Los Angeles Valley College knowledge graph

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  1. One map for nine colleges

    20,139 course records and 1,719 programs, joined by 91,798 connections. Each dot is about 50 course records.

  2. LA Valley College’s part of the map

    Courses sit in the middle. Programs, GE areas, subjects, and instructors connect to them directly, and careers connect through programs.

  3. One course: Introduction to Data Structures

    CS 136 has 6 connections here. Each one is a stored fact, not a sentence on a web page that has to be found and interpreted.

  4. An old course number still leads here

    CO SCI 836 became CS 136. Transcripts and older catalogs still use the old number, so the map keeps the link between them. RENUMBERED_TO

  5. Prerequisites form a path

    CS 101 to CS 117 to CS 136. Each step is its own connection, so the assistant can follow the whole chain instead of stopping at one page. PREREQUISITE_OF

  6. One course counts in several places

    3 programs, and through those programs, 18 careers. A search would need a separate page for each. REQUIRES_COURSE LEADS_TO_CAREER

  7. “What are the prerequisites for CS 136, and is it transferable?”

    The assistant reads prerequisites and transfer status straight from the map. AI only turns them into a sentence, so it isn’t guessing at them from memory.

Everything in LA Valley College’s map

Read each row as a sentence. The last column is the name the system uses for that connection.

Connection types in the Los Angeles Valley College knowledge graph, with counts
From Connection To How many System name
A subject contains a course 2,333 HAS_COURSE
A course counts toward a GE area 1,075 FULFILLS_GE
A program includes a course 860 REQUIRES_COURSE
A program leads to a career 1,779 LEADS_TO_CAREER
An instructor teaches a course 1,178 TEACHES
A course is required before another course 321 PREREQUISITE_OF
A course is recommended before another course 38 ADVISORY_FOR
A course is taken alongside another course 27 COREQUISITE_OF
A course was renumbered as another course 62 RENUMBERED_TO
A program belongs to a program group 226 IN_GROUP
A subject has a free textbook 41 HAS_OPENSTAX_BOOK
A course or program is offered at the college 2,559 AT_CAