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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats