Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

MM

English translation:

module majeur = Major

Added to glossary by cchat
May 31, 2013 18:48
10 yrs ago
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French term

MM

French to English Other Education / Pedagogy abbreviation
In a college transcript, several subjects are listed "Mineur" and several others "MM". Examples are "MM. Méthodes de promotion" and "MM. Atelier". Is this a major subject? Records are from U. Paris 8.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 module majeure = Major
Change log

Jun 3, 2013 20:56: cchat Created KOG entry

Discussion

Nikki Scott-Despaigne Jun 1, 2013:
OK so this is a Masters in Sciences humaines et sociales, mention information et communication de Paris 8 from last year, 2012. Sorry to insist so much, but there are so many variations. I don't quite see how a quaification can be "more or less 2e cycle"; I would have thought either it was or it wasn't.
On my French 2012 masters transcript, all abbreviations are set out in full at the bottom of the page. That is apprently not the case here. However, with the full course name, if the course is still being run, then with the course name) it is likely to be possible to track down which of the UE (unité d'enseignements') modules are major or minor. You final option is contacting the secrétariat of the faculty.
Parrot (asker) May 31, 2013:
2012 More or less 2ème cycle by the Bologna system.
Nikki Scott-Despaigne May 31, 2013:
What is the year of the diploma you are translating and what level?
Parrot (asker) May 31, 2013:
Sciences humaines et sociales mention Information et communication (actually, the current course for a BS journalism). And yes, I've been to the website. It's either you get all the millimetres or if you specify the search any further, you get nothing.
Nikki Scott-Despaigne May 31, 2013:
It might help if you provided the discipline too.
Nikki Scott-Despaigne May 31, 2013:
If the course is recent, you might be able to track down the answer on pages on the uni website relating to the particular course.

Proposed translations

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module majeure = Major

Found a reference to this online at a Moroccan university.
Peer comment(s):

agree Kévin Bernier : "module" is masculine, so "Module Majeur", but yes I think this is it.
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You are quite right. My typo, probably influenced by French usage of "Majeure" alone, as Nikki points out.
neutral Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Since the move to the LMD system in France, the use of the terms MajeurE and MineurE have become common (with the capital letter and the "e", it being understood that it is in reference to "discipline". More context needed: maj, min or demi-mineure???
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The source is www.uh2c.ac.ma and it's a pdf file f78. Can't copy the link as I have a broken arm at the moment.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "From the description of the subjects in the programme (I finally found it) this would indeed seem the case, although nowhere did I find the same abbreviation. Thanks for your help."
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