survey course

noun

sur·​vey course ˈsər-ˌvā- 

: a course treating briefly the chief topics of a broad field of knowledge

Examples of survey course in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The hours devoted to social studies in schools are shrinking, and survey courses in American history are vanishing from college campuses. — Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

Lomax, after becoming chairman of the department of English, retaliates, assigning Stoner grueling teaching schedules and relegating him to teaching repetitive freshman composition and sophomore survey courses. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026

Eighteen months after Ed died, Daniel enrolled in a modern art survey course. — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026

Weil earned a bachelor’s degree in 1948 from the University of Chicago, where an encounter with the works of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky in a literature survey course sparked an interest in Russian literature and culture. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for survey course

• counterforce
• intercourse
• nonrecourse
• reinforce
• watercourse
• bourse
• coarse
• force
• gorse
• hoarse
• horse
• norse