career

15:57 Sep 14, 2018
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English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / University studies
English term or phrase: career
Dear all,

I have a doubt regarding the word "career": if I talk about studies at university level, should we also use this word or would it be more correct to say something like "degree studies"? I relate the word "career" with professional development or "trajectory". Am I correct? Maybe a(n English) native can help.

Thanks a lot in advance!!
Idith
Edith Russo
Local time: 12:08


SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3undergraduate/graduate studies
Sarah-Leah Pimentel
5University degree
Eileen Brophy
3academic career
Barbara Cochran, MFA


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
undergraduate/graduate studies


Explanation:
"Career" is a term most often used to refer to one's professional growth and advancement in a particular field.
Unless the text you are working refers to someone following a career within the university in the field of research or teaching (in which case you would talk about an academic career), those who are still students are pursuing university studies or academic studies. You can be more or less specific to indicate whether they are engaged in undergraduate or graduate/postgraduate studies.

Example sentence(s):
  • Some of the activities you may be expected to contribute to during an academic career are illustrated below.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/career
    https://www.ed.ac.uk/careers/postgrad/phd/options/academic-career/what-is-it
Sarah-Leah Pimentel
Local time: 17:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks to all of you! Finch is right, I should have probably added more context. I thought it was clear when i mentioned "university studies". The title of the document is: Propuesta para el mejoramiento de las CARRERAS de Bioquímica y Farmacia en América Latina. The document addresses "carrera" from an institutional level, speaks on how to improve the curricula, etc. Its difficult to explain for me because in Spanish we use the same word for diff contexts: "carrera profesional" y "seguí la carrera de medicina hasta cuarto año", for example.

Asker: Thank you Sarah! You helped me a lot and this is exactly what I needed!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Omar Al-Awady
15 mins

agree  Manuel Moreno
31 mins

agree  airmailrpl
45 mins

neutral  B D Finch: Unfortunately, the Asker has failed to give adequate context. Also, "career" can be lower level: https://www.cesifo-group.de/DocDL/Forum302-dice.pdf "… a third of the pupils tested had a school career that was marked by failure".
1 hr

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: simply "course" fits context better...
21 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
academic career


Explanation:
All academic activities (courses completed and grades earned) that one carries out at a college or university.

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Note added at 19 mins (2018-09-14 16:16:20 GMT)
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Or "academic career path", as in:


www.apprise.ox.ac.uk › Cademic_career_paths


Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 11:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: This is rather misleading, as it strongly implies someone's career as an academic
3 hrs
  -> And that might actually what is being referred to, since the asker didn't give a comprehensive context. Even so, I consider the voluminous amount of higher education studies I have carried out to be my "academic career".
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
University degree


Explanation:
This is what we talk about when we are studying at University in the UK, when you do your final exams you get a university degree

Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 16:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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