A course outline is a description of the main content, organization and expected outcomes of a course, normally including the number of credits awarded, hours of class time, how it's evaluated, assignments, and texts. A course will have an official course outline from the institution and the course outline (also called a syllabus) from the instructor or professor who taught the course. 

Pro transfer tip: Keep your course outlines and submit them to the school you want to transfer to, to make it easier for your previous courses to be evaluated for transfer credit.