Suficientable

English translation: Credit by Examination

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Spanish term or phrase:Suficientable
English translation:Credit by Examination
Entered by: Marcelo González

21:00 Jun 6, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / course description
Spanish term or phrase: Suficientable
NOMBRE ESCUELA Escuela de Humanidades
NOMBRE DEPARTAMENTO Departamento de Psicología
ÁREA DE CONOCIMIENTO Psicología
NOMBRE ASIGNATURA EN ESPAÑOL Conceptos básicos
CÓDIGO
SEMESTRE DE UBICACIÓN
INTENSIDAD HORARIA SEMANAL
INTENSIDAD HORARIA SEMESTRAL
CRÉDITOS
CARACTERÍSTICAS Suficientable
pistacho
Colombia
Credit by Examination
Explanation:
Though there may be a small difference in that 'credit by examination' often refers to standardized examinations, rather than university-created exams, the general meaning is sort of the same, and may be useful in this context.

Credit by Examination. There are several credit-by-examination programs that earn credit toward a UF degree. The following guidelines apply:
https://admissions.ufl.edu/enroll/creditbyexam

"Credit by Examination"
About 109,000 results (0.36 seconds)
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00yPsVqw_wbq2Bvfldk...

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And a shorter option might be 'credit by exam' (as seen in the first reference below).

University of Maryland - Global Campus
Credit by Exam | UMGCwww.umgc.edu › fast-paths-to-credit › credit-by-exam
You can't attempt credit by examination if you are taking an exam for a course which already appears on your transcript. Normally, no more than 6 examination ...
https://www.umgc.edu/transfers-and-credits/fast-paths-to-cre...

Thomas Edison State University
TECEP® Thomas Edison Credit-by-Examination Program At Thomas Edison we know that adults acquire college-level knowledge outside the classroom in a ...
https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/testing

City University of New York (CUNY)
Credit by Examination. SHARE: CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS), allows students to save money and time by earning college credits through ...
https://sps.cuny.edu/academics/undergraduate/credit-prior-le...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-06-07 02:04:00 GMT)
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This concept is often discussed at American colleges and universities within the context of 'prior learning assessment' (PLA), as institutions try to find new ways to shorten their 'time-to-degree,' as this is seen as an important factor that influences graduation rates.

Time to Degree – 2016
https://nscresearchcenter.org/signaturereport11/

I hope this helps!

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2020-06-08 00:08:26 GMT)
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Following Chema's comment on what he sees as the meaning of the source text:

If he is right and it means that students can be taking the course and then, midstream, decide to set aside its usual evaluations and opt to take some other test, it would be different from what credit by examination, as I propose here, which is based on practices at US universities, where a test is administered and, if passed, credit is earned.

Despite the slight difference, my proposal here is likely to be the 'closest natural equivalent,' as (small) differences across systems often exist.

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Note added at 16 days (2020-06-23 15:37:50 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure, pistacho. Saludos :-)
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Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 05:12
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1Credit by Examination
Marcelo González
3Competent
Lisa Rosengard
Summary of reference entries provided
José Patrício

Discussion entries: 7





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Competent


Explanation:
I can find only 'competent' to equal 'suficientable' as a way of saying that the person need not attend classes or courses in a subject.
Entiendo que 'suficientable' quiere decir que la persona no tiene que asistir a clases o cursos. La palabra inglesa 'competent' puede igualar 'suficientable' como quiere decir 'capaz'.


Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marcelo González: Not in the US. If this is understood at UK universities, it'd be helpful to see a link or two. Cheers
3 hrs

neutral  AllegroTrans: Any actual references to support this (other than your dictionary)?
1 day 13 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Credit by Examination


Explanation:
Though there may be a small difference in that 'credit by examination' often refers to standardized examinations, rather than university-created exams, the general meaning is sort of the same, and may be useful in this context.

Credit by Examination. There are several credit-by-examination programs that earn credit toward a UF degree. The following guidelines apply:
https://admissions.ufl.edu/enroll/creditbyexam

"Credit by Examination"
About 109,000 results (0.36 seconds)
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00yPsVqw_wbq2Bvfldk...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-06-07 01:47:42 GMT)
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And a shorter option might be 'credit by exam' (as seen in the first reference below).

University of Maryland - Global Campus
Credit by Exam | UMGCwww.umgc.edu › fast-paths-to-credit › credit-by-exam
You can't attempt credit by examination if you are taking an exam for a course which already appears on your transcript. Normally, no more than 6 examination ...
https://www.umgc.edu/transfers-and-credits/fast-paths-to-cre...

Thomas Edison State University
TECEP® Thomas Edison Credit-by-Examination Program At Thomas Edison we know that adults acquire college-level knowledge outside the classroom in a ...
https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/testing

City University of New York (CUNY)
Credit by Examination. SHARE: CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS), allows students to save money and time by earning college credits through ...
https://sps.cuny.edu/academics/undergraduate/credit-prior-le...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-06-07 02:04:00 GMT)
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This concept is often discussed at American colleges and universities within the context of 'prior learning assessment' (PLA), as institutions try to find new ways to shorten their 'time-to-degree,' as this is seen as an important factor that influences graduation rates.

Time to Degree – 2016
https://nscresearchcenter.org/signaturereport11/

I hope this helps!

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2020-06-08 00:08:26 GMT)
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Following Chema's comment on what he sees as the meaning of the source text:

If he is right and it means that students can be taking the course and then, midstream, decide to set aside its usual evaluations and opt to take some other test, it would be different from what credit by examination, as I propose here, which is based on practices at US universities, where a test is administered and, if passed, credit is earned.

Despite the slight difference, my proposal here is likely to be the 'closest natural equivalent,' as (small) differences across systems often exist.

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Note added at 16 days (2020-06-23 15:37:50 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure, pistacho. Saludos :-)

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 05:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 542
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: US shorten their 'time-to-degree,' = UK "unseemly haste"... (IMHO)
5 hrs
  -> In the US, some people dislike the fact that many students do not finish 'on time,' i.e., in four years, as if everyone begins with the same timetable in mind. Thanks, Neil :-)
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
major couse?
La materia debe ser suficientable -
4 horas semanales 64 horas semestral. Suficientable - http://russian-diploms.com/64978004-4-horas-semanales-64-hor...
Acabo de aprender en otro sitio que se refiere a un curso en que un estudiante puede hacer una de dos cosas para recibir la nota: 1) tomar la clase o 2) tomar un examen en vez de tomar la clase - https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/suficientable.293004...
They can be designed to complement a student's major - https://books.google.pt/books?id=dijhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA431&lpg=P...
Me parece que suficientable quiere decir que non necesita mas, it's enough, they don't need complement
major couse? - the contrary of minor course?
https://admissions.carleton.ca/faqs/what-is-the-difference-b...

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Marcelo González: sí, tomar un examen en vez de tomar la clase
3 hrs
  -> thanks
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