These courses, such as readings and seminars, are generally more loosely structured than regular university offerings. Students meet with instructors either individually or in small groups. A variety of subjects may be offered under the same open-ended course number. There are two types of open-ended courses: individualized courses and group-oriented courses.

Individualized Courses

Courses may be left under generic CRNs with the instructors listed as STAFF until specific course title and instructor information is entered on SFAINDV. Certain individualized courses may not have specific titles added.

They may be treated as regular courses if a particular instructor will be working with several students on the same subject matter. In that case, specific sections must be set up for each separate topic and not left under the general STAFF section CRN.

Individualized courses can have more descriptive titles added, but must include the following required abbreviation:

There are individualized courses for which titles cannot be changed. These are:

Group-Oriented Courses

These courses cannot be treated as individualized courses, but require the use of an abbreviated general title as the first word of the specific course title, as listed below. The abbreviation must be included in the 22-character limit.