While I read Kevin Gannon’s excellent resource article on creating a syllabus, I was on the edge of my seat with a knuckle or two in my teeth, waiting to see what he would say about putting in a ...

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Both minimalist and maximalist approaches to syllabus design have their proponents: concise syllabi are easier to navigate, while detailed ones offer a more precise picture of the course structure.