Class (education)

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A photograph of a class in Honghu, Hubei, China.
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A photograph of a class in Honghu, Hubei, China.

A class in education has a variety of related meanings.

It can be the group of students which attends a specific course or lesson at an university, school or other educational institution: Ms. Daniels' second grade class, the introductory biology class I am attending.

It can refer to a course: a class in Shakespearean drama.

It can be the group of students at the same level in an institution: the freshman class; or the group of students which graduates from the institution at the same time: the class of 2005 (cf. alumnus/a).

It can also refer the a classroom, the building or venue where such a lesson is conducted.