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Recent Examples of survey course
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.
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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
Teaching the survey course would benefit the faculty as well.
—Wight Martindale Jr., WSJ, 16 Nov. 2022
Well, prepare to take notes on a veritable survey course on navigational and constitutional law.
—Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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
Teaching the survey course would benefit the faculty as well.
—Wight Martindale Jr., WSJ, 16 Nov. 2022
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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Lolita feels like a suspiciously low lift for advanced seminar.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Those seminars came with an unusual twist.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The charges alleged Mulholland lacked appropriate boundaries toward patients while employed at a women's medical clinic that provided substandard care.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Foster agreed that a new health clinic is needed and said there are strong prospects for a new full-service grocery store in the district, which has been characterized as a food desert in the past.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The fashion institute received 200 applications for the inaugural cohort of 15 students, who started in October and received certificates of completion in February, said Jacqueline Jenkins, the executive director of the school’s Center for Continuing and Professional Studies.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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The institute is also working on a $50 million program that will use a rover to collect and analyze lunar samples for age and composition.—
Brandon Lingle,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Survey course.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survey%20course. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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