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curriculum

/kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/

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What does curriculum mean?

noun

  1. The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
  2. The set of standards schools are required to teach all students.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.

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/kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/

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The laws of Harmony are part of the curriculum of all schools, and all necessary paraphernalia for its proper exposition are provided.
J. L. KennonThe Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a Psychic RevelationProject Gutenberg ebook #563
He left me practically a free hand, so long as I satisfied the school curriculum, which was very modest in those days.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
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It also gave the opportunity of personally gauging certain qualities of the men, which are not usually evoked by a university curriculum.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
He entered the hospital with a scholarship, and during the five years of the curriculum gained every prize that was open to him.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222
As matter of fact, such schemes of values of studies are largely but unconscious justifications of the curriculum with which one is familiar.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852