Breadcrumb Home Faculty and Staff Course Section Management Course Section Management Faculty and Staff Course Section Management Previously called Course Offerings, Course Section Management provides information about course section components and detailed course section set-up help guides, which include textbook/resource procedures and course cancellation information. Contact Hours and Meeting Patterns Every course must meet a certain number of contact hours to meet semester hours criteria. Course Section Components Course section offerings contain specific course, subject, and section information per session offered. Course Section Help Guides The University of Iowa has designed MAUI to assist in course section creation and planning, along with other functions.