Course (education)

A course is a collective term for courses of different forms. It describes the path from a starting point to a learning goal (see Curriculum). A course allows you to make a learning opportunity to a (service ) product, whose total cost is several subscribers can share. In this he differs from individual classes.

Term

Taking a course to be understood in addition to the traditional classroom event also offers distance learning or e-learning. The term is also used for learning articles in professional journals. Colloquially, the presence event is usually under a course taken by two elements: the actual learning product with the specific implementing offer.

Organization

Of course as an elaborate way of learning its implementation is to be distinguished, ie, the bid information about when, where, and at what cost, with what minimum or maximum number of participants of the course is offered.

Important information about the framework for a course are references to the personal requirements, where appropriate, to formal requirements ( for example, certain statements or visiting the preliminary course ) and an optionally specific methodology and type of course. These factors are the design of a curriculum based on always. According to their importance may be mentioned for a qualified participation decision.

Crash Course

Courses which give the material of knowledge much faster, are called crash courses. Depending on the subject area takes a crash course in just a few hours, days or weeks. Often the term is used as a synonym for " briefing ". However, this is not necessarily as intense as a crash course. Some training providers prefer to use the term " intensive course ". This can, for example, be due to a general dislike of anglicisms or the fact that they think the term WOULD serious.

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