What is the difference between a syllabus and a curriculum?

On the college
level, a syllabus is not only a breakdown of the weekly assignments, readings, papers, text
chapters, etc., but also a legal contract between student and college; it includes a statement
about accomodating students with special educational needs, a statement describing grading
criteria, etc.; it is designed semester by semester or quarter by quarter, individually for each
class.  A curriculum (circle of study) is a series of offered courses leading to a
specialization--for example, a curriculum in Shakespeare would include a course (with a
syllabus) in tragedies, a course in comedies, a course in histories, etc. This is the
fundamental difference.