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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" [syn: course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural curricula; also -lums) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, running, course Date: 1824 1. the courses offered by an educational institution 2. a set of courses constituting an area of specialization

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. curricula) 1 the subjects that are studied or prescribed for study in a school (not part of the school curriculum). 2 any programme of activities. Derivatives: curricular adj. Etymology: L, = course, race-chariot, f. currere run

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(curriculums, or curricula) 1. A curriculum is all the different courses of study that are taught in a school, college, or university. Russian is the one compulsory foreign language on the school curriculum. N-COUNT see also National Curriculum 2. A particular curriculum is one particular course of study that is taught in a school, college, or university. ...the history curriculum. = syllabus N-COUNT: usu n N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Course of studies.

Moby Thesaurus

academic specialty, area, classical education, core curriculum, course, course of study, discipline, elective, field, general education, general studies, humanities, liberal arts, major, minor, proseminar, quadrivium, refresher course, scientific education, seminar, specialty, study, subdiscipline, subject, technical education, trivium