survey course

noun

sur·​vey course ˈsər-ˌvā- How to pronounce survey course (audio)
: a course treating briefly the chief topics of a broad field of knowledge

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Some of the more in-depth survey courses back then even posited that these walls of protection were proximate causes of the whole collapse of trade leading to a clueless President Herbert Hoover’s inability to avert the worst downtown in our nation’s history. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024 And if that sometimes makes the album seem like a survey course in British underground music of the last 40 years, well, seldom has getting educated been such a blast. Reed Jackson, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2024 Well, prepare to take notes on a veritable survey course on navigational and constitutional law. Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Taken in sequentially, Lepore’s essays constitute a dizzying, entertaining and urgent survey course on contemporary American life. Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023 Teaching the survey course would benefit the faculty as well. Wight Martindale Jr., WSJ, 16 Nov. 2022 In a grand survey course, Mansfield introduces students to ancient political philosophers, medieval political philosophers, and modern ones. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Oct. 2022 Speaking with Calbi can feel like taking a survey course in rock and pop history. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2021 Co-authored with Katie Parla and out Nov. 19, his book provides a survey course in evaluating ingredients. Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of survey course was in 1916

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“Survey course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/survey%20course. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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