correspondence coursenoun [ C ]
uk/kɒr.ɪˈspɒn.dəns ˌkɔːs/us/kɔːr.əˈspɑːn.dəns ˌkɔːrs/a course of study in which you study at home, receiving, and sending off work by post, email, etc.
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Classes & courses
- access course
- advanced
- classwork
- coursework
- crash course
- extension
- homework
- interdisciplinary
- introduction
- introductory course
- lecture
- lesson
- module
- practical
- reception
- role play
- sandwich course
- schoolwork
- seminar
- summer school
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Examples from literature
- A correspondence course would be splendid for him if he can't get away from the farm for regular college work.
- A great many of the girls and boys took correspondence courses in stenography, drawing, bookkeeping, illustrating, etc., etc. The purely mechanical work of the mill does not satisfy them.
- He began at once with correspondence courses in mechanical and electrical engineering.
- I am taking two correspondence courses, and mean to continue my studies here in my wagon.
- The school also directs extension classes in outlying parts of the city and neighboring places and correspondence courses for study classes and individual students in all parts of the country.