The children carried out the project as part of the school curriculum.
the National Curriculum (=the curriculum set by the government for schools in England and Wales)
the primary/secondary/high school etc curriculum (=for particular ages at school)
the undergraduate curriculum (=for a first degree at university or college)
the science/maths/history etc curriculum
The English curriculum is divided into Language and Literature.
a core/common curriculum (=the subjects that everyone must study because they are considered very important)
There has been a lot of debate on the content of the core curriculum.
an academic curriculum (=involving studying from books, not practical subjects)
They unquestioningly accept the traditional academic curriculum.
a broad/broad-based/wide curriculum (=involving a wide range of different types of subjects)
The school provides a broad curriculum with a rich choice of learning opportunities.
balanced (=with a mix of academic and practical subjects)
We want to ensure a balanced curriculum for all pupils.
narrow (=not broad enough)
Many teachers complained that the new curriculum was too narrow.
verbs
plan/develop/design a curriculum
Fifty academics have been involved in developing the new school curriculum.
follow a curriculum (=study the subjects that are in a curriculum)
Five-year-olds now follow the National Curriculum.
Examples from the Corpus
curriculum• Are politicians the best people to be developing the educationalcurriculum?• The next issue is closely related to the value issues involved in curriculumreview.• Why will the social sciences not figure more largely in the new curriculum for the 21st century?• changes to the school curriculum• That fact alone should have indicated something to parents about the curriculum in that school.• We cover the curriculum by choosing things the kids will be interested in.• The domination of the curriculum by subjects classically defined was, indeed, the most obviousfeature of the grammar-school curriculum.• On the other hand, one of the curriculumguides may represent the ideas that are especially important to me.• Fieldwork is an integral part of the curriculum and may include a foreignfield course in third year.• If education is about anything, it is surely about what is taught: the curriculum.• The curriculum includes art and music classes.• The curriculum includes an eight-week work-based experience.