"minicourse" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995 April 7, Deanna Isaacs, “Chesterton, IN”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "A day trip to Chesterton can be a self-guided minicourse in midwestern architecture, thanks to a survey of Porter County sites and structures published by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.",
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          "ref": "2007 August 31, Tamar Lewin, “N.Y.U. Plans a Branch in Abu Dhabi, Officials Say”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "[…] financial incentives would help lure dozens of New York University professors — and not just those interested in the Middle East — to the Abu Dhabi campus even if only for a semester or a January minicourse.",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "brief course",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "cursillo"
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  "word": "minicourse"
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      "word": "cursillo"
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