Curriculum Definition

kə-rĭkyə-ləm
curricula, curriculums
noun
curricula, curriculums
A fixed series of studies required, as in a college, for graduation, qualification in a major field of study, etc.
Webster's New World
All of the courses, collectively, offered in a school, college, etc., or in a particular subject.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
curriculum
Plural:
curricula, curriculums

Origin of Curriculum

  • From Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin course from currere to run current

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Curriculum Sentence Examples

  • The old curriculum of the Real schools is now superseded.

  • Their curriculum comprised all the usual courses of instruction, except theology.

  • They give an education similar to that offered in the lyces for boys with certain modificationsin a curriculum of five or six years.

  • During recent years chemistry has become one of the most important subjects in the curriculum of technical schools and universities, and at the present time no general educational institution is complete until it has its full equipment of laboratories and lecture theatres.

  • He studied at the famous mining academy of Freiberg, in Saxony, and on completing his curriculum travelled in Germany and France.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUR

Words Ending With

MUMLUM

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Words Starting With C and Ending With M

Starts With C & Ends With MStarts With CU & Ends With MStarts With C & Ends With UM

Word Length

10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With C10 Letter Words Ending With M