course of instruction(n = noun.act) class, course, course of study - education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
is a kind of didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching
has parts: coursework, lesson, lecture, lecturing, class period, course session, recitation
has particulars: adult education, art class, childbirth-preparation class, correspondence course, course of lectures, directed study, elective, elective course, extension course, home study, industrial arts, orientation, orientation course, propaedeutic, propaedeutics, refresher, refresher course, required course, seminar, shop, shop class, workshop

blocking course, catechetical instruction, change course, change of course, collision course, complex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing, correspondence course, course, course catalog, course catalogue, course credit, course of action, course of lectures, course of study, course session, crash course, damp course, damp-proof course, elective course, extension course, golf course, in due course, instruction, instruction book, instruction execution, instruction manual, links course, macro instruction, main course, matter of course, mizzen course, of course, orientation course, reduced instruction set computer, reduced instruction set computing, refresher course, required course, supervisor call instruction, water course