extension courses

American  

noun

1. (in many universities and colleges) a program for persons not regularly enrolled as students, frequently provided through evening classes or classes in off-campus centers, or by correspondence.

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Etymology

Origin of extension courses

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Many of the older players took University of Saskatchewan extension courses at a community college.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2018

One of the best things I did shortly after graduating from college with a liberal arts degree myself was to take a personal finance class through my local board of education extension courses.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2018

His father, who was born in 1869, founded a book publishing company and later worked for a Chicago-based college that provided extension courses, or what is now called distance learning.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2017

U.C.L.A. runs its extension courses from its main Westwood campus, its downtown Los Angeles branch, and 50 other locations in public schools, private houses and business offices.

From Time Magazine Archive

However, they can make it up in later years when the old Chaplin films will be on view in the museums and carefully studied under the direction of learned professors in university extension courses.

From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood