Spécialité
English translation: option or elective
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|  Selected response from: Yvonne Gallagher Ireland Local time: 15:59 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | specialty/specialization |
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| 4 | concentration / focus |
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| 4 | Stream |
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| 4 | option or elective |
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peer agreement (net): +1specialty/specialization Explanation: This seems the most obvious choice. And within many of these specialty programs, students can further specialize... http://www.mastersineducationonline.org/specialty-programs/ What does specialization mean in education? http://www.mvorganizing.org/what-does-specialization-mean-in... |
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concentration / focus Explanation: Though also associated with universities, to say "concentration in history and geography" or something of the sort seems to still be relatively neutral to me. If the word spécialité appears by the subject and not in a sentence then maybe you could say "focus"? Here's a list of the spécialités, which I would have used "concentration" to describe: https://walt.community/article/bac-2021-faire-son-choix-parm... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2021-11-04 14:45:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Yes, I've seen "concentration," "study focus," and "core curricula," any of which could denote that the student's studies were focused on that spécialité. |
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Stream Explanation: A stream is a series of area-specific courses that you take as part of your degree. It allows you to specialize in a particular field of study. ... https://carleton.ca/scs/current-students/undergraduate-students/streams-and-programs/choosing-a-program-stream/ |
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option or elective Explanation: I believe "option" works best for the UK with "elective" best for Nth America https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/elective "Something that's elective is optional — you can choose to do it, or not. An elective course in school is one you take because you want to rather than to fill a particular requirement, although you still get credit for it." https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/option "4. An option is one of a number of subjects which a student can choose to study as a part of his or her course." https://www.ldoceonline.com/College-topic/option "6. AT SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY [countable] British English one of the subjects that you can choose to study at school for an examination, or as part of a course at a college or university Several options are offered for the student's senior year." French Bac is not quite the same as A-levels in England but there are "options" at GCSE level. And there are core and optional subjects in Scotland and Ireland at senior secondary/High school level Scotland All National Qualification Higher subjects follow the same modular structure and grading system. ... Structure As a result of the Higher Still reforms, every Higher course now consists of: A compulsory core which all candidates must complete Optional elements which a candidate and/or centre choose to study..." Ireland -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 3 hrs (2021-11-06 13:44:07 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Glad to have helped |
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| Reference: spécialité Reference information: D'après la source ci-dessous, "spécialité", dans l'enseignement secondaire à vocation générale, filère générale, en france est appelée "section" dans son homologue à vocation ou filère technologique. https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enseignement_secondaire#:~:t... Le lycée est composé des classes de seconde, première et terminale. Il existe des lycées généraux, des lycées technologiques et des lycées professionnels. On choisit entre la filière générale/technologique et professionnelle en fin de troisième (collège). La seconde est commune aux voies générale et technologique (hors bac technologique STHR et TMD, choix qui s'effectuent en 3e). Au sein de la filière technologique, on choisit sa section parmi les filières : STI2D, STL, STD2A, ST2S, STMG, STAV. Au sein de la filière générale, il faut choisir un menu de spécialités parmi les 12 existantes |
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