Rice University

Rice University Course Schedule

Public course catalog and schedule search at courses.rice.edu, exposing term, subject, and catalog query parameters via the SWKSCAT endpoint. It is a web query interface rather than a formally documented REST/JSON API, but returns structured course data including CRN, meeting times, and credits.

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Documentation
https://registrar.rice.edu/students/courses

Other Resources

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Website
https://courses.rice.edu/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: rice:course-schedule
name: Rice University Course Schedule
description: Public course catalog and schedule search at courses.rice.edu, exposing term, subject, and
  catalog query parameters via the SWKSCAT endpoint. It is a web query interface rather than a formally
  documented REST/JSON API, but returns structured course data including CRN, meeting times, and credits.
humanURL: https://courses.rice.edu/
baseURL: https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat
tags:
- Courses
- Catalog
- Registrar
- Schedule
- Education
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://registrar.rice.edu/students/courses
- type: Website
  url: https://courses.rice.edu/