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[Bug]: Special topics names show up in search

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#574 opened on Feb 24, 2026

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Description

What did you expect to happen?

Context: Special topics courses are advanced courses with a different topic for each section with a name in the format "Special Topics in Computer Science - " such as "Special Topics in Computer Science - Recent Trends in Datacenter Networks"

When I search for a special topics course, I'm searching for the general course, not a specific special topic. Yet one of the topics shows up in the search, not just "Special Topics in Computer Science".

What happened?

We've implemented removing these topics in the CourseOverview component: src\components\overview\CourseOverview\CourseOverview.tsx. Do something similar in the src\scripts\generateCourseNameTable.ts script.

Verify that all split courses are special topics courses, as in there are no other courses with dashes that should not be split.

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trends.utdnebula.com

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Examine how CourseOverview.tsx removes special topics from display, then implement similar logic in generateCourseNameTable.ts to filter special topics during search indexing. Verify that all split courses are indeed special topics.
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