course of study is a noun meaning "an integrated course of academic studies". It carries 2 recorded senses.
an integrated course of academic studies
“he was admitted to a new program at the university”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
“he took a course in basket weaving”
“flirting is not unknown in college classes”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for course of study come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.