Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Primary Major
French translation:
option principale
English term
Primary Major
| 3 +2 | option principale |
Sheila Wilson
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| 4 | première spécialisation |
Jean-Louis S.
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| 4 | majeure principale |
Philippe Morgan de Rivery
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May 15, 2009 08:58: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Term asked" from "PRIMARY MAJOR" to "Primary Major"
May 15, 2009 09:38: Jean-Louis S. changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jun 28, 2009 07:04: Sheila Wilson Created KOG entry
PRO (3): Stéphanie Soudais, Sheila Wilson, Jean-Louis S.
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Proposed translations
Spain
20 years producing 100% natural English
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: English, French to English
option principale
5 déc 2008 ... A moins d'opter pour la biologie moléculaire avec comme option principale la physiologie végétale. Dans son domaine l'Université de Berne ...
www.175.unibe.ch/fr/jubilaeum/fakten.html
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Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, African)
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
première spécialisation
France
Construction, Real Estate, Environment
Native in: French
Works in: English to French
majeure principale
I majored with a BS in Physics and minored in Behavioral Science.
Il semble qu'il soit parfois possible d'avoir deux majeures, un peu comme un double diplôme (dual degree). Dans ce cas, je parlerais de majeure principale, et de majeure secondaire ou de première majeure et de deuxième majeure, si je ne veux pas établir de hiérarchie.
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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2009-05-16 21:49:29 GMT)
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(je ne pense pas qu'"option" soit approprié, une "option" renvoie à quelque chose de plus particulier, qui se trouverait déjà au sein d'une "majeure", comme une concentration ou une spécialisation. Par exemple: majeure relations internationales, option " développement international".
Indiquez votre majeure (ou spécialisation) principale ou la majeure que vous comptez choisir.
Le cas échéant, indiquez votre seconde majeure ou votre spécialisation secondaire (ne pas confondre avec une mineure ou une concentration).
http://fdsp.univ-lyon2.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=67
http://qa2.uottawa.ca/services/irp/docs/NSSE2008_Canadian_French_Web.pdf
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