Course

An academic Course at Waterloo, a Course can be scheduled to become a Class

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Properties

Name Type Description
courseId stringnull Course Id that identifies this Course, not unique across terms
courseOfferNumber integer Course Offer Number identifies cross-listed and similar Courses that shared a Course Id in a Term
termCode stringnull Waterloo Term code for which this Course data applies
termName stringnull Waterloo Term name for which this Course data applies
associatedAcademicCareer stringnull Academic Career code associated with Course
associatedAcademicGroupCode stringnull The Academic Group code that is assocaited to this Course
associatedAcademicOrgCode stringnull The Academic Organization code that is associated to this Course
subjectCode stringnull The Subject code for this Course
catalogNumber stringnull The Catalog Number for this Course
title stringnull Course title, full name of course
descriptionAbbreviated stringnull Short description of the course, often an abbreviation of the title
description stringnull Description of the Course content and topics
gradingBasis stringnull Code to describe the grading basis for this course, can be overriden at Class level
courseComponentCode stringnull Course Component Code that describes if the course is a lecture, tutorial, etc.
enrollConsentCode stringnull Code describing whether No, Instructor, or Department consent to enroll is required. Can be overwridden at Class level.
enrollConsentDescription stringnull Description of the enroll requirement. Can be overwridden at Class level.
dropConsentCode stringnull Code describing whether No, Instructor, or Department consent to drop is required. Can be overwridden at Class level.
dropConsentDescription stringnull Description of the drop requirement. Can be overwridden at Class level.
requirementsDescription stringnull Description of the Course requirements, such as pre-requisites, anti-requisites, and co-requisites
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/university-of-waterloo/json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json",
  "title": "Course",
  "description": "An academic Course at Waterloo, a Course can be scheduled to become a Class",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "courseId": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Course Id that identifies this Course, not unique across terms"
    },
    "courseOfferNumber": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Course Offer Number identifies cross-listed and similar Courses that shared a Course Id in a Term",
      "format": "int32"
    },
    "termCode": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Waterloo Term code for which this Course data applies"
    },
    "termName": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Waterloo Term name for which this Course data applies"
    },
    "associatedAcademicCareer": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Academic Career code associated with Course"
    },
    "associatedAcademicGroupCode": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The Academic Group code that is assocaited to this Course"
    },
    "associatedAcademicOrgCode": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The Academic Organization code that is associated to this Course"
    },
    "subjectCode": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The Subject code for this Course"
    },
    "catalogNumber": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The Catalog Number for this Course"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Course title, full name of course"
    },
    "descriptionAbbreviated": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Short description of the course, often an abbreviation of the title"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Description of the Course content and topics"
    },
    "gradingBasis": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Code to describe the grading basis for this course, can be overriden at Class level"
    },
    "courseComponentCode": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Course Component Code that describes if the course is a lecture, tutorial, etc."
    },
    "enrollConsentCode": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Code describing whether No, Instructor, or Department consent to enroll is required. Can be overwridden at Class level."
    },
    "enrollConsentDescription": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Description of the enroll requirement. Can be overwridden at Class level.",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "dropConsentCode": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Code describing whether No, Instructor, or Department consent to drop is required. Can be overwridden at Class level."
    },
    "dropConsentDescription": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Description of the drop requirement. Can be overwridden at Class level.",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "requirementsDescription": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Description of the Course requirements, such as pre-requisites, anti-requisites, and co-requisites"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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