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# Course

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Canonical URL: http://schema.org/Course

#### Thing > CreativeWork > Course

A description of an educational course which may be offered as distinct instances at different times and places, or through different media or modes of study. An educational course is a sequence of one or more educational events and/or creative works which aims to build knowledge, competence or ability of learners.
Usage: Fewer than 10 domains

Property | Expected Type | Description
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Properties from Course
`courseCode` | Text | The identifier used for the Course (e.g. CS101 or 6.001)
`courseCredits` | Number or Text | The number of credits offered for the Course toward an academic goal.
`courseCreditsUnit` | Text or URL | The type of credit associated with the credits earned for the Course. (e.g. TODO NoCredit, Quarter, Semester, CarnegieUnits, ContinuingEducationUnits, ClockHours, Other)
`coursePrerequisites` | AlignmentObject or Course or Text | Requirements for taking the Course. May be completion of another Course or a textual description like "permission of instructor". Requirements may be a pre-requisite competency, referenced using AlignmentObject.
`grantsCredential` | Thing | A Credential granted upon successfully completing the Course.
`hasCourseInstance` | CourseInstance | An offering of the course at a specific time and place or through specific media or mode of study or to a specific section of students.
`previewUrl` | URL | A link to a site where a preview of the course is offered.
Properties from CreativeWork
`about` | Thing | The subject matter of the content.
`accessMode` | Text | The human sensory perceptual system or cognitive faculty through which a person may process or perceive information. Expected values include: auditory, tactile, textual, visual, colorDependent, chartOnVisual, chemOnVisual, diagramOnVisual, mathOnVisual, musicOnVisual, textOnVisual.
`accessModeSufficient` | Text | A list of single or combined accessModes that are sufficient to understand all the intellectual content of a resource. Expected values include: auditory, tactile, textual, visual.
`accessibilityAPI` | Text | Indicates that the resource is compatible with the referenced accessibility API (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
`accessibilityControl` | Text | Identifies input methods that are sufficient to fully control the described resource (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
`accessibilityFeature` | Text | Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
`accessibilityHazard` | Text | A characteristic of the described resource that is physiologically dangerous to some users. Related to WCAG 2.0 guideline 2.3 (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
`accessibilitySummary` | Text | A human-readable summary of specific accessibility features or deficiencies, consistent with the other accessibility metadata but expressing subtleties such as "short descriptions are present but long descriptions will be needed for non-visual users" or "short descriptions are present and no long descriptions are needed."
`accountablePerson` | Person | Specifies the Person that is legally accountable for the CreativeWork.
`aggregateRating` | AggregateRating | The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
`alternativeHeadline` | Text | A secondary title of the CreativeWork.
`associatedMedia` | MediaObject | A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for encoding.
`audience` | Audience | An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created. Supersedes serviceAudience.
`audio` | AudioObject | An embedded audio object.
`author` | Organization or Person | The author of this content. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be used interchangeably.
`award` | Text | An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards.
`character` | Person | Fictional person connected with a creative work.
`citation` | CreativeWork or Text | A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.
`comment` | Comment | Comments, typically from users.
`commentCount` | Integer | The number of comments this CreativeWork (e.g. Article, Question or Answer) has received. This is most applicable to works published in Web sites with commenting system; additional comments may exist elsewhere.
`contentLocation` | Place | The location depicted or described in the content. For example, the location in a photograph or painting.
`contentRating` | Text | Official rating of a piece of content—for example,'MPAA PG-13'.
`contentReferenceTime` | DateTime | The specific time described by a creative work, for works (e.g. articles, video objects etc.) that emphasise a particular moment within an Event.
`contributor` | Organization or Person | A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.
`copyrightHolder` | Organization or Person | The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork.
`copyrightYear` | Number | The year during which the claimed copyright for the CreativeWork was first asserted.
`creator` | Organization or Person | The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.
`dateCreated` | Date or DateTime | The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed.
`dateModified` | Date or DateTime | The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item's entry was modified within a DataFeed.
`datePublished` | Date | Date of first broadcast/publication.
`discussionUrl` | URL | A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork.
`editor` | Person | Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.
`educationalAlignment` | AlignmentObject | An alignment to an established educational framework.
`educationalUse` | Text | The purpose of a work in the context of education; for example, 'assignment', 'group work'.
`encoding` | MediaObject | A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for associatedMedia. Supersedes encodings.
