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Glossary of Terms In Administrative Data and Reports

Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research

Section Number

Definition

This denotes a specific component of a given course in a given term. For example, a course with five sections - one lecture section, two lab sections, and two discussion sections - will have each section identified by a different section number in a given term.

Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization)
https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/terms/156143/versions/241429
Data Domain(s)
University of Wisconsin - Madison

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