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Recent Examples of survey course
Eighteen months after Ed died, Daniel enrolled in a modern art survey course.
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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
Belong is also a thrilling survey course of Jay Som’s influences, from crunch-guitar emo to delicate folk music, with features from Hayley Williams and Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
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
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
Belong is also a thrilling survey course of Jay Som’s influences, from crunch-guitar emo to delicate folk music, with features from Hayley Williams and Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for survey course
Noun
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This week, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted by 458 to 201 to limit A grades to no more than 20 percent of students in a class, plus four additional A’s to accommodate smaller seminars.—
Sage Lattman,
airmail.news,
28 May 2026
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Not every meeting benefits from turning into a seminar.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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And men are indeed lengthening their limbs, flying to international clinics, having metal rods inserted into their bones, and then, after a brutal recovery process, relearning how to walk.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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Reporters found that Georgia’s board is one of the weakest in the nation, and a lack of oversight has helped foster an environment where questionable treatments are being offered at wellness and alternative-medicine clinics across the state.—
Carrie Teegardin,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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The institute, like San Francisco, began discussing a plan to rebuild, Cooper said.—
Sneha Dhandapani,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Unlike at the Center, a solidly bipartisan roster of lecturers speaks to students at the Harvard institute.—
Daniel Rivero,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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“Survey course.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survey%20course. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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