noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ broad , broadly based , wide
▪ narrow
▪
Teachers feel that the present ~ is too narrow.
▪ core
▪
Students choose from optional subjects in addition to the core ~.
▪ national , official
▪ mainstream
▪
His disability does not prevent him from following the mainstream ~.
▪ standard
▪ traditional
▪ academic , educational
▪ college , school , university
▪ primary , secondary (both esp. BrE )
▪ elementary-school , high-school , middle-school ( all in the US )
▪ undergraduate
▪ course
▪ English , geography , mathematics , etc.
▪ comprehensive , rigorous (both AmE )
▪ hidden
▪
Children learn many of their attitudes to life from the hidden ~ at school.
VERB + CURRICULUM
▪ create , design , develop , plan
▪ broaden
▪ change , revise
▪ implement
▪ introduce sth into
▪
Chinese has been introduced into the ~ as an option.
▪ teach
▪ follow
▪ offer
CURRICULUM + NOUN
▪ content , subjects
▪ area
▪ materials
▪ design , development , planning
▪ aims , objectives
▪ change , reform , review
▪ committee ( AmE )
▪ guide , specialist (both AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ across the ~
▪
Students use computers across the ~ (= in all or most subjects) .
▪ in a/the ~ ( AmE ), on a/the ~ ( BrE )
▪
Spanish is in the ~.
▪
They all have to study French because it's on the ~.
▪ within a/the ~
▪
the balance of subjects within the ~
PHRASES
▪ areas of the ~
▪
We cover all areas of the ~.