coursework vs course

coursework and course both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
coursework	Yes	No	No	No
course	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

coursework (noun)	course (noun)
work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course	a mode of action
	education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
	facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
	(construction) a layer of masonry
	part of a meal served at one time
	a connected series of events or actions or developments
	a body of students who are taught together
	general line of orientation
	a line or route along which something travels or moves

coursework (adverb)	course (adverb)
	as might be expected