Course
Overview
A Course represents a course available at the University of Texas at Dallas. A Course should not be confused with a Section, which is the actual instantiation of a Course with a professor and dedicated meeting times.
Properties
| Name | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| _id | ObjectId | The MongoDB database id for the Course object. | ObjectId("61ebbb126e3659537e8a14d6") |
| course_number | String | The course's official number. | 2417 |
| subject_prefix | String | The course's subject prefix. | MATH |
| title | String | The course's title. | Calculus I |
| description | String | The course's description. | Functions, limits, continuity, differentiation; integration of... |
| school | String | The course's school. | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
| credit_hours | String | The number of credit hours awarded by successful completion of the course. Will be "V" if variable credit hours. | V |
| class_level | String | The level of education that this course course corresponds to. | "Undergraduate" |
| activity_type | String | The type of class this course corresponds to. | Lecture |
| grading | String | The grading status of this course. | Graded |
| internal_course_number | String | The internal (university) number used to reference this course. | 008613 |
| prerequisites | CollectionRequirement | A collection of prerequisites that must be met before a student may enroll in a section of this course. | N/A |
| corequisites | CollectionRequirement | A collection of all requirements that must be met while a student enrolls in a section of this course. | N/A |
| co_or_prerequisites | CollectionRequirement | A collection of all requirements that must be met either before or while a student enrolls in a section of this course. | N/A |
| sections | Array - ObjectId | An array of all the sections of this course in the API. | N/A |
| lecture_contact_hours | String | The weekly contact hours in lecture for a course. This information is outlined in the UTD Course Policies page. | 2 |
| laboratory_contact_hours | String | The weekly contact hours in laboratory for a course. This information is outlined in the UTD Course Policies page. | 4 |
| offering_frequency | String | The frequency of offering a course. The meanings of each letter can be found in the UTD Course Policies page. | S (Other options include Y, T, R) |
| attributes | Object | Space for additional data describing the course not listed elsewhere. | N/A |