Plain English Meaning

The full program a student goes through to learn something — a structured set of lessons, in order, that takes them from where they are now to a clearly defined finish point.

Full Definition

A complete, organized series of studies and activities designed to lead a student to a defined level of skill or knowledge in aviation. It is built around an overall objective and is divided into blocks of learning that progress in a planned sequence from start to finish.

Context Anchor

Seen in instructor planning, student pilot training programs, and discussions of how lessons fit together over time.

Derivation

‘Course’ comes from the Latin cursus, meaning ‘a running’ or ‘a path travelled.’ A course of training is literally the path a student runs along to reach a goal — not a single lesson, but the whole .