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 overseas correspondence course, Dixon became a repair technician, fixing radios and televisions at the shop his brother established at the family home.

From The Guardian

Maybe that was the case in 1979, when Mark Reed paid around $250 to take a correspondence course to learn the trade.

From Washington Times

“When I started, they called them ‘correspondence courses,’” said George Haber, an adjunct professor at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Queens, New York.

From Seattle Times

Under the proposals, the Education Department would give accreditors, and to a lesser extent colleges, more authority over how distance education, correspondence courses and credit hours are defined.

From Washington Post

“When I started, they called them ‘correspondence courses,’” said George Haber, an adjunct professor at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Queens.

From New York Times