Sure but don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. "Big bucket of courses, bring your own plan" and "here's your mass produced course plan that may or may

Sure but don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. "Big bucket of courses, bring your own plan" and "here's your mass produced course plan that may or may not be optimized for departmental needs rather than yours" are both pretty rough. A skill tree is a step up even if it needs a little (or a lot) of refinement.