body {
  background: #ddd;
}

#menu {
  width: 12em;
  border: medium solid #3a3;
  background: #fff;
  top: 1em;
  left: 1em;
  position: absolute;
}

#menu ul {
  /* padding-left: 2em; */
}

#main_content {
  top: 1em;
  left: 14em;
  width: auto;
  border: medium solid #3a3;
  background: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  margin-right: 1em;
  padding: 0em 1em;
}


table#syllabus_table {
    border: 1px solid black;
}

table#syllabus_table th {
    text-align: left;
}

table#syllabus_table td {
    border-top: 1px solid black;
    padding: 0.4em;
}

th.description {
    width: 70%;
}