---
title: "View specific sections"
method: GET
path: "/courses/sections/{section_ids}"
tags: ["courses"]
---

# View specific sections

`GET /courses/sections/{section_ids}`

Returns paginated list of sections

## Path parameters

- `section_ids` string[], required — One or more comma separated section ids, of format DEPTNNN-XXXX.

## Query parameters

- `semester` string

## Response `200`

Successful Operation

- Section[]
  - `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` number — Numeric representation of the semester, in format YYYYMM
  - `number` string — The other half of section_id
  - `seats` string — The number of seats for the section.
  - `meetings` Meeting[] — Array of section meetings.
    - `days` string — The days of the week that a course meets. Will be some combination of M, Tu, W, Th, F in that order.
    - `room` string — The room number the meeting is in.
    - `building` string — The building the meeting is in.
    - `classtype` string — Lecutre, Discussion, Lab, etc.
    - `start_time` string — The time the meeting starts, in format (x)y:zw[a|p]m (e.g. 10:45am, or 6:30pm)
    - `end_time` string — The time the meeting ends, in format (x)y:zw[a|p]m (e.g. 10:45am, or 6:30pm)
  - `open_seats` string — The number of open seats for the section.
  - `waitlist` string — The number of people on the waitlist.
  - `instructors` string[] — An array of professor names for the section

## Other responses

- `400` — Malformed section id
- `404` — Unknown section id

## Changes

- **2021-04-17** `61d07ae3dc92` — 2 info
  - api operation id `getSections` removed and replaced with `getSectionsByIds`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `semester`
- **2020-03-31** `b4919cd9fb0d` — 1 breaking, 2 info
  - the `items/semester` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `number`/`` for status `200`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
- **2020-02-18** `ae6661642f5a` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2019-07-02** `f2f973dd5f11` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/umdio/apis/umd-io/changes/courses/sections/:section_ids/get.md)

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