course

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noun

1 complete series of lessons or lectures

ADJECTIVE

▪ computer, psychology, Spanish, etc.

▪ crash, intensive

▪ short

▪ two-day, two-week, etc.

▪ advanced, beginners', intermediate, introductory

▪ college-level, graduate-level (both AmE)

▪ day (BrE), evening (esp. BrE), night (AmE)

▪ elective (AmE)

▪

Psychology is offered as an elective course.

▪ required (AmE)

▪

Students take required courses in music theory and performance.

▪ refresher, remedial

▪

He enrolled in a remedial mathematics course.

▪ induction (BrE)

▪ training

▪ correspondence, online, Web-based

▪ external (BrE)

▪ in-house (esp. BrE)

VERB + COURSE

▪ attend, do, take

▪

He took a crash course in Spanish.

▪ enrol on (BrE), join (esp. BrE), sign up for

▪ teach

▪ offer, run

▪

The school runs courses all year round.

▪ design, develop

▪

We have designed the course for students at all levels of ability.

▪ complete, finish

▪

She has completed a course in first aid.

▪ pass

▪ fail, flunk (informal, esp. AmE)

COURSE + VERB

▪ run

▪

The course runs from January till March.

▪ consist of sth, cover sth, focus on sth, include sth

▪

The course consists of both lectures and practical workshops.

PREPOSITION

▪ course in

▪

a course in art history

▪ course on

▪

a course on the development of capitalism

2 (esp. BrE) period of study at a college/university

ADJECTIVE

▪ full-time, part-time

▪ one-year, two-year, etc.

▪ access (BrE), foundation (BrE)

▪ graduate, postgraduate, undergraduate

▪ degree, diploma, honours/honors

▪

a joint-honours course in French and Russian (BrE)

▪ mathematics, physics, psychology, etc.

▪ academic

▪ vocational

▪ sandwich (BrE)

VERB + COURSE

▪ offer, run

▪

the only university in the UK to offer courses in computer games technology

▪ complete, finish

▪ drop out of

3 route/direction

VERB + COURSE

▪ alter, change, reverse (esp. AmE)

▪

The boat altered course during the storm.

▪ chart, plot, set

▪

We set course for Vancouver Island.

▪ navigate, steer

▪ follow

▪

The path follows the course of the river.

▪ resume

▪

The plane resumed its original course.

PREPOSITION

▪ off course

▪

We're a long way off course.

▪ on course

▪

We're on course for our destination.

PHRASES

▪ on a collision course

▪

The two planes were on a collision course.

▪ be blown off course

▪

The boat was blown off course.

4 way of acting

ADJECTIVE

▪ best, better

▪ prudent

▪

Taking action without knowing all the facts would not be a prudent course.

VERB + COURSE

▪ adopt, choose, follow, pursue, steer, take

▪

She shrewdly steered a middle course between the two factions.

▪

It was the best course of action to take in the circumstances.

COURSE + VERB

▪ be open to sb

▪

It was the only course open to him.

PHRASES

▪ a course of action

5 development of sth over a period of time

ADJECTIVE

▪ natural, normal, usual

▪

It's best to let things follow their natural course.

VERB + COURSE

▪ change

▪

an event that changed the course of his life

▪ reverse (esp. AmE)

▪

The dollar fell sharply for two days, and then reversed course.

▪ affect, decide, determine, dictate, influence, shape

▪

War has determined the course of much of human history.

▪ follow, run, take

▪

Her career followed a similar course to her sister's.

▪

We could do nothing but let the disease run its course.

▪ resume

▪

Prices resumed their upward course.

PREPOSITION

▪ during the course of

▪

during the course of the war

▪ in the course of

▪

In the course of time, I began to understand.

PHRASES

▪ the course of history

▪

This was an event that changed the course of history.

▪ in due course (= at the appropriate time; eventually)

▪ in the normal course of events, in the ordinary course of events

▪

In the normal course of events, you should get a reply by Monday.

▪ let nature take its course

▪

When the dog responded so badly to the treatment, we decided to let nature take its course (= stop treating it and let it die naturally).

6 part of a meal

ADJECTIVE

▪ main

▪ first, second, etc.

PREPOSITION

▪ for a/the course

▪

We had chicken for our main course.

7 in a sport/a race

ADJECTIVE

▪ golf

▪ nine-hole

▪ obstacle, race (usually racecourse) (BrE) (racetrack in AmE)

VERB + COURSE

▪ complete

▪

Only ten yachts completed the course.

▪ build, design

8 series of medical treatments

VERB + COURSE

▪ give sb, put sb on

▪

She's been put on a course of injections.

▪ prescribe (sb)

▪ take

▪ complete, finish

▪

If you are prescribed antibiotics, it's important to finish the course.

PREPOSITION

▪ course of

▪

a course of antibiotics

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verb

Course is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑adrenalin, ↑blood