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ClarissaMach · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:55 am Post subject: Undergraduation course

I'm translating a CV from Portuguese to English and I'd like to know if it's correct saying something like this:

"Undergraduation in Sciences by the University X"

ou should I say:

"Graduation in Sciences...."

or:

"Graduated in..."

"undergratuated in..."

How one is supposed to refer to the first period of the academic life?
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CP · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 2875 Location: California

There are different styles used in resumes and CVs in the U.S., and you may choose anything, but just be consistent. One way to do it (all these facts are invented for this example):

1982-1986 University of Virginia, B.S., chemistry, with honors

1986-1989 Boston College, M.S., chemistry

1989-1992 ChemoCorp, Charleston, S.C., assistant research chemist

1992-1994 Magic Bullet Group, Miami, Fla., research chemist in charge of DNA analysis

1994-1996 University of Florida, Miami, Ph.D., organic chemistry

1996-present University of Southern California, Los Angeles, professor, chemistry

Note: "Undergraduation" and "undergraduated" are not proper words. A college student is an undergraduate until he / she receives a degree, then he / she may go on to graduate school, where he / she is a graduate student. For CV and resume purposes, you usually want to give the facts (what, where, when).
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ClarissaMach · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:41 am Post subject:

Thanks, CP.

Could you please tell me the meaning of the expressions such as "BS", "MS", "SC" and "Fla"?
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CP · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 2875 Location: California

Yes, sorry for using abbreviations.

B.S. and B.A. are the undergraduate degrees bachelor of science and bachelor of arts. M.S., M.A., and Ph.D. are the graduate degrees master of science, master of arts, and doctor of philosophy. We usually say that someone has his bachelor's degree, his master's degree, or his doctorate. Others are M.F.A. (master of fine arts), M.B.A. (master of business administration), Ed.D. (doctor of education), M.D. (doctor of medicine), J.D. (doctor of law), LL.M. (master of laws), D.D.S. (doctor of dental science), D.V.M. (doctor of veterinary medicine).

S.C. and Fla. are abbreviations for the states South Carolina and Florida.
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