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

在我的大学里，没有必修课和选修课的划分。

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

根据学校的课程安排，学生需要完成必修课和选修课的内容。

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

你不可能选修所有的课程，但是要尽可能体验更多的课程！

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

李博士在普林斯顿大学主修物学，同时还选修了艺术史课程。

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

我大学最后一年选修了一门专业科目，晶体学。

Some courses in college are required while others are optional.

大学里有些课程是必修的，有些是选修的。

Perhaps, even take a course, like strategic communications.

也许，甚至可以选修一门课程，比如战略沟通。

And five more states offered it as an elective.

还有将其为选修课提供。

Other schools let students wait until their second year.

而其他学校则让学生在第二年选修专业。

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

“成绩没送来之前，先别忙着想选修课。”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修这门课程呢？

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

尽管我选修了具有挑战性的课程，我习惯了不费力地拿到A。

Peter took art as an elective in college.

彼得大学时曾选修艺术。

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

包括了你们选修课的一周20小时的课程。

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修而不是选修有点震惊。

This semester, there are seven lawyers taking the class.

这学期有7名律师选修这门课。

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

因为是选修课，我永远用不到的，而且我会不及格。

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

必修课很让人痛苦. 但选修课就很棒... 比如哥特文学.

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

我听说过你有钱的老爸 名牌燕尾服 选修哈佛调酒课程。

Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?

那门选修课像大家都说的那么难吗？