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GEL

Spanish translation: (Cursos) Generales Electivos (Opcionales)

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English term or phrase:GEL
Spanish translation:(Cursos) Generales Electivos (Opcionales)
Entered by: SandraV

03:24 Feb 18, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / Report card
English term or phrase: GEL
Aparece en una lista de materias universitarias. No debe ser geografía, pues los nombres de los cursos relacionados con GEL dicen así:

GEL - FUND OF MARKETING
GEL - SALES FUNDAMENTALS
GEL - BUS/ECO RES METHODS
GEL - LEADERS IN ACTION
GEL - INTRODUCTORY CULTURE
GEL - INTRO TO STUDY OF LAW
GEL - INTERNAT RELATIONS
GEL - MEXICAN POL/SOC ECO
GEL - INTERNAT ORGANIZ THEOR
SandraV
Mexico
Local time: 19:33
(Cursos) Generales Electivos (Opcionales)
Explanation:
GEL - General Elective

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-02-18 03:33:41 GMT)
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Can I take any course I want as a general elective? ... Examples of courses that may NOT be used as general electives are. programming language courses ...
www.cs.uml.edu/curriculum/ ugrad/PolicyStatements/General_elect.html - 4k -
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Soledad Caño
United States
Local time: 21:33
Grading comment
Gracias a todos
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Cursos electivos requeridos (ELE)
Fernando Romero R
4(Cursos) Generales Electivos (Opcionales)
Soledad Caño


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gel
(Cursos) Generales Electivos (Opcionales)


Explanation:
GEL - General Elective

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-02-18 03:33:41 GMT)
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Can I take any course I want as a general elective? ... Examples of courses that may NOT be used as general electives are. programming language courses ...
www.cs.uml.edu/curriculum/ ugrad/PolicyStatements/General_elect.html - 4k -



    clone.concordia.ca/dept/course/elective.html -
Soledad Caño
United States
Local time: 21:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
Gracias a todos
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
gel
Cursos electivos requeridos (ELE)


Explanation:
Son un listado de cursos generales de los que se les requiere al estudiante debe seleccionar varios de ellos, no todos. Son ELECTIVOS porque del listado se eligen los que más podrían interesarles, pero son REQUERIDOS como parte del curriculum de la carrera.

Cuando estudié, estos cursos tenian la clave ELE-XXX, sin importar de qué rama general fueran, sean estos baile, redaccion comercial, trabajo social, La inmortalidad del cangrejo (oopss), etc.

Candidates for the Associate of Science Degree in Psychology are required to complete 4 Elective courses (12 semester units). The Elective Courses may be selected from the list below. Course descriptions for the Elective Courses may be found by following this link:

# GEL 205 Marketing Hospitality
# GEL 207 Consumer Behavior
# GEL 222 Human Relations
# GEL 231 Personal Finance
# GEL 240 Child Development
# GEL 280 Advertising
# GEL 305 Social Gerontology
# GEL 314 Criminal Justice in America
# GEL 316 Animal Science
# GEL 350 Introduction to Human Sexuality
# GEL 370 Death and Dying
# GEL 420 Art History
# GEL 467 Introduction to E-Commerce
# GEL 477 Business Ethics

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-02-18 04:41:42 GMT)
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Parece ser ser que en Costa Rica usan la misma clave ELE para señalar estos cursos. ver http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:ZQVHTgyxSWEJ:www.agro.u...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-02-18 06:47:08 GMT)
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¿¿¿¿FALTA DE LÓGICA?????

¿Acaso son los vocablos "electivo" y "requerido" mutuamente excluyentes o antónimos? ¿No puedo tener la elección de tomar 5 ítems entre 20 si se me requiere que escoja sólo 5?

ELECTIVO:
relacionado con "elegir", tú eliges una o varias cosas de entre muchas. Tienes 20 cursos generales de 4 créditos cada uno, y debes (se te requiere) que selecciones 5 de ellos para sumar 20 créditos, que complementarán tu curriculum, que ya contiene cursos específicos y relacionados a tu carrera. Por tanto, es electivo porque tu eliges,seleccionas las 5 materias que te den la gana de las 20 que se ofrecen, pero es una obligación hacerlo porque es parte del curriculum. Vaya lengua el español. Sólo doy mi parecer de lo que ha sido mi experiencia y lo que la información encontrada en el Web me sugiere.

Además, considero que esa GEL no hay que traducirla.

Un abrazo, Marcelo


    Reference: http://www.calcoast.edu/programs_aspsych.php
    Reference: http://www.calcoast.edu/aspsych_course_descriptions.php#elec...
Fernando Romero R
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo González: sí, igualmente...y salúdame a esa gente "de por ahí" :-) >Not translating it might be an option. That said, the translator's note (to be included) should refer to "general education (courses)" (not electives). Saludos, Fernando!
13 hrs
  -> Gracias. Estamos a mano. Lamento el mal entendido. Un abrazo.
agree  Walter Landesman
16 hrs
  -> Thanks Walter.
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