`exampleOfWork` | CreativeWork | A creative work that this work is an example/instance/realization/derivation of. Inverse property: workExample.
`fileFormat` | Text | Media type (aka MIME format, see IANA site) of the content e.g. application/zip of a SoftwareApplication binary. In cases where a CreativeWork has several media type representations, 'encoding' can be used to indicate each MediaObject alongside particular fileFormat information.
`genre` | Text | Genre of the creative work or group.
`hasPart` | CreativeWork | Indicates a CreativeWork that is (in some sense) a part of this CreativeWork. Inverse property: isPartOf.
`headline` | Text | Headline of the article.
`inLanguage` | Language or Text | The language of the content or performance or used in an action. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. See also availableLanguage. Supersedes language.
`interactionStatistic` | InteractionCounter | The number of interactions for the CreativeWork using the WebSite or SoftwareApplication. The most specific child type of InteractionCounter should be used. Supersedes interactionCount.
`interactivityType` | Text | The predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource. Acceptable values are 'active', 'expositive', or 'mixed'.
`isBasedOn` | CreativeWork or Product or URL | A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. This term can be repeated for multiple sources. For example, http://example.com/great-multiplication-intro.html. Supersedes isBasedOnUrl.
`isFamilyFriendly` | Boolean | Indicates whether this content is family friendly.
`isPartOf` | CreativeWork | Indicates a CreativeWork that this CreativeWork is (in some sense) part of. Inverse property: hasPart.
`keywords` | Text | Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas.
`learningResourceType` | Text | The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'.
`license` | CreativeWork or URL | A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.
`locationCreated` | Place | The location where the CreativeWork was created, which may not be the same as the location depicted in the CreativeWork.
`mainEntity` | Thing | Indicates the primary entity described in some page or other CreativeWork. Inverse property: mainEntityOfPage.
`mentions` | Thing | Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
`offers` | Offer | An offer to provide this item—for example, an offer to sell a product, rent the DVD of a movie, perform a service, or give away tickets to an event.
`position` | Integer or Text | The position of an item in a series or sequence of items.
`producer` | Organization or Person | The person or organization who produced the work (e.g. music album, movie, tv/radio series etc.).
`provider` | Organization or Person | The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller. Supersedes carrier.
`publication` | PublicationEvent | A publication event associated with the item.
`publisher` | Organization | The publisher of the creative work.
`publishingPrinciples` | URL | Link to page describing the editorial principles of the organization primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork.
`recordedAt` | Event | The Event where the CreativeWork was recorded. The CreativeWork may capture all or part of the event. Inverse property: recordedIn.
`releasedEvent` | PublicationEvent | The place and time the release was issued, expressed as a PublicationEvent.
`review` | Review | A review of the item. Supersedes reviews.
`schemaVersion` | Text or URL | Indicates (by URL or string) a particular version of a schema used in some CreativeWork. For example, a document could declare a schemaVersion using an URL such as http://schema.org/version/2.0/ if precise indication of schema version was required by some application.
`sourceOrganization` | Organization | The Organization on whose behalf the creator was working.
`text` | Text | The textual content of this CreativeWork.
`thumbnailUrl` | URL | A thumbnail image relevant to the Thing.
`timeRequired` | Duration | Approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through this learning resource for the typical intended target audience, e.g. 'P30M', 'P1H25M'.
`translator` | Organization or Person | Organization or person who adapts a creative work to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market, or that translates during some event.
`typicalAgeRange` | Text | The typical expected age range, e.g. '7-9', '11-'.
`version` | Number | The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
`video` | VideoObject | An embedded video object.
`workExample` | CreativeWork | Example/instance/realization/derivation of the concept of this creative work. eg. The paperback edition, first edition, or eBook. Inverse property: exampleOfWork.
Properties from Thing
`additionalType` | URL | An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
`alternateName` | Text | An alias for the item.
`description` | Text | A description of the item.
`disambiguatingDescription` | Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
`image` | ImageObject or URL | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
`mainEntityOfPage` | CreativeWork or URL | Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. Inverse property: mainEntity.
`name` | Text | The name of the item.
`potentialAction` | Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
`sameAs` | URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
`url` | URL | URL of the item.

Instances of Course may appear as values for the following properties

Property | On Types | Description
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`coursePrerequisites` | Course | Requirements for taking the Course. May be completion of another Course or a textual description like "permission of instructor". Requirements may be a pre-requisite competency, referenced using AlignmentObject.

#### Available properties in extensions

- For CreativeWork in the bib extension: publisherImprint, translationOfWork, workTranslation

#### Source

https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/195

Schema Version 3.0