SJSU Course Parser

This script is intended to parse data only specific to the following webpage that contains the semester courses provided at SJSU http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/splash/schedules.html

Example Data

AFAM 002A AFAM & DEV AM HIS/GV 03 46493 3 LEC D2 70 P 20/15 W 1800-2045 08/24/16-12/12/16 WSQ 207 K WHITE 
AFAM 102 AFRO-AMER MUSIC 01 47200 3 LEC P 5/30 W 1800-2045 08/24/16-12/12/16 MUS 250 V GROCE-ROBERTS 
AFAM 125 THE BLACK FAMILY 01 47198 3 LEC P 16/40 M 1800-2045 08/24/16-12/12/16 CCB 101 S MILLNER 
AFAM 152 THE BLACK WOMAN 01 47199 3 LEC P 8/40 T 1800-2045 08/24/16-12/12/16 CL 111 R WILSON 
AFAM 159 ECON ISSUES BLKCM 01 47197 3 LEC P 11/40 MW 1330-1445 08/24/16-12/12/16 CL 234 R WILSON 
AFAM 180 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES 01 46982 3 SUP P 0/10 TBA TBA 08/24/16-12/12/16 

Expected Results

Items are sorted in CSV file with the following attribuites...
Course Number, Course Name, Start Date, End Date, Instructor Name

EX. CHAD 060, CHILD DEVELOPMT 01, 08/24/16, 12/12/16, M WIEBE

Steps for using Python Script

• Download the corresponding year and semester that you wish to parse the data in
• Open pdf file in adobe or pdf reader and save as sjsuclassdata.txt file
• Run the command iconv -f "iso-8859-1" -t "utf-8" sjsuclassdata.txt > sjsuclassdata-utf8.txt
• The above will convert the encoded file to a UTF-8 encoding which will allow the script to parse the data
• Run script and let the magic happen
• Data will be stored in the path ../misc/output.csv