Associations to the word «Syllabus»

Wiktionary

SYLLABUS, noun. A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
SYLLABUS, noun. (legal) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.

Dictionary definition

SYLLABUS, noun. An integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky