Course

The word course has several meanings:

course is the direction of travel in navigation
in sailing, a course is the principal sail on a mast
a course (US) is a unit of instruction in one subject lasting one academic term
a course (UK; also used at MIT) or course of study is a programme of education leading to a degree or a diploma
in dining, a course is a single dish in a row of subsequently served dishes, constituting, for example, a three-course menu. See also main course
course in Medicine is a regime of medical drugs

* course in Medicine is also the speed of evolution of a disease. Diseases can have an acute, a subacute or a chronic course

course is a layer of material

in architecture, a course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material, such as stone or brick, in a wall

*a string course is a continuous narrow horizontal course or moulding which projects slightly from the surface of a wall

a course is a pair of adjacent strings tuned to unison or an octave and usually plucked together as if a single string, in musical instruments such as the lute and vihuela.

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