translate title of tecnologo in English

webmanco says on Nov 6, 2009, 09:02:

Maybe Technician

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nine inch nails says on Nov 6, 2009, 11:55:

technologia (spanish)?? didn't see tecnologa in my dictionary.

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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Nov 6, 2009, 12:46:

Webmanco is on the right track. However, the title of "tecnologo" is used sometimes in Colombia for a lower level academic degree, equivalent of AA or AS or a a two-year post high school degree.

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theflatline says on Nov 6, 2009, 13:23:

Ok,

She is a technologo of what? X rays, computers, does she make eye glasses?

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excavator59 says on Nov 6, 2009, 18:50:

Technolgist possibly but like flatline says of what?

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johnny2009 says on Nov 6, 2009, 19:02:

Those of you that speak English as a second language should be aware that "technolgist" is not actually a real word. Sorry but Excavator comes from a part of Britain where they speak funny innit?

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excavator59 says on Nov 6, 2009, 19:09:

Yeah they dunt speak proper not like wot we does innit mate?

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rona says on Nov 6, 2009, 21:05:

her title is tecnologa de educacion preescolar


some of the levels of post secondary education in Colombia are:

1. tecnico, 2. tecnologo, 3. profesional - how would these be recognized/translated in U.S.?

Thanks!!

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theflatline says on Nov 6, 2009, 21:26:

Pre School Teacher

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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Nov 7, 2009, 01:35:

Rona I have that degree as well, the first pre-school teaching degree you can take in Colombia that is not full university career and can be studied in some high schools that offer "carreras cortas e intermedias". I was pretty baffled by the name too since it has absolutely NOTHING to do with technology. It takes two years, you need to have a high school diploma to enroll, can often be taken in the evenings and accredits you to teach at pre-school level. It is comparable in length and amount of work with an Associate degree from College or Junior College but is highly specialized and compressed.

BTW...I had my degree and curriculum translated from Spanish to English and had no problem whatsoever getting a pre-school teaching position in the States with my puny Colombian 2-year degree.

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LA_Love says on Nov 7, 2009, 04:50:

Examples of degrees

Some examples of specific degrees follow each general term. For more information, see the article about the general term.

-> Associate's degrees: AA (Associate in Arts), AS (Associate in Science), AAS (Associate in Applied Science), AGS (Associate in General Studies) An associate degree is an academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, four-year universities, business colleges and some bachelor's degree-granting colleges/universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years.In the United States and Canada, an associate degree is equivalent to the first two years of a four-year college or university degree.

Bachelor's degrees: B.Des, AB or BA, BFA, LL.B, BSc or BScIT or ScB or BS or SB, BASc, BPhil, BBus, BSBA, BPE, B.Math, BSW, BVSc, BPharm, B.Eng, BBA, B.Tech,B.Com, BAA, B. A Bachelor's Degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world. It may also be the name of a "postgraduate" degree, such as a Bachelor of Civil Law, the Bachelor of Music, or the Bachelor of Philosophy.

Master's degrees: M.P.P., MA, MFA, LL.M, MS or MSc, MScIT, MCM, M.Div., MPIA, MPS, MPSA, MAS, MMus, MSSc, MBA, MEcon, MFin, MPA, MHA, M.Ed or EdM, M.Eng, M.J, M.Des, M.Pharm, MEnt, M.Phil., M.St., drs. (Netherlands), PSM, M. A master's degree is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.[1] Within the area studied, graduates possess advanced knowledge of a specialized body of theoretical and applied topics; high order skills in analysis, critical evaluation and/or professional application; and the ability to solve complex problems and think rigorously and independently.In some languages, a master's degree is called a magister, which is Latin for master (teacher), and magister or a cognate can also be used for a person who has the degree. There are various degrees of the same level, such as engineer's degrees, which have different names for historical reasons. See List of master's degrees.

