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 gener ...
, 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
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Main course, the primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses.
Sports
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Courses and rules, in show jumpting, an equitation or equestrian obstacle course
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Coursing
Coursing by humans is the pursuit of game or other animals by dogs—chiefly greyhounds and other sighthounds—catching their prey by speed, running by sight, but not by scent. Coursing was a common hunting technique, practised by the nobility, ...
, 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 tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". The ...
, 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 course is a layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall. It can also be defined as a continuous row of any masonry unit such as bricks, concrete masonry unit
A concrete masonry unit (CMU) is a standard-size rectangular block u ...
, 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 course, on a stringed musical instrument, is either one string or two or more adjacent strings that are closely spaced relative to the other strings, and typically played as a single string. The strings in each multiple-string course are typica ...
, 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 belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall. Set in line with window sills, it helps to make the horizontal line of the sills visually more prominent. Set between the f ...
, 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 surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ...
, the channel that a flowing body of water follows
See also
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Coarse (disambiguation)
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Courser (horse)
A courser is a swift and strong horse, frequently used during the Middle Ages as a warhorse. It was ridden by knights and men-at-arms.
Etymology
Coursers are commonly believed to be named for their running gait, Oakeshott, Ewart. ''A Knight and hi ...
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Courser
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