practicum

Meanings

1. A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
2. A science exam in which students are questioned about specimens or other objects placed in front of them.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Praktikum, a coinage from the neuter of Late Latin practicus (“practical”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”).