From my point of view - minimisation all types "WIP" - "Work In Progress" (term from Lean / Kanban Management) - can be good idea for education. It is not easy - curricula must be projectzed as a real PERT diagram in project management - with all necessary predecessors and successors (incuding links between some "knoeledge elements" in different courses/disciplines). It is possible as a "blended approach" - annual system with flexible set of couses as "modules". It can be named "Lean Education".