CLASS (EDUCATION)

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 a university, school or other educational institution.
It can refer to a course itself: 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.