correspondence course

noun

1. a course of instruction provided by a correspondence school.

Word History and Origins

Origin of correspondence course¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The program negotiated a tuition discount with Seattle Central College for correspondence courses, which allowed participants to earn college credit.

From Seattle Times

After taking a correspondence course in bookkeeping and accounting, she took over the books for the family enterprise.

From Los Angeles Times

After taking an architectural correspondence course and apprenticeship in his teens, the cocksure Ritchie had designed banks, opera houses and courthouses throughout Kansas by his early 20s.

From Seattle Times

That must have been one hell of a correspondence course.

From Los Angeles Times

None of the 12 students who were in the Adams State bachelor’s program have been able to finish their degrees as they lost access to the private scholarship funding their correspondence courses.

From Seattle Times