correspondence course

American  

noun

1. a course of instruction provided by a correspondence school.

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Etymology

Origin of correspondence course

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

After taking an architectural correspondence course and apprenticeship in his teens, the cocksure Ritchie had designed banks, opera houses and courthouses throughout Kansas by his early 20s.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

The twins decide to enroll in a writing correspondence course, which is both their salvation and their downfall.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Perhaps Dirda has forgotten what he learned in the correspondence course in fundamental economics he took when he was 14.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021

To help support his parents and four siblings, Philip left school at 14 to apprentice at his uncle’s hairdressing salon, then enrolled in a correspondence course at Britain’s Institute of Trichologists.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2016

So, feeling I had time on my hands, I did begin a correspondence course in English.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey