I need listing of essential skills and techniques that may be listed as part of a photography curriculum. Thank you.
A thorough understanding of shutter speeds, apertures, ISO and how they interact.
Exposure basics.
The basics of depth of field.
The basics of white balance
If time permits, some "traditional rules" of composition and critiques sessions of assignments designed to show that the student has an understanding of what has been taught. Make the assignments so that the students focus on a specific area. As an example, moving subjects to learn about shutter speeds.
By the time you've covered all that, the semester will be over.
This assumes of course, that you're asking about a course for novices.