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curriculum
noun
The subjects, learning goals, and planned course of study offered by an educational program.
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The Lesson That Would Not Sit Still · paragraph 1Planned course of study
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Return to topA syllabus commonly outlines one course; a curriculum can cover a whole educational program.
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The curriculum combines close reading with regular practice in using new vocabulary.
The studio's curriculum then sets out the subjects, learning goals, and planned sequence from simple impressions to a completed small edition.
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