At my university, there is no division between compulsory and optional modules.

在我大学里，没有必课和选课划分。

According to college curricula, students have to finish some compulsory courses and selective courses.

根据学校课程安排，学生需要完成必课和选课内容。

You will not be able to experience them all, but sample them widely!

你不可能选所有课程，但是要尽可能体验更多课程！

Dr. Li majored in physics at Princeton, and she also took electives in art history.

李博士在普林顿大学主物学，同时还选了艺术史课程。

And my last year, I took specialization, which is crystallographer.

我大学最后一年选了一门专业科目，晶体学。

Some courses in college are required while others are optional.

大学里有些课程是必，有些是选。

Perhaps, even take a course, like strategic communications.

也许，甚至可以选一门课程，比如战略沟通。

And five more states offered it as an elective.

还有五个州将其作为选课提供。

Other schools let students wait until their second year.

而其他学校则让学生在第二年选专业。

" Don't count your owls before they are delivered, " said Dumbledore gravely.

“成绩没送来之前，先别忙着想选课。”邓布利多沉着脸说。

So, why do so many students want this class?

那么，为什么这么多学生选这门课程呢？

Although I chose challenging courses, I was used to coasting toward As.

尽管我选了具有挑战性课程，我习惯了不费力地拿到A。

Peter took art as an elective in college.

彼得大学时曾选艺术。

It includes 20 hours of classes a week in your chosen course.

包括了你们选课一周20个小时课程。

They're a bit shocked that in China this is compulsory rather than optional, erm...

他们听到这在中国是必而不是选有点震惊。

This semester, there are seven lawyers taking the class.

这学期有7名律师选这门课。

Because it is a required course that I will never use, and I'm failing it.

因为是选课，我永远用不到，而且我会不及格。

The required courses are a pain. But the electives are great... like Gothic Lit.

必课很让人痛苦. 但选课就很棒... 比如哥特文学.

I heard about you big ticket advice, Gerry's tuxedos, Harvard Bartending Course.

我听说过你有钱老爸 名牌燕尾服 选哈佛调酒课程。

Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?

那门选课像大家都说那么难吗？