Course may refer to:
Directions or navigation
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Course (navigation), 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), 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, 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 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 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)
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Courser
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