course-data
Overview
A simple web scraper to gather information on undergraduate courses offered at Penn State University. All course data is obtained through the University Bulletins at https://bulletins.psu.edu/. The complete list of included programs can be found at https://bulletins.psu.edu/university-course-descriptions/undergraduate/.
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Running python course_scraper.py will re-scrape the data and create a fresh copy of courses.csv. The version of courses.csv included in this repository was created with information retrieved on October 10, 2010.
Course Attributes
The attributes for each course include
key: A unique key for each course combining the course prefix and number, for example "ECON 102".prefix: The code for each course subject, such as "PHYS" for courses in Physics.suffix: Some course numbers include a suffix character to denote certain course attributes. For example, "H" to indicate an honors course, or "S" to indicate a seminar course.title: The full title of the course.description: A brief text description of the course content. Some courses do not have a description.minimum/maximum credits: The number of credits a course is worth. In some cases a course may have a variable number of credits.other: Other course information listed in the course bulletin. This can include prerequisites, cross-listed courses, and other information.
A more thorough description of course attributes can be found at https://bulletins.psu.edu/university-course-descriptions/.