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## Target audience and purpose

We believe the curriculum is useful to several different groups of people, from students wanting to learn web development to educators wanting to put together courses to teach it. Head over to the [curriculum introduction](/curriculum) to read more about its target audience and purpose.
We believe the curriculum is useful to several different groups of people, from students wanting to learn web development to educators wanting to put together courses to teach it. Head over to the [curriculum About page](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/curriculum/about-curriculum/#target_audience) to read more about its target audience and purpose.

## Curriculum structure

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Below you'll find answers to the questions we get asked most often about the MDN Curriculum.

- [General questions](#general_questions)
- [Why doesn't the curriculum include its own learning pathway/content?](#why_doesnt_the_curriculum_include_its_own_learning_pathwaycontent)
- [Why can't the MDN Curriculum just be normal MDN content?](#why_cant_the_mdn_curriculum_just_be_normal_mdn_content)
- [Why doesn't MDN just create its own learning course?](#why_doesnt_mdn_just_create_its_own_learning_course)
- [Why isn't the MDN Curriculum included in the MDN content repo?](#why_isnt_the_mdn_curriculum_included_in_the_mdn_content_repo)
- [Scrimba partnership questions](#scrimba_partnership_questions)
- [How does MDN know Scrimba's courses are high quality and follow best practices?](#how_does_mdn_know_scrimbas_courses_are_high_quality_and_follow_best_practices)
- [Is MDN sharing user data with Scrimba?](#is_mdn_sharing_user_data_with_scrimba)
- [Scrimba's content isn't free. Doesn't this conflict with MDN's philosophy of providing free content?](#scrimbas_content_isnt_free_doesnt_this_conflict_with_mdns_philosophy_of_providing_free_content)
- [Is a certification awarded on completing Scrimba's Frontend Developer Career Path?](#is_a_certification_awarded_on_completing_scrimbas_frontend_developer_career_path)

## General questions

### Why doesn't the curriculum include its own learning pathway/content?
### Why doesn't MDN just create its own learning course?

Creating a full-fledged learning pathway to take students from nothing to getting their first job is a huge undertaking, and lots of courses exist already to serve this purpose. Also, the most successful courses of today (such as [Scrimba](https://scrimba.com/)) are dynamic multimedia affairs; MDN's core strength is written content.
Creating a full-fledged learning course to take students from beginners to getting their first job is a huge undertaking. Many courses already exist to serve this purpose. Additionally, the most successful courses today, such as those offered by [Scrimba](https://scrimba.com/), are dynamic multimedia experiences; MDN's core strength, on the other hand, lies in its written content.

MDN's main content itself contains most of the content you'd need to become a successful front-end web developer.
MDN's main content itself contains most of the material you need to become a successful front-end web developer.

We thought it would be a much better use of resources to create a curated, organized list of links to existing MDN pages and partner with existing providers, allowing us to concentrate on other efforts such as certifications and writing further curriculum enhancements.
We decided it would be a much better use of our resources to create a curated, organized list of links to existing MDN pages (hence the MDN Curriculum) and partner with existing course providers. This approach allows us to concentrate on other efforts, such as further enhancing the curriculum and developing certifications.

### Why can't the MDN Curriculum just be normal MDN content?
### Why isn't the MDN Curriculum included in the MDN content repo?

The MDN Curriculum is not suitable for inclusion inside the main MDN content. MDN's core content is contributed to by thousands of community members every year and evolves at a rapid pace. This is suitable as the web platform continues to evolve rapidly.

The curriculum however is a carefully thought-out summary of what we feel is an optimal skillset for a web developer. It therefore needs to evolve carefully, slowly, and deliberately and should be curated by a smaller number of people.

You can still contribute to the curriculum by filing an issue or raising a PR against the [curriculum repo](https://github.com/mdn/curriculum/).

## Scrimba partnership questions

### How does MDN know Scrimba's courses are high quality and follow best practices?

Scrimba already had a great reputation before we started talking to them about a partnership. However, we didn't just take the community's word for it. We did an extensive review of Scrimba's [Frontend Developer Career Path](https://v2.scrimba.com/the-frontend-developer-career-path-c0j:details) (FDCP) and provided them with feedback on possible improvements, focusing on increasing coverage of best practices and conformance to the MDN Curriculum [Core modules](/en-US/curriculum/core/). Scrimba implemented all of our feedback, and the FDCP is even better than it was before. Now that it conforms to our Curriculum Core, we are confident it aligns with MDN standards.

### Is MDN sharing user data with Scrimba?

We prioritize user privacy and transparency. The only information MDN shares with Scrimba is user navigation to Scrimba from MDN, and this happens through their own actions by following a link that is marked as external.

In cases where we embed Scrimba content on MDN, Scrimba won't see user data until a user chooses to interact with Scrimba's content.

### Scrimba's content isn't free. Doesn't this conflict with MDN's philosophy of providing free content?

A lot of Scrimba's content requires a paid subscription, but they also offer several complete courses that are free to access after you register.

It is also worth pointing out that Scrimba's courses are not necessary to make use of the MDN Curriculum — they are an enhancement for those who wish to pay for a structured course that covers the Curriculum core. You can still learn all the topics in the Curriculum for free using the recommended resources.

### Is a certification awarded on completing Scrimba's Frontend Developer Career Path?

Yes, once you complete all the topics in the Frontend Developer Career Path, you can access a certificate of completion to share with potential employers or include in your portfolio. See [Where can I find my completion certificate?](https://forum.scrimba.com/t/where-can-i-find-my-completion-certificate/43) for more information.


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