# curriculum

Pronunciation: say "kuh-RIK-yuh-luhm" US /kəˈɹɪkjələm/, UK /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/

## Noun

1. The full range of classes, assigned work, and subject matter offered by a school or university. *(US)*
   - Simple: All the classes and subjects that a school or college teaches.
   - _The university revised its curriculum to include more lab-based courses._
   - _Teachers spent the summer redesigning the math curriculum for ninth graders._
2. The prescribed body of knowledge and skills, often set nationally, that every school must cover with all its pupils. *(Australia, Canada, UK)*
   - Simple: The list of things that the government says all schools must teach.
   - _The government updated the national curriculum to include financial literacy._
   - _Schools across the country must teach the curriculum to every pupil._

## Noun

3. A racecourse, or any place laid out for running. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A track or course where races are run.
   - _Spectators gathered at the curriculum to watch the chariots race at dawn._
   - _The young men trained each morning on the curriculum near the river._

## Origin

Borrowed from the Latin "curriculum" ("course"), which derives from "currō" ("to run, move quickly"). It is a doublet of "curricle."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/curriculum (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).