instruction: Next Winter , what special topics classes are there ?
response: SELECT DISTINCT course.department, course.name, course.number FROM course INNER JOIN course_offering ON course.course_id = course_offering.course_id INNER JOIN semester ON semester.semester_id = course_offering.semester WHERE (course.number = 398 OR course.number = 498 OR course.number = 598) AND course.department = 'EECS' AND semester.semester = 'Winter' AND semester.year = 2017