Define: Educational Course

How is Educational Course defined in a legal contract?

• Educational Course means any plugin, extension, or other software created to work with products and services that offer educational content. Seen in 11 SEC filings
• Educational Course means a course taken by the participant under any university's reduced fee policy, professional development programs, or at another educational institution. Educational Courses include graduate-level courses usually taken by an individual pursuing a series of courses leading to a law, business, medical, or another advanced academic or professional degree. Any course pertaining to a sport, game, or hobby is excluded unless such course is required as part of a degree program. Seen in 7 SEC filings
• Educational Course means any university graduate-level course of a kind normally taken by an individual pursuing a program leading to a law, business, medical, or other advanced academic or professional degree. Any course pertaining to a sport, game, or hobby is excluded. Seen in 6 SEC filings
• Educational Course means any course of instruction taken by a participant at an educational institution that is relevant to the participant’s current position or is directed towards a degree program. A course instructing the participant in any sport, game or hobby, is excluded unless it is related to the participant's job or is required for a degree program. However, the term does include education that instructs participants how to maintain or improve health, so long it does not involve the use of athletic facilities or is not recreational. Seen in 2 SEC filings
• Educational Course means any business-related course taken by a participant at an accredited institution, except for a course that instructs the participant in any sport, game or hobby. The participant whose job is to instruct students in the aforementioned activities are not precluded from reimbursement for such courses. Seen in 1 SEC filing
• Educational Course means a course taken by a participant at a university, excluding any course which instructs the participant in any sport, game, or hobby unless such is part of a degree program or is excluded under a specific policy. Seen in 1 SEC filing
• Educational Course means a program or course offered by an accredited educational institution that is recognized for contributing to improving the skill and knowledge of an employee. Seen in 1 SEC filing
• Educational Course means any course offered for academic credit at an accredited institution as part of an associate, baccalaureate, or post-graduate degree, excluding any course that instructs the participant in any sport, game, or hobby. Seen in 1 SEC filing

Note: The Genie AI Legal Assistant pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

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Genie Definition 1

Educational Course means a program or course, focused on improving the skill and knowledge of a participant, offered by an accredited institution.

Relevant Contract Types

• Employment Contract
• Consultancy Agreement
• Professional Development Agreement
• Corporate Training Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• When an organization is hiring an employee and wants to offer professional development or continuing education as a part of the employment package.
• When a consultancy is offering an accredited course as part of their service to the client company.
• When a company is setting up corporate training sessions and wants to certify this training by an accredited institution.

Relevant Sectors

• Education
• Corporate Training
• Business Consultancy

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Genie Definition 2

Educational Course means a course relevant to a participant's current role or towards a degree program, excluding courses focused on sport, game, or hobby, unless part of a degree program.

Relevant Contract Types

• Tuition Reimbursement Agreement
• Employee Development Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• When a company is offering to reimburse tuition fees for a course that is relevant to the employee's job or towards a degree program.
• When a company is encouraging their employee's professional development with specific career-related or role-specific courses.

Relevant Sectors

• Human Resources
• Corporate Training
• Education

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