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cur⋅ric⋅u⋅lum

[kuh-rik-yuh-luhm]
–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


cur⋅ric⋅u⋅lar, adjective
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.

Curriculum

Cur*ric"u*lum\ (k?r-r?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. E. Curriculums (-l?mz), L. Curricula (-l?). [L. See Curricle.]

1. A race course; a place for running.

2. A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.
Language Translation for : curriculum
Spanish: currículum,
German: der Lehrplan,
Japanese: 教科課程

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.
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