Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
plan y programas de estudio
English translation:
curriculum and syllabus
Spanish term
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, German to English
plan y programas de estudio
What exactly is the difference between a "plan de estudio" and a "programa de estudio"?
This is on a certificate from a Chilean technical school.
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| 4 +8 | curriculum and syllabus |
Marcelo González
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| 5 +1 | syllabus/program(me) |
Timothy Barton
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| 5 | plan and program/plan and syllabus |
paula arturo
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Non-PRO (1): jrb
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Proposed translations
United States
PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
curriculum and syllabus
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-07-19 02:42:23 GMT)
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...syllabus being what the teachers give students, based on the (technical) institute\'s curriculum. :-)
United States
Lawyer-Linguist
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Spanish (Variants: Argentine, US, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
plan and program/plan and syllabus
• syllabus [syl·la·bus || 'sɪləbəs]
n. summary outline stating the main points of a curriculum (or lecture, text, etc.)
• plan [plæn]
n. program, scheme
• program [pro·gram || 'prəʊgræm]
planned group of activities; prospectus, syllabus; computer program
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-07-19 02:31:27 GMT)
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Syllabus and Program are often used interchangeably
Specialist in sport and economics
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Catalan to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
syllabus/program(me)
See: http://www.uab.es/servlet/Satellite?cid=1099409747866&pagena...
Programa is the same thing: See: http://www.uoc.edu/web/esp/estudios/estudios_uoc/documentaci...
Also: http://www.mhsqic.org/spandocs/prism/terminology.pdf
So I suggest "syllabus" or "program (US) / programme (UK)". You would usually say "course programme" in the UK, but this would be confusing in the US as they use "course" to refer to a module.
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