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[kuh-rik-yuh-luh

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noun, plural -la

[-luh] , -lums.

the aggregate of courses of study given in a school, college, university, etc.: The school is adding more science courses to its curriculum.

the regular or a particular course of study in a school, college, etc.

Origin:
1625–35; < Latin: action of running, course of action, race, chariot, equivalent to curr(ere) to run + -i- -i- + -culum -cule²

Related forms

cur·ric·u·lar, adjective

pre·cur·ric·u·lar, adjective

pre·cur·ric·u·lum, noun, plural -lums, -la.

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curriculum (kəˈrɪkjʊləm)

—n , pl -la, -lums
1.	a course of study in one subject at a school or college
2.	a list of all the courses of study offered by a school or college
3.	any programme or plan of activities

[C19: from Latin: course, from currere to run]

cur'ricular

—*adj*

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curriculum

1824, modern coinage from L. curriculum "a running, course, career," from currere (see current). Used in English as a Latin word since 1630s at Scottish universities.

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"We were soundly taught and the curriculum carried no hint that we were young women and not young men. We were not corrupted by home economics or dressmaking or cookery or any such soft substitute for hard thinking. We were compelled to take sciences whether we liked them or not, and mathematics and Latin were emphasized and excellently administered. Each year the student body petitioned for a course in home economics, for in that day no girl thought it possible that she might not marry, and each year the faculty sternly refused to yield to the request."

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