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core curriculum

The definition of core curriculum is a set of courses that are considered basic and essential for future class work and graduation.

(noun)

Math, science, English, history and geography are an example of core curriculum in a middle school or high school.

See core curriculum in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a set of school or college courses in subjects considered essential to a suitable education, as in providing necessary skills or common cultural knowledge

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