The University Orientation Course () or COU was an academic level taught in
Spain
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, its curriculum set by the
Education Act 1970. It consisted of one single annual course, equivalent to the second year of the current
bachillerato
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system. The previous completion of the three-year ''
Bachillerato Unificado Polivalente'' (''BUP'') was an admission requirement. In order to be allowed to progress to the then-compulsory Spanish University Access Tests or ''
Selectividad
() is the popular name given to the Spanish University Admission Tests ("", E.B.A.U. or Ev.A.U.), a non-compulsory exam taken by students after secondary school, necessary to get into University. Students must take six 90-minute written exams ov ...
'', an
academic grade of 5/10 in each subject was needed.
It was equivalent to
12th grade
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in the United States, the last year of
sixth form
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in the United Kingdom
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and the final International Baccalaureate
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level.
See also
*Education in Spain
Education in Spain is compulsory and free for all children aged between 6 and 16 years and is supported by the national government together with the governments of each of the country's 17 autonomous communities.
In Spain, primary school and ...
References
"Ley General de Educación de 1970"
(Education Act 1970)
Education in Spain
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