Definitions for Curriculumkəˈrɪk yə ləm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cur•ric•u•lumkəˈrɪk yə ləm(n.)(pl.)-la; -lums.

  1. the aggregate of courses of study given in a school, college, etc.

    Category: Education

  2. the regular or a particular course of study in a school, college, etc.

    Category: Education

Origin of curriculum:

1625–35; < L: action of running, course of action, race, chariot =curr(ere) to run +-i- -i - +-culum -cle2

cur•ric′u•lar(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus(noun)

    an integrated course of academic studies

    "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. curriculum(noun)əˈrɪk yə ləm

    all subjects taught in a particular school system, college, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. curriculum(Noun)

    The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.

  2. Origin: From curriculum, derived from curro.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Curriculum(noun)

    a race course; a place for running

  2. Curriculum(noun)

    a course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Curriculum

    A course of study offered by an educational institution.


Translations for Curriculum

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

curriculum(noun)

a course, especially of study at school or university

They are changing the curriculum.

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