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The phrase "a total course of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the entirety of a program, curriculum, or series of events related to a specific subject or activity.
Example: "The university offers a total course of study in environmental science that covers all essential topics."
Alternatives: "a complete program of" or "an entire curriculum of".
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The Mersey enters the Irish Sea after a total course of 70 miles (110 km).
The Missouri proper has a total course of 2,315 miles (3,726 km).
One of India's longest rivers, it has a total course of about 800 miles (1,290 km).
It then crosses Massachusetts and Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound after a total course of 407 miles (655 km).
It then turns northward in a great crescent-shaped bend, where it breaks through the Pontic Mountains and flows into the Black Sea between Sinop and Samsun after a total course of about 734 miles (1,182 km).
Just south of that city it forms a 200-mile (320-kilometre) boundary between Indiana and Illinois and then enters the Ohio in the southwestern corner of Indiana after a total course of 529 miles (851 km).
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Serial examinations continued for a total ED course of 7 h.
The patient recovered completely and was discharged on the 10th postoperative day after a total hospital course of 7 months.
Fourteen days after surgery, the patient was discharged from the hospital, after a total clinical course of 10 months with recurrent infections.
Among a total of 96 courses of antiemetic therapy, 48 courses of palonosetron were administered with AP (33 courses), IE (10 courses), and AI (5 courses) chemotherapy.
The wash cycle was repeated every 3 h for a total time-course of 12 h*.
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