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The Curriculum

Illinois College of Agriculture

Abstract

A curriculum (often called a course of study), according to a modern definition is any systematic and schematic arrangement of courses which extends through a number of years and which leads to a certificate or diploma, and which is planned for any clearly differentiated group of students. Administratively a curriculum represents an arrangement of courses within which a student is restricted in his choice of work leading to graduation.

A little more than a year ago, a college officer spoke of curriculum-making as the "favorite indoor sport" of educators. He asserted that as a game it ranks with jig-sawed pictures and "pigs in clover." He also said that it is not yet entirely clear whether this game should be played according to Hoyle or Marquis of Queensbury rules. "The scores are published in our annual bulletins and catalogs. Unfortunately no clear method of recording results has been devised. It is, therefore, hard to make comparisons, and no national champion has ever been declared."