehre.html

Dierk Seeburg
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