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core curriculums

core curriculums is the plural of core curriculum.

Meaning of core curriculum

Noun

core curriculum (plural core curricula or core curriculums)

  1. The courses or other components of an educational program which are foundational, prerequisite, or mandatory, as opposed to the elective, secondary, or variable components of a program.
    • The senior high school, if free to concentrate on intensive specialized courses and a core curriculum of constants, will consummate the socially integrating influences of the elementary school.1923, James M. Glass, “The Reorganization of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Grades—Program of Studies”, in The School Review, volume 31, number 7, pages 523–524

Questions about core curriculums

What is core curriculums the plural of?
Core curriculums is the plural of core curriculum.

Words near core curriculums in the dictionary

  1. core constituents
  2. core course
  3. core courses
  4. core curricula
  5. core curriculum
  6. core curriculums
  7. core day
  8. core days
  9. core drill
  10. core drills
  11. core dump

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