required courses
Non-optional academic subjects
Required courses are classes that students must complete to fulfill degree or program requirements, as opposed to electives they choose freely.
The term appears in academic contexts from high school through graduate school: Calculus is a required course for engineering majors.
Also called required classes or, in British English, compulsory modules.
- core classesMandatory academic subjects
- syllabusCourse plan document
- credit hoursAcademic progress measurement
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
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- K-12 Schoolselementary school, middle school, high school, student, classroom
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- college creditscredits, elective credits, units, AP credits, semester hours
required courseselectives
Freely chosen courses
elective courses · enrichment courses · independent study · seminars · workshops
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