curriculum

/kəˈrɪkjələm/

/kəˈrɪkjələm/

Other forms: curricula; curriculums

A curriculum is a set of courses designed to give expertise, like the shoemaking curriculum at Shoe U: Advanced Cutting, Hammering, and Stitching; History of the Heel; and A Cultural History of Walking.

Curriculum comes from the Latin word for "running course," or "career," but when we talk about curriculum it's always about school. If you go to a school with a Liberal Arts curriculum, you'll get an education in the humanities with some science, but if you go to a technical school with a hard-core astrophysics curriculum, you probably won't have to take any courses on poetry.

Definitions of curriculum

1. noun

   an integrated course of academic studies
   synonyms: course of study, program, programme, syllabus

   types:

   crash course, crash program, crash programme

   a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency)

   reading program

   a program designed to teach literacy skills

   degree program

   a course of study leading to an academic degree

   type of:

   info, information

   a message received and understood