syllabus
noun/ˈsɪləbəs/
/ˈsɪləbəs/
(plural syllabuses, less frequent syllabi
/ˈsɪləbaɪ/
/ˈsɪləbaɪ/
)- a list of the topics, books, etc. that students should study in a particular subject at school or college
- on the syllabus American history will be on the syllabus next term.
Collocations EducationEducationLearningcompare curriculum- acquire/get/lack (an) education/training/(British English) (some) qualifications
- receive/provide somebody with training/tuition
- develop/design/plan a curriculum/(especially British English) course/(North American English) program/syllabus
- give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar
- hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop
- sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons
- go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school
- be in (North American English) the first, second, etc. grade/(British English) year 1, 2. etc. (at school)
- study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc.
- (British English) leave/finish/drop out of/ (North American English) quit school
- (North American English) graduate high school/college
- be the victim/target of bullying
- (British English) play truant from/ (both British English, informal) bunk off/skive off school (= not go to school when you should)
- (both especially North American English) skip/cut class/school
- (British English) cheat in/(North American English) cheat on an exam/a test
- get/be given a detention (for doing something)
- be expelled from/be suspended from school
- do your homework/(British English) revision/a project on something
- work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/(North American English) a paper
- finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies/coursework
- hand in/ (North American English) turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper
- study/prepare/ (British English) revise/ (North American English) review/ (North American English, informal) cram for a test/an exam
- take/ (both British English) do/sit a test/an exam
- (especially British English) mark/ (especially North American English) grade homework/a test
- (British English) do well in/ (North American English) do well on/ (especially North American English, informal) ace a test/an exam
- pass/fail/ (especially North American English, informal) flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject
- apply to/get into/go to/start college/(British English) university
- leave/graduate from law school/college/(British English) university (with a degree in computer science)
- study for/take/ (British English) do/complete a law degree/a degree in physics
- (both North American English) major/minor in biology/philosophy
- earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master’s degree/a bachelor’s degree/a PhD in economics
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc1- Does the syllabus cover modern literature?
- How can computer skills be integrated into the syllabus?
- Professors will want to develop their own course syllabuses.
- Students do different syllabuses according to their ability.
- The courses do not follow the syllabus of any particular examination board.
- There is little time to depart from the syllabus.
- This period of history was not examined under the old syllabus.
- A group of experienced teachers were asked to design a new English syllabus.
- The current history syllabus has a pretty narrow focus.
- They stick rigidly to the official syllabus.
- We practised using some of the questions from last year's syllabus.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- class
- course
- exam
- …
- design
- develop
- write
- …
- contain something
- cover something
- include something
- …
- design
- content
- from syllabus
- in a/the syllabus
- on a/the syllabus
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘concise table of headings of a discourse’): modern Latin, originally a misreading of Latin sittybas, accusative plural of sittyba, from Greek sittuba ‘title slip, label’.
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