curriculum
The subjects and content taught in a school, college, or educational programme.
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IELTS use
Use this word when discussing what schools should teach, such as financial literacy, arts, physical education, coding, or life skills.
Examples
- Financial literacy should be included in the school curriculum.
- A balanced curriculum should develop both academic knowledge and practical skills.
Collocations
- school curriculum
- The school curriculum should reflect the needs of modern society.
- broaden the curriculum
- Introducing arts and sports can broaden the curriculum.
Word family
- Noun
- curriculum
- Verb
- teach
- Adjective
- curricular
- Adverb
- academically
Paraphrases
- course content: Useful when referring to what is taught in a particular course.
- school programme: A simpler phrase, but less precise.
Common mistakes
- curriculums to curricula. Curricula is the formal plural, although curriculums is also sometimes used. In IELTS writing, curricula sounds more academic.