The phrase "alternate course" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a different option or path that can be taken instead of the original one.
Example: "If the main route is closed due to construction, we will need to take an alternate course to reach our destination."
Alternatives: "alternative route" or "different path".
Note: IEOR 172 is an alternate course to Statistics 134.
J = indicates a joint subject and can be found in the Course Catalogue under alternate course numbers.
To all you budding Robert Langdons out there, I recommend an alternate course of action: an art-history major, with minors in religion, mathematics, sociology, and linguistics.
Total unit requirement for the major has not changed, however some content formerly embedded within courses has been separated, requiring alternate course enrollment to complete.
Many courses require this test, and you cannot register for them unless you have a passing test score or minimum required grade in a listed alternate course.
When registering online, you know immediately whether you are registered, waitlisted, or closed out of a course so that you can register for an alternate course, if you wish.
Some alternate courses and restrictions are listed in footnotes.
Selecting an alternate courses of study will load it into the Gateway.
Each time Ursula dies, Atkinson — a British writer best known here as the author of "Case Histories," the first in a series of highly entertaining mysteries featuring the sleuth Jackson Brodie — resurrects her and sets her on one of the many alternate courses that her destiny might have taken.
During the 10 days between Mr. Temirkanov and Mr. Spivakov, crowds at sold-out performances sampled an odd confection of Russia in France: alternate courses of young French musicians, like the harpist Emmanuel Ceysson and the guitarist Emmanuel Rossfelder, and seasoned Russians; Fauré and Ravel with Rachmaninov and Shostakovich.
All students should have alternate courses selected for any limited enrollment courses in the event that they are unsuccessful in their bid.
