GET /courses/{subject}.{format}
This method returns all the courses offered under a given subject
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| Request Protocol | GET | Requires API Key | Yes |
| Method ID | 1439 | Enabled | Yes |
| Service Name | courses | Service ID | 239 |
| Information Steward | Registrar | Data Type | Scraped |
| Update Frequency | Every request (live) | Cache Time | 0 seconds |
- Any value can be
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GET /courses/{subject}.{format}
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| subject | input | yes | Valid uWaterloo subject name |
| format | input | yes | The format of the output |
| key | filter | yes | Valid API key |
| callback | filter | no | JSONP callback format |
Output Formats
- json
- xml
GET /courses/{subject}.{format}
- https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/courses/MATH.json
- https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/courses/MATH.xml
- https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/courses/MATH.json?callback=myResponse
| Field Name | Type | Value Description |
| course_id | string | Registrar assigned course ID |
| subject | string | Requested subject acronym |
| catalog_number | string | Registrar assigned class number |
| title | string | Class name and title |
| units | number | Credit count for the mentioned course |
| description | string | Brief course description |
| academic_level | string | Undergraduate or graduate course classification |
Any value can be null
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"description":"This course aims to develop the student's mathematical problem solving ability. Common heuristics such as problem modification, patterning, contradiction arguments and exploiting symmetry will be examined. A wide range of challenging problems from various branches of mathematics will provide the medium through which these important principles and broad strategies are experienced.",
"academic_level":"graduate"
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"course_id":"013834",
"subject":"MATH",
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"title":"Summer Conference for Teachers of Mathematics",
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"description":"This intense 3-day workshop focuses on the integration of problem solving technology into the curriculum and enrichment activities. The Workshop is suitable for teachers from all over the world.",
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},
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"course_id":"009357",
"subject":"MATH",
"catalog_number":"692",
"title":"Reading, Writing and Discovering Proofs",
"units":0.25,
"description":"Objectives: To develop the vocabulary, techniques and analytical skills associated with reading and writing proofs, and to gain practice in formulating conjectures and discovering proofs. Emphasis will be placed on understanding logical structures, recognition and command over common proof techniques, and precision in language. \r\n\r\nTopics Include: rules of formal logic, truth tables, role of definitions, implications, sets, existential and universal quantifiers, negation and counter-example, proofs by contradiction, proofs using the contrapositive, proofs of uniqueness and induction.",
"academic_level":"graduate"
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"course_id":"014236",
"subject":"MATH",
"catalog_number":"698",
"title":"Reading Course in Mathematics for Teachers",
"units":0.25,
"description":"Students will undertake a reading, research and writing project on a mathematical topic of interest to teachers.",
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},
{
"course_id":"013832",
"subject":"MATH",
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"title":"Master of Mathematics for Teachers Capstone",
"units":0.5,
"description":"The capstone course is designed to give students an opportunity to showcase the knowledge they have gained and to provide a forum for bringing that knowledge into their own classroom. As part of this course students will design a mini-course on an approved subject in mathematics.",
"academic_level":"graduate"
},
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"course_id":"014344",
"subject":"MATH",
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"title":"Math for Teachers - OVGS Transfer Course",
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"description":"",
"academic_level":"graduate"
}
]
}