University of Maryland College Park · Schema

Section

Represents a single section of a University of Maryland course in the umd.io API.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
course	string	The associated course id.
section_id	string	A unique section identifier, always the course_id with a four-digit section number appended to it.
semester	string	Numeric representation of the semester, in format YYYYMM.
number	string	The four-digit section number, the other half of section_id.
seats	string	The number of seats for the section.
meetings	array	Array of section meetings.
open_seats	string	The number of open seats for the section.
waitlist	string	The number of people on the waitlist.
instructors	array	An array of professor names for the section.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api.umd.io/v1/schemas/section.json",
  "title": "Section",
  "description": "Represents a single section of a University of Maryland course in the umd.io API.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "course": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The associated course id.",
      "examples": ["ENGL101"]
    },
    "section_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A unique section identifier, always the course_id with a four-digit section number appended to it.",
      "examples": ["ENGL101-0101"]
    },
    "semester": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Numeric representation of the semester, in format YYYYMM.",
      "examples": ["201501"]
    },
    "number": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The four-digit section number, the other half of section_id."
    },
    "seats": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The number of seats for the section."
    },
    "meetings": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of section meetings.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "days": { "type": "string", "description": "Days of the week the section meets (combination of M, Tu, W, Th, F)." },
          "room": { "type": "string", "description": "The room number the meeting is in." },
          "building": { "type": "string", "description": "The building the meeting is in." },
          "classtype": { "type": "string", "description": "Lecture, Discussion, Lab, etc." },
          "start_time": { "type": "string", "description": "The time the meeting starts (e.g. 10:45am)." },
          "end_time": { "type": "string", "description": "The time the meeting ends (e.g. 6:30pm)." }
        }
      }
    },
    "open_seats": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The number of open seats for the section."
    },
    "waitlist": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The number of people on the waitlist."
    },
    "instructors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "An array of professor names for the section."
    }
  }
}