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Curriculum vs Practicum - What's the difference?

curriculum | practicum |

As nouns the difference between curriculum and practicum

is that curriculum is curriculum vitae while practicum is (us) a college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.

curriculum

English

(wikipedia curriculum)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.
  • (obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.

    • Derived terms

    * core curriculum * curriculum vitae * extracurricular

    practicum

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
  • (US) A science exam in which students are questioned about specimens or other objects placed in front of them.

    • Synonyms

    * (college course) (British) work placement