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cur⋅ric⋅u⋅lum

  [kuh-rik-yuh-luhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] , -lums.
1. the aggregate of courses of study given in a school, college, university, etc.: The school is adding more science courses to its curriculum.
2. the regular or a particular course of study in a school, college, etc.
Origin:
1625–35; < L: action of running, course of action, race, chariot, equiv. to curr(ere) to run + -i- -i- + -culum -cule 2

Related forms:
cur⋅ric⋅u⋅lar, adjective
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cur·ric·u·lum   (kə-rĭk'yə-ləm)   
n.   pl. cur·ric·u·la (-lə) or cur·ric·u·lums

  1. All the courses of study offered by an educational institution.

  2. A group of related courses, often in a special field of study: the engineering curriculum.


[Latin, course, from currere, to run; see current.]
cur·ric'u·lar (-lər) adj.
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Word Origin & History

curriculum 
1824, modern coinage from L. curriculum "a running, course, career," from currere (see current). Used as a L. word since 1633 at Scottish universities. Curriculum vitæ, lit. "course of one's life" is from 1902.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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