course

Program of study, or unit of teaching that typically lasts one academic term

EntityQ600134

Also known as class · educational course · academic course · sub-strand

Subclass of: work
, event sequence
Part of: academia
, Strand
, education

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In higher education, a course is a unit of teaching that typically lasts one academic term, is led by one or more instructors, and has a fixed roster of students. A course usually covers an individual subject. Courses generally have a fixed program of sessions every week during the term, called lessons or classes. Students may receive a grade and academic credit after completion of the course. Courses can either be compulsory material or "elective". An elective is usually not a required course, but there are a certain number of non-specific electives that are required for certain majors. The entire collection of courses required to complete an academic degree is called a program of studies.

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Partially coincident with: class
curriculum
Members / parts: homework
test
grade
course credit
lecture
seminar
reading
tutorial
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research
content standard
Different from: Kurs

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19 identifiers linking course across the web's reference databases

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