"a broad course" is an appropriate and commonly used phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a wide range of topics or activities that are covered in a course of study or a form of education. For example, "This program of study offers a broad course of topics from English to advanced mathematics."
Still, he remains committed to a broad course of action.
Policy makers direct a broad course of action and strive to control the initiative.
He was sent to Yatesbury, a bleak place on the moors near Stonehenge, where he went through a broad course in electronics and then a specialized course in radar itself.
The education secretary, Michael Gove, today announced plans to combat the decline in exam standards by proposing an English baccalaureate qualification to recognise the achievements of GCSE students who complete a broad course of studies.
Gove said that if new computer science GCSEs are developed that meet "high standards of intellectual depth and practical value", the government will consider including it in the English baccalaureate – a measure that recognises the achievements of GCSE pupils who complete a broad course of academic study.
With a broad course, there is just too much diversity to gain a thorough understanding of a subject.
The subject is most likely to show up on campus as a focus of a paper or thesis, or be incorporated into a broader course curriculum.
Unlike typical minority research programs that prepare students for graduate school, they realized that BBDS should take a broader course.
The GEP has been designed from the beginning to allow flexibility for faculty to offer research in this field as either an independent experience or as a classroom activity, either as a stand-alone course or as part of the laboratory in a broader course in genetics/genomics/molecular biology.
To narrow an inevitably broad course of study, students are encouraged to choose a specialization within the International Studies major, whether a functional area such as international security or a regional focus.
Or more like Ronald Reagan, who set a broad ideological course but largely left the details to others?