Extended Research Master's degrees: mag.art. (Denmark)

Licentiate degrees: LDS, J.C.L., LP, S.T.L. Licentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a licence. The term may derive from the Latin licentia docendi, meaning permission to teach. The term may also derive from the Latin licentia ad practicandum, which signified someone who held a certificate of competence to practise a profession. Many countries have degrees with this title, but they may represent different educational levels. In some foreign universities it's a degree between that of bachelor and master or doctor.

Specialist degrees: Ed.S., SSP, SClP The specialist degree (Russian: специалист) was also the only first degree in the former Soviet Union. In the early 1990s bakalavr (Bachelor's) and magistr (Master's) degrees were introduced in all the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, except in Turkmenistan. However, the specialist degree stayed the most often granted degree in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tadschikistan and Ukraine up until today. The specialist degrees in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan were renamed to diplom degrees. Actually there are some similarities between the specialist degree in the CIS and the German Diplom degree.

Logistician's degree: CPL Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers (frequently, and originally, military organizations). Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material-handling, and packaging, and occasionally security. Logistics is a channel of the supply chain which adds the value of time and place utility. Today the complexity of production logistics can be modeled, analyzed, visualized and optimized by plant simulation software.

Engineer's degrees: Ch.E., C.E., E.E., Env.E., I.E., Mech.E., Nucl.E., Sys.E. An engineer's degree refers to a various number of academic degrees relating to engineering

Professional Doctoral degrees:DMD or DDM, DDS, BM BS, DPT, ND, D.C., OD, DVM, V.M.D, DMin, M.D.[5], D.O., Au.D., PharmD[6], J.D., D.C., P.Th.D., D.Th.P., D.P.M., DProf (UK), Psy.D.

Research Doctoral degrees: J.C.D., Ph.D., DIT, EdD, EngD, DTech, DBA, DPA, DHA, Dr.-Ing(Germany), DPS, D.D., D.Th. or Th.D., S.T.D, J.S.D. or S.J.D. or LL.D., DPM, DSc or ScD, DSocSci, M.D.[7], DSW, Doctor of Agriculture. Doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries represents the highest level of formal study or research in a given field. In some countries it also refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to practice in a specific profession, such as law or medicine. The best-known example of the former is the Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy), while examples of the latter include the U.S. degree of Doctor of Medicine and the Dutch Professional Doctorate in Engineering.

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Abbreviations for degrees can place the level either before or after the faculty or discipline, depending on the institution. For example, DSc and ScD both stand for the (higher) doctorate in science. Various other abbreviations also vary between institutions, for instance BS and BSc both stand for 'Bachelor of Science'.

There are various conventions for indicating degrees and diplomas after one's name. In some cultures it is usual to give only the highest degree. In others, it is usual to give the full sequence, in some cases giving abbreviations also for the discipline, the institution, and (where it applies) the level of honours. In another variation, a 'rule of subsumption' often shortens the list and may obscure the chronology evident from a full listing. Thus 'MSc BA' means that the degrees conferred were - in chronological order - BSc, BA, MSc. The subsumption rule reflects the principle that a person of a given high status does not separately belong to the lower status.

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JGD (☼Travelguide writer) says on Nov 7, 2009, 06:52:

I think Desi is right. It would make an equivalent to an A.S.
If you want / need have an evaluation study done by a certified agency. They would look at your wife´s transcripts and issue an equivalency to a U.S. degree.

I used them (below) to do a study of my Colombian degree to get an equivalence to a US degree. That was a requirement from Grad School

http://www.iacei.net/

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rona says on Nov 7, 2009, 15:20:

Thanks guys!!!

We're currently using www.wes.org to have her degree evaluated along with a

year's work towards her licenciatura at Universidad de San Buenaventura

so I think she may be closer to a Bachelor's than she originally thought.

Desi, Thanks for sharing your experience with us; my wife feels a lot more

encouraged knowing that a fellow Colombian has gone through the process.

We'll keep you guys posted.

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