function special_topics_load_data_hand()
{
  // special_topics_course_add(COURSE_NUM, NAME, DESCRIPTION, WEB_PATH)
  //
  // COURSE_NUM:
  //  The course number. Add this carefully, it is used for
  //  retrieving the time, room number, etc.
  //
  // NAME:
  //  The course name. It does NOT have to match the name in schedule book.
  //  Can contain html markup.
  //
  // DESCRIPTION:
  //  A brief (about one line) description.  Can contain html markup.
  //
  // WEB_PATH: (optional, even if INSTRUCTOR provided)
  //  The path to a Web page providing more information. This could be
  //  a syllabus in PDF or the course home page. Specify everything after
  //  the domain name.  That is, if the URL were
  //  "http://www.ece.lsu.edu/ee4720/index.html" then the value for WEB_PATH
  //  would be "ee4720/index.html".
  //
  // INSTRUCTOR: (optional)
  //  The name of the instructor. This will override the name provided
  //  in the University scheduling booklet. Set it when the name their
  //  is incorrect or TBA.

  special_topics_semester_specify("Fall 2009");

  special_topics_course_add
    ("EE 4702-1",
     "GPU Programming",
     "Programming graphics processing units for high performance animation and non-graphical computation. Course will cover OpenGL, OpenGL Shader Language, and CUDA.",
     'koppel/gpup/'
     );

  special_topics_course_add
    ("EE 4700-2",
     "Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics",
     "Introductory course on modeling and computer graphics. To teach how you design your own graphics modeling interface and/or use modeling/rendering software to build/edit forms, render beautiful pictures, and generate real-time animations.",
     'http://www.ece.lsu.edu/xinli/teaching/EE4700_Fall2009.htm');

  special_topics_course_add
    ("EE 7000-1",
     "Software Optimizations for Multicore",
     "To familiarize the student with techniques used in software optimizations for a variety multicore architectures including general-purpose multicore, GPGPUs.",
     'http://www.ece.lsu.edu/jxr/courses/7000-mcore/');
}