Survey Course Definition & Meaning

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  • Etymology
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  • survey course American

    noun

    Education.
    1. an introductory course of study that provides a general view of an academic subject.

    Etymology

    Origin of survey course

    First recorded in 1915–20

    Example Sentences

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    In Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest school system, 11 courses can satisfy the district’s requirement, including a broad survey course and more specialized classes, such as African American Literature, American Indian Studies and Exploring Visual Arts through Ethnic Studies.

    From Los Angeles Times

    They glued themselves to an art-history survey course’s worth of priceless works, from Picasso to Raphael to Botticelli.

    From Los Angeles Times

    It’s a survey course of the directors responsible for making American cinema the most influential art form of the 20th century.

    From Los Angeles Times

    Taken in sequentially, Lepore’s essays constitute a dizzying, entertaining and urgent survey course on contemporary American life.

    From Los Angeles Times

    Only 12% had an intermediate foreign language requirement, 58% mandated a general mathematics course and 18% required a survey course in U.S. government or history.

    From Washington Times

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