core course; core curriculum; common core; Basic course; elementary course; foundation course
Marriage may be a required course for a woman, but it is definitely not the only core course.
Pharmaceutical Technology is the core course of Pharmaceutical Engineering specialty, and is designated the national top quality course.
Metalworking practice is a core course of machine at higher vocational education.
Training of high-level applied professionals base on core course teaching
One final area that should appear in business programmes is a core course in business policy or business strategy.
The Intellectual Property Law is a foundational course and one of the core courses in the specialty of law in high colleges.