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Section

Overview​

Sections are the lowest level unit of organization for a class at UT Dallas. A Section represents a specific instance of a course taught during a specific semester by a specific professor, at a specific time.

You are able to query for a Section by:

  • Query Parameters
  • ID

Each of these methods has its own API endpoint to get the requested data.

GET /section​

The default endpoint for /section returns a list of sections matching the set of query parameters provided.

Below is a list of all of the parameters that can be used to refine your query:

Parameters​

NameDescriptionExample
section_numberThe section's official number/section?section_number=002
course_referenceAn id that points to the course in MongoDB that this section is an instantiation of/section?course_reference=61ebbb126e3659537e8adsdss
academic_session.nameThe name of the academic session of the section/section?academic_session.name=Spring 2022
academic_session.start_dateThe name of the academic session of the section/section?academic_session.start_date=January 18, 2022
academic_session.end_dateThe name of the academic session of the section/section?academic_session.end_date=January 18, 2022
professorsOne of the professors teaching the section/section?professors=61ebbb126e3659537e8a14d8
teaching_assistants.first_nameThe first name of one of the teaching assistants of the section/section?teaching_assistants.first_name=John
teaching_assistants.last_nameThe last name of one of the teaching assistants of the section/section?teaching_assistants.last_name=Doe
teaching_assistants.roleThe role of one of the teaching assistants of the section/section?teaching_assistants.role=Teaching Assistant
teaching_assistants.emailThe email of one of the teaching assistants of the section/section?teaching_assistants.email=xxx555555@utdallas.edu
internal_class_numberThe internal (university) number used to reference this section/section?internal_class_number=82785
instruction_modeThe instruction modality for this section./section?instruction_mode=Traditional
meetings.start_dateThe start date of one of the section's meetings/section?meetings.start_date=January 18, 2022
meetings.end_dateThe end date of one of the section's meetings/section?meetings.end_date=January 18, 2022
meetings.meeting_daysOne of the days that one of the section's meetings/section?meetings.meeting_days=Monday
meetings.start_timeThe time one of the section's meetings starts/section?meetings.start_time=10:00am
meetings.end_timeThe time one of the section's meetings ends/section?meetings.end_time=11:15am
meetings.modalityThe modality of one of the section's meetings/section?meetings.modality=traditional
meetings.location.buildingThe building of one of the section's meetings/section?meetings.location.building=SLC
meetings.location.roomThe room of one of the section's meetings/section?meetings.location.room=2.203
meetings.location.map_uriA hyperlink to the UTD room locator of one of the section's meetings/section?meetings.location.map_uri=https://locator.utdallas.edu/SLC_2.203
core_flagsOne of core requirement codes this section fulfills/section?core_flags=020
syllabus_uriA link to the syllabus on the web/section?syllabus_uri=https://dox.utdallas.edu/syl118093

Example Response​

200 Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": [
    {
      "_id": "62410a21e27d0c74c4093d59",
      "academic_session": {
        "end_date": "December 14, 2017",
        "name": "17F",
        "start_date": "August 21, 2017"
      },
      "attributes": {
        "raw_attributes": []
      },
      "core_flags": [],
      "course_reference": "62410a21e27d0c74c4093d5a",
      "section_number": "001",
      "grade_distribution": [0, 22, 5, 3, 9, 4, 2, 5, 2, 1, 0, 2, 5, 0],
      "instruction_mode": "Face-to-Face",
      "internal_class_number": "84150",
      "meetings": [
        {
          "end_date": "December 6, 2017",
          "end_time": "8:50am",
          "location": {
            "building": "JSOM",
            "map_uri": "https://locator.utdallas.edu/SOM_12.202",
            "room": "12.202"
          },
          "meeting_days": ["Monday", "Wednesday", "Friday"],
          "modality": null,
          "start_date": "August 21, 2017",
          "start_time": "8:00am"
        }
      ],
      "professors": ["62410a21e27d0c74c4093d5b"],
      "section_corequisites": {
        "options": [],
        "type": "collection"
      },
      "syllabus_uri": "https://dox.utdallas.edu/syl69227",
      "teaching_assistants": []
    },
    {
      // ...
    }
  ]
}

GET /section/{id}​

This endpoint returns a single Section with a primary key matching {id}.

Parameters​

This endpoint accepts a single route parameter: id. This is passed into the endpoint path.

NameDescriptionExample
idID of the section to get/section/62410a21e27d0c74c4093d59

Example Response​

200 Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "_id": "62410a21e27d0c74c4093d59",
    "academic_session": {
      "end_date": "December 14, 2017",
      "name": "17F",
      "start_date": "August 21, 2017"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "raw_attributes": []
    },
    "core_flags": [],
    "course_reference": "62410a21e27d0c74c4093d5a",
    "section_number": "001",
    "grade_distribution": [0, 22, 5, 3, 9, 4, 2, 5, 2, 1, 0, 2, 5, 0],
    "instruction_mode": "Face-to-Face",
    "internal_class_number": "84150",
    "meetings": [
      {
        "end_date": "December 6, 2017",
        "end_time": "8:50am",
        "location": {
          "building": "JSOM",
          "map_uri": "https://locator.utdallas.edu/SOM_12.202",
          "room": "12.202"
        },
        "meeting_days": ["Monday", "Wednesday", "Friday"],
        "modality": null,
        "start_date": "August 21, 2017",
        "start_time": "8:00am"
      }
    ],
    "professors": ["62410a21e27d0c74c4093d5b"],
    "section_corequisites": {
      "options": [],
      "type": "collection"
    },
    "syllabus_uri": "https://dox.utdallas.edu/syl69227",
    "teaching_assistants": []
  }
}