Course load
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The workload involved in an academic course.
"A Type-A — make that A-plus — overachiever, even by New York standards, she skated competitively as a kid, finished M.I.T. in three and a half years, and tested out of a chunk of her courseload at Columbia Business School."
- 2 The number and difficulty of courses taken in an academic setting.
Example
More examples"A Type-A — make that A-plus — overachiever, even by New York standards, she skated competitively as a kid, finished M.I.T. in three and a half years, and tested out of a chunk of her courseload at Columbia Business School."
Etymology
From course + load.