syllabus

An outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study.

A summary or abstract of the legal rulings contained in a published judicial case opinion.

A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, the main propositions of a course of lectures, etc.; an abstract; a table of statements contained in any writing, of a scheme of lessons, or the like.

In the Roman Catholic Church, a summary statement and enumeration of the points decided by an act or decree of ecclesiastical authority; specifically, a catalogue formulating eighty heresies condemned by Pope Pius IX. in 1864, annexed to the encyclical letter Quanta Cura. See the quotation.

Synonyms Compendium, Epitome. See abridgment.

A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely explanatory of the former.

A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.

an integrated course of academic studies