how do you say an "honors" class in Spanish?

Question

In schools in American we have "honors" courses for advanced students. For example a student can take English II Honors instead of regular English II. Do schools in Spanish speaking countries have the same? If they do, what are these courses called?

* i meant in America, not American. - breannvw, Oct 17, 2010

Answer 1

There is no way to translate this into "Spanish", because each country has as different education system, and of course, a different terminology. In Spain, the closest thing to a non honours degree is called "diplomatura" (a 3 years degree) and the closest thing to an honours degree one would be "licenciatura" (a 5 years degree).

thanks - breannvw, Oct 17, 2010

Lazarus, estás anticuado. :) Las licenciaturas están en existinción, ahora se llaman "grados" según el EEES. - cogumela, Oct 17, 2010