課程

かてい · katei · JLPT N3 · noun

course

📚 課程 = lesson + measured route: a set path through lessons

課 means a lesson or section, as in 課題 (assignment). 程 means extent or route, as in 過程 (process). Put together, they make a fixed route through lessons, which is a course or curriculum. Don't mix it up with 過程, also read katei, which means process.

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