SlugSyllabus

Inspiration

At UCSC, you don’t really know what a class is like until you’re already enrolled and see the syllabus. By then, it’s often too late to switch. The course catalog doesn’t tell you workload, grading style, or how strict the prerequisites really are.

SlugSyllabus is a way to make that information visible before committing to a class.

What it does

SlugSyllabus lets you browse real UCSC course syllabi and automatically pulls out the parts students actually care about: • workload and pacing • grading breakdown • prerequisite expectations • a quick TLDR of what the course emphasizes

You can also compare two courses side by side to help decide which one is a better fit for a given quarter.

How we built it

We built a small web app that treats the syllabus as the source of truth: • PDFs are uploaded and parsed • Gemini extracts structured insights from the syllabus text • results are cached so the app stays fast • the UI stays intentionally simple

Demo

Watch the demo video! https://youtu.be/8zCWNUJher8

Built With

• gemini
• jinja
• python