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plan y programas de estudio

English translation: curriculum and syllabus

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Spanish term or phrase: plan y programas de estudio
English translation:curriculum and syllabus
Entered by: Marcelo González

02:19 Jul 19, 2005
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Spanish term or phrase: plan y programas de estudio
Decreto exento o resolución exenta de educación que aprueba plan y programas de estudio: no 3140 de 1992

What exactly is the difference between a "plan de estudio" and a "programa de estudio"?

This is on a certificate from a Chilean technical school.

Thanks
Kathryn McFarland
curriculum and syllabus
Explanation:
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-07-19 02:42:23 GMT)
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...syllabus being what the teachers give students, based on the (technical) institute\'s curriculum. :-)
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Marcelo González
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4 +8curriculum and syllabus
Marcelo González
5 +1syllabus/program(me)
Timothy Barton
5plan and program/plan and syllabus
paula arturo


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
plan and program/plan and syllabus


Explanation:

• syllabus [syl·la·bus || 'sɪləbəs]

n. summary outline stating the main points of a curriculum (or lecture, text, etc.)

• plan [plæn]

n. program, scheme

• program [pro·gram || 'prəʊgræm]

planned group of activities; prospectus, syllabus; computer program





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Note added at 12 mins (2005-07-19 02:31:27 GMT)
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Syllabus and Program are often used interchangeably

paula arturo
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Local time: 08:20
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
curriculum and syllabus


Explanation:
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-07-19 02:42:23 GMT)
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...syllabus being what the teachers give students, based on the (technical) institute\'s curriculum. :-)

Marcelo González
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
plan y programas de estudio
syllabus/program(me)


Explanation:
The plan de estudio is a list of all the modules you take in a course ("course" in the British sense of the word, i.e. the whole degree/diploma).

See: http://www.uab.es/servlet/Satellite?cid=1099409747866&pagena...

Programa is the same thing: See: http://www.uoc.edu/web/esp/estudios/estudios_uoc/documentaci...

Also: http://www.mhsqic.org/spandocs/prism/terminology.pdf

So I suggest "syllabus" or "program (US) / programme (UK)". You would usually say "course programme" in the UK, but this would be confusing in the US as they use "course" to refer to a module.

Timothy Barton
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