curriculum
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//kəˈɹɪk.jʊ.ləm//
- United States//kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm//
The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
noun
- 1
The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
Perhaps someday my old US history teacher, and men like him, will use The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression in their courses to balance the many explicitly pro–New Deal and prointerventionist texts and presentations that dominate public-school curricula today.
Bluebonnet Learning materials will be part of a menu of curriculums available for school districts to use. […] Staci Childs, a member of the board who voted against Bluebonnet, told CNN Friday that although the curriculum is optional, she expects most districts will adopt it given the “huge financial implications” of the incentive.
- 2
The set of standards schools are required to teach all students.
Drawing on texts recommended in curricula and controlling for two countries with benchmarked curricula improves the external representativeness of the corpus.
- 3
obsoleteA racecourse; a place for running.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”). Doublet of curricle.
Forms
- plural
- curricula, curriculums
curriculum · The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
curry · One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine,…Curry · A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Comhraidhe…curse · A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.