reg_ex = '[a-zA-Z0-9][^ ^\n]*'
    course_num = '[A-Z]{4}\xa0\d{5}'
    #ls = [x for x in text if x not in course_num]
    #print(ls)
    nums = (re.findall(course_num, text)[0].replace('\xa0', ' ').split(' '))
    #final_text = re.findall(reg_ex, text)
    #nums = (re.findall(course_num, text))
    other = (re.findall("[a-zA-Z0-9]\w+", text))
    #print(other)

    return [x.lower() for x in other if (x not in INDEX_IGNORE) and (x not in nums)]