Conocimiento del Medio Natural, Social y Cultural

15:28 Oct 12, 2016 

... is a bit of a buzzword nowadays (knowledge economy, knowledge management, etc.) and they seem to have fallen for it in a big way in Spain.

12:40 Oct 12, 2016 

I think Dariusz is absolutely on the right track. "Environmental, Social and Cultural Studies"

11:30 Oct 12, 2016 

Being that this is for a class, I like the word "studies" instead of "knowledge" better as well.

11:18 Oct 12, 2016 

How about STUDIES in place of KNOWLEDGE? N, S, and C E Studies.

10:59 Oct 12, 2016 

I've read the course contents - they certainly aim to cover a lot. I agree that the literal translation is probably the best way to go. Cheers all for chipping in :-)

10:32 Oct 12, 2016 

I remember the first time I heard of this subject and wondered what it was. If you ask any Spanish teacher or pupil, they will almost certainly answer "biología". Which is not entirely true, but is true to a first approximation. The bulk of what it includes is what we did in "Science", so although that's very brief it's not altogether misleading. There's an awful lot of the natural world (biology, ecology, bit of geology, bit of astronomy) and a little bit of culture and society (public transport systems and so on). If I had to invent a name for it is English it might be "The World About Us". Simon's literal approach is probably the wisest here.