"general course of study" is a valid and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to the overall curriculum or educational plan that a student or institution follows. Example: The university offers a diverse range of majors, but all students must also complete a general course of study in math, science, history, and English.
I hesitate to generalize too much from my own college experience, at the University of Chicago, but it is a school that emphasizes a broad and general course of study among all its undergraduates.
Although Walker continued Census-related activities, he began to lecture on political economy as well as establishing a new general course of study (Course IX) emphasizing economics, history, law, English, and modern languages.
The motives of these students in choosing entrepreneurship as a main subject within a general course of studies are supposedly very different: They range from the compulsory attendance of the subject and the expectation to select a supposedly easy subject to an honest interest and enthusiasm for the issue (therefore the "ambition" is noticeable).
This was an exception to the general course of reaction.
Antibiotics are the general course of treatment.
In general, this course of study should include no more than 9 units in courses 100-199, and the rest should be 200 or above (unless specifically approved by adviser).
So he enrolled in the University of Miami, where he could earn his bachelor of general studies, a course of study designed for people returning to school.
Prof. HENRY was followed by Rev. Dr. ASA D. SMITH, Rev. Dr. KREBBS, Dr. HAGUE and others, who spoke of female education generally, and of the course of study, discipline, and general management of the Rutgers Institute in particular.
General Course students may study any combination of the 250+ undergraduate courses taught at the School, in disciplines as varied as Anthropology, Geography and Social Policy.
It is nonetheless possible to give some general sense of the usual course of study, which comprises nine courses (excluding language training).
General recommendations for a first year course of study are available under Biology.
