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course on vs course of

Both 'course on' and 'course of' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Course on' is used when referring to a specific topic or subject that a course covers, while 'course of' is used to describe the duration or path of something.

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course on

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific topic or subject that a course covers.

Use 'course on' when talking about the content or subject matter of a course. It indicates the specific topic or area of study that the course focuses on.

Examples:

I'm taking a course on computer programming.
She enrolled in a course on environmental science.
The university offers a course on modern art history.

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Right after the course on toppling evil corporations bent on world domination.
In fact, with edX, when we were teaching our first course on circuits and electronics around the world, this was happening unbeknownst to us.
I just started my course on global female oppression.
So I did start teaching this course on ignorance, and it's been quite interesting and I'd like to tell you to go to the website.
Guess you skipped the course on inter-office politics.
4. Member States shall encourage the introduction of a course on radiation protection in the basic curriculum of medical and dental schools.
Like, sheriff of a town of 500 people. I got my qualification from a course on the Internet.
There's a whole course on it in med school. It's required.
In the training field, France provided the NATO school in Oberammergau with an instructor for the course on awareness-raising at political level on the issue of SALW.
Accordingly some drivers will only need a refresher course on basic elements.
We've plotted a course on that cloud, Commander.
I marked their position and course on this chart.
The Commission will reflect in due course on further detailed arrangements for the application of the general principle of equivalence.
Anyway, I need a crash course on all things Elena Gilbert.
Detailed information will be made available in due course on the ECB's website.
So I need a crash course on India...
It was a voluntary refresher course on police codes.
I've had to stop going to my course on Saturdays...
I shall, however, focus of course on Parliament's position.
She teaches a course on Mythology and Modern Literature that I think you'd find quite diverting.

Alternatives:

class on
lecture on
workshop on
training on
seminar on

course of

This phrase is correct and commonly used to describe the duration or path of something.

Use 'course of' when referring to the duration or path of something. It indicates the time period or trajectory of an event or process.

Examples:

Over the course of the semester, we will cover various topics.
The course of the river changed after heavy rainfall.
She observed the course of the investigation over several months.

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There remains strategy nor deception that can bend course of inevitable fate.
And your jury's verdict dictates the course of our trial.
What you did that night changed the course of multiple lives and caused far-reaching devastation.
But then I began my course of art therapy.
I could always arrest you for perverting the course of justice.
Kirk just would have changed the course of history.
Changed the course of your life, Steve.
And so began the trial that would change the course of Marshall's career.
At the least you're looking at a charge for perverting the course of justice.
Not calling the police, that's perverting the course of justice.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
What you're doing will alter the course of history.
That's perverting the course of justice.
And in that one moment, the whole course of history was changed.
Perverting the course of human history!
We provide pleasure within the course of your daily life.
Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Four days that would change the course of our planet.
Understanding the new course of history.
The course of theoretical instruction shall be completed within 18 months.

Alternatives:

duration of
path of
progression of
trajectory of
development of

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