Course

Usage

Use Course when you’re adding content that takes the form of a course but is not related to a major or in pursuit of an MSU degree, a non-credit course is where this would be used. Direct academic course information to the appropriate area on the MSU Registrar’s site (IAT, undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs).

Fields

Title

Name of the course (required).

Summary

Brief description of the course (required).

Image

Photo that might be used to represent the course

Image Description

Required when there is an image, describe the image for those using a screen reader (serves as alternate text).

3:2 Horizontal Image

A 3:2 image to be used as a thumbnail on index pages as well as a social media image to be used when sharing the page.

Square Image

A square image used for callouts only. 

Course Code

The course code number.

Course Credits

The number of credits the course is worth.

Content

The complete information of the course (required).

Relationships

Course-Dataset (Course-Major)

The course the major belongs within. 

Course-Organization

The organization that offers the course.

Course-Person

Instructor of the course. This comes from the person entry.

Course-Place

Location of the course. Can be more than one.