ADJ
- full-time, part-time
- one-year, two-year, etc.
- day, evening
- crash, intensive
- advanced, intermediate, etc.
- foundation, introductory
- refresher
- academic
- graduate, postgraduate, undergraduate
- degree, diploma, honours
- a joint honours course in French and Russian
- correspondence, external, sandwich
- induction
- training, vocational
VERB + COURSE
- do, take
- He took a crash course in Italian
- enrol on, join, sign up for
- withdraw from
- She withdrew from the course because of illness
- teach
- offer, run
- The school runs courses all year round
- complete
- It took him five years to complete the course
- pass
- fail
COURSE + VERB
- run
- The course runs from 10?15 May
PREP
- ~ in
- a course in applied linguistics
- ~ on
- a course on the development of capitalism
VERB + COURSE
- alter, change
- The boat altered course during the storm
- chart, plot, set
- We set course for Malta
- be blown off
- follow
- The path follows the course of the river
PREP
- off ~
- We're a long way off course
- on ~
- We're on course for our destination
PHRASES
- on a collision course
- The two planes were on a collision course
VERB + COURSE
- adopt, follow, pursue, take
- It was the best course of action to take in the circumstances
COURSE + VERB
- be open to sb
- It was the only course open to him
VERB + COURSE
- change
- an event that changed the course of his life
- follow, run, take
- Her career followed a similar course to her sister's. We could do nothing but let the disease run its course
PREP
- during the ~ of
- during the course of the war
- in the ~ of
- In the course of time, I began to understand
PHRASES
- the course of history
- This was an event that changed the course of history
- in due course (= at the appropriate time; eventually), in the normal/ordinary course of events
- In the normal course of events, you should get a reply by Monday
- let nature take its course
- When the dog responded so badly to the treatment, we decided to let nature take its course (= stop treating it and let it die naturally)
PREP
- for a/the ~
- We had chicken for our main course
PHRASES
- a two-/three-course, etc. meal
VERB + COURSE
- complete
- Only ten yachts completed the course
VERB + COURSE
- give sb, put sb on
- She's been put on a course of injections
- prescribe (sb)
- take
PREP
- ~ of
- a course of antibiotics