Course and order

[NewHope]

What does "course and order" mean?

Context:
A Discourse Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy on the Distribution of the Prizes
December 10, 1774
By the President.

Gentlemen,
When I have taken the liberty of addressing you on the course and order of your studies, I never proposed to enter into a minute detail of the art. This I have always left to the several professors, who pursue the end of our institution with the highest honour to themselves, and with the greatest advantage to the students.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by NewHope

What does "course and order" mean?

Context:
A Discourse Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy on the Distribution of the Prizes
December 10, 1774
By the President.

Gentlemen,
When I have taken the liberty of addressing you on the course and order of your studies, I never proposed to enter into a minute detail of the art. This I have always left to the several professors, who pursue the end of our institution with the highest honour to themselves, and with the greatest advantage to the students.

direction and kind/sort

[NewHope]

Thanks Casiopea.

But "order" = kind?