syllabus
noun
[ ˈsɪləbəs ]
• the subjects in a course of study or teaching.
• "there isn't time to cover the syllabus"
• (in the Roman Catholic Church) a summary of points decided by papal decree regarding heretical doctrines or practices.
Origin:
mid 17th century (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’.
