curriculum

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The set of subjects and courses taught at a school, college, or university.

   Math and science are part of the school curriculum.

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Simplified etymology

Curriculum is Latin for a “course, career, running,” or “chariot race.” Scottish universities used it in an academic sense in Latin records from the 17th century, and it entered English in the early 19th century. The phrase curriculum vitae, literally “course of life,” preserves the underlying image of a course or career.

Borrowed from Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”). Doublet of curricle.

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