This document discusses the fundamentals of curriculum design. It defines curriculum as the "heart" of any learning institution. The fundamentals of curriculum design include: 1) Diagnosing needs to align the curriculum with learner and societal needs. 2) Formulating objectives to determine what students should achieve. 3) Selecting relevant content and organizing it to develop cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills. 4) Choosing learning experiences, both theoretical and practical, based on principles and criteria to help students achieve the objectives. The overall goal is to effectively structure different components of the curriculum.