University of Wisconsin-Madison · Schema
UW-Madison Public Course Search API data model
Component schemas extracted verbatim from openapi/university-of-wisconsin-madison-course-search-api-openapi.yml, a contract published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Refs are rewritten from #/$defs/ to #/$defs/; no schema was authored or altered here.
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JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-wisconsin-madison/main/json-schema/university-of-wisconsin-madison-course-search-api-schema.json",
"title": "UW-Madison Public Course Search API data model",
"description": "Component schemas extracted verbatim from openapi/university-of-wisconsin-madison-course-search-api-openapi.yml, a contract published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Refs are rewritten from #/$defs/ to #/$defs/; no schema was authored or altered here.",
"x-provenance": {
"generated": "2026-08-19",
"method": "derived",
"source": "openapi/university-of-wisconsin-madison-course-search-api-openapi.yml",
"x-operator": "institution"
},
"$defs": {
"CourseSearchRequest": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"selectedTerm"
],
"properties": {
"selectedTerm": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Term code from GET /terms.",
"example": "1266"
},
"queryString": {
"type": "string",
"example": "computer science"
},
"filters": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"page": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"pageSize": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2
},
"sortOrder": {
"type": "string",
"example": "SCORE"
}
}
},
"CourseSearchResponse": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"success": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"message": {
"type": "string",
"nullable": true
},
"found": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Total matching courses.",
"example": 226
},
"hits": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/CourseHit"
}
}
}
},
"CourseHit": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Field set observed in live responses. Types are inferred from observed values; only field names are directly verified.",
"properties": {
"termCode": {
"type": "string"
},
"courseId": {
"type": "string"
},
"subject": {
"type": "object"
},
"catalogNumber": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"minimumCredits": {
"type": "number"
},
"maximumCredits": {
"type": "number"
},
"creditRange": {
"type": "string"
},
"firstTaught": {
"type": "string"
},
"lastTaught": {
"type": "string"
},
"typicallyOffered": {
"type": "string"
},
"currentlyTaught": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"gradingBasis": {
"type": "string"
},
"repeatable": {
"type": "string"
},
"honors": {
"type": "string"
},
"levels": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"breadths": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"generalEd": {
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
},
"coreGeneralEducation": {
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
},
"ethnicStudies": {
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
},
"foreignLanguage": {
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
},
"sustainability": {
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
},
"workplaceExperience": {
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
},
"lettersAndScienceCredits": {
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
},
"openToFirstYear": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"gradCourseWork": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"approvedForTopics": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"topics": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"advisoryPrerequisites": {
"type": "string",
"nullable": true
},
"enrollmentPrerequisites": {
"type": "string",
"nullable": true
},
"courseRequirements": {
"type": "object",
"nullable": true
},
"courseDesignation": {
"type": "string"
},
"courseDesignationRaw": {
"type": "string"
},
"fullCourseDesignation": {
"type": "string"
},
"fullCourseDesignationRaw": {
"type": "string"
},
"allCrossListedSubjects": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"academicGroupCode": {
"type": "string"
},
"catalogPrintFlag": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"instructorProvidedContent": {
"type": "string",
"nullable": true
},
"lastUpdated": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64"
},
"catalogSort": {
"type": "string"
},
"subjectAggregate": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"Term": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"termCode": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1266"
},
"shortDescription": {
"type": "string",
"example": "2026 Summr"
},
"longDescription": {
"type": "string",
"example": "Summer 2026"
},
"beginDate": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64"
},
"endDate": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64"
},
"instructionBeginDate": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64"
},
"instructionEndDate": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64"
},
"academicYear": {
"type": "string",
"example": "2025-26"
},
"pastTerm": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
},
"Aggregate": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"terms": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Term"
}
},
"subjects": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"sessions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"specialGroups": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
}
}
}
}
}