Course may refer to:
Directions or navigation
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Course (navigation)
In navigation, the course of a watercraft or aircraft is the cardinal direction in which the craft is to be Steering, steered. The course is to be distinguished from the ''Heading (navigation), heading'', which is the direction where the watercra ...
, the path of travel
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Course (orienteering), a series of control points visited by orienteers during a competition, marked with red/white flags in the terrain, and corresponding purple symbols on the map
Education
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Course (education)
In higher education, a course is a unit of teaching that typically lasts one academic term, is led by one or more instructors (teachers or professors), and has a fixed roster of students. A course usually covers an individual subject. Courses gene ...
, a unit of instruction in one subject, lasting one academic term
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academic major
An academic major is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits. A student who successfully completes all courses required for the major qualifies for an undergraduate degree. The word ''major'' (also called ''con ...
, a programme of education leading to a degree or diploma
Food
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Course (food), a set of one or more food items served at once during a meal. The main ingredient is often meat or fish. It most often follows an appetizer, soup, or salad.
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Main course
A main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée () course.
Usage
In the United States and Canada (except Quebec), the main course is traditionally called an "entrée". En ...
, the primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses.
Sports
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Courses and rules, in show jumping, an equitation or equestrian obstacle course
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Coursing, the pursuit of game or other animals by dogs
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Golf course
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, tee box, a #Fairway and rough, fairway, the #Fairway and rough, rough and other hazard (golf), hazards, and ...
, an area of land designated for the play of golf
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La Course by Le Tour de France ("La Course"), a women's professional road course bicycle race that accompanies Le Tour (Tour de France)
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Obstacle course, a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate for sport
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Race course, for the racing of people, animals, and vehicles
Other uses
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Course (architecture), a continuous horizontal layer of similarly sized building material, in a wall
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Course (medicine), a regime of medical drugs, or the speed of evolution of a disease
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Course (music), a pair or more of adjacent strings tuned to unison or an octave and played together to give a single note, in a stringed instrument
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Course (sail), the principal sail on a mast of a sailing vessel
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String course, a continuous narrow horizontal course or moulding which projects slightly from the surface of a wall
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The Course, a Dutch dance music group
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Watercourse
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...
, the channel that a flowing body of water follows
See also
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Coarse (disambiguation)
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Courser (horse)
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Courser
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