correspondence course

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After taking a correspondence course in bookkeeping and accounting, she took over the books for the family enterprise.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2023

After taking an architectural correspondence course and apprenticeship in his teens, the cocksure Ritchie had designed banks, opera houses and courthouses throughout Kansas by his early 20s.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

Mr. Moi eventually received a certificate in public accounting from London through a correspondence course, and in 1945, he began a career in government schools as a teacher and administrator.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2020

In 2010, Kaoru completed his undergraduate degree at Chuo University through a correspondence course, and he is now working toward a graduate degree in Korean studies at Niigata University.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

“Mrs. Levy won’t let us retire her. She thinks it’s better for Miss Trixie to keep active. Mrs. Levy is a brilliant, educated woman. She’s taken a correspondence course in psychology.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole