required course
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- noun
- /rɪˈkwaɪərd kɔrs/
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curso obligatorio
- Every student must complete a required course in mathematics to graduate.
- completed the required course
- five required courses
- take a required course
Examples
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The survey was conducted in a required course for undergraduate Physical Education majors: Fundamental, Locomotor, and Manipulative Skills.
Academic text (2006) -
Thus, there are required courses in classical content as well as electives.
Academic text (1997) -
That was a required course in college.
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The Families as Faculty home visit was a required course activity.
Academic text (2012) -
I was told that everyone must take a required course on the growth of civilization.
Academic text (1994) -
I found that economics was a required course at only one college.
Academic text (2001) -
So I took all of the required courses in physics, but my department was the philosophy department.
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History and social sciences are also required courses in both high school and your average American art school.
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A case can surely be made for a required course in American constitutional history.
Academic text (1991) -
RHS offers a required course in global education, titled Comparative World Studies.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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Something you need for a particular purpose or situation
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A course, test, rule you must meet to enter or complete a school program
Antonyms
How Essential
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a course that all students must take' is directly and compositionally derived from 'required' (necessary) modifying 'course' (a series of lectures). This is a straightforward adjective + noun construction that follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Required course comes from a simple school image: a class on your study list is marked required, meaning students 'must take' it. That's why required course means 'a course that all students must take'.