Add Subjects to a Course

Add Subjects to a Course

Define subjects with credits, type, and department association for curriculum planning.

Time required: 3-5 minutes per subject

Prerequisites

• Academic Admin role
• Course already created
• Department configured

Steps

Step 1: Navigate to Subjects

1. Go to OpenEduCat → Course → Subjects
2. Click Create

Step 2: Enter Subject Details

Field	Required	Description	Example
Name	Yes	Subject name	”Data Structures”
Code	Yes	Unique code	”CS201”
Course	Yes	Parent course (Enterprise)	“B.Sc Computer Science”
Department	No	Academic department	”Computer Science”

Step 3: Configure Subject Type

Field	Options	Description
Type	Theory/Practical/Both/Other	Nature of subject
Subject Type	Compulsory/Elective	Requirement level

Step 4: Set Credit Information (Enterprise)

Field	Description
Credit Points	Credit hours (must be > 0)
Grade Weightage	Percentage weight in GPA

Step 5: Save Subject

Click Save to create the subject.

Linking Subjects to Course

Via Course Form

1. Open the course record
2. Go to Subjects tab
3. Click Add a line
4. Select subjects

Via Subject Form (Enterprise)

1. Create/edit subject
2. Select course in Course field
3. Subject auto-links to course

Field Reference

Subject Record

Technical Field	UI Label	Type	Notes
name	Name	Char	Required, 128 chars
code	Code	Char	Required, unique
type	Type	Selection	theory/practical/both/other
subject_type	Subject Type	Selection	compulsory/elective
course_id	Course	Many2one	Enterprise only
credit_point	Credit Points	Float	Enterprise, must be > 0
grade_weightage	Grade Weightage	Float	Percentage
department_id	Department	Many2one	Academic department

Troubleshooting

”Code already exists”

Subject codes must be unique. Check existing subjects.

Credit points validation error

Credit points must be greater than 0 in Enterprise edition.

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