survey course

survey course
noun
: a course treating briefly the chief topics of one or several allied broad fields of knowledge

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Educ.
an introductory course of study that provides a general view of an academic subject.
[1915-20]

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survey course,
Education. an introductory course giving a general view of a subject: »

required freshmen survey courses in the four-year colleges (Fred M. Hechinger).

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noun, pl ⋯ courses [count]
US : a class at a college or university that gives general information about a subject for students who have not studied it before : an introductory course at a college or university

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ˈsurvey course 7 [survey course] noun (NAmE)
a college course that gives an introduction to a subject for people who are thinking about studying it further

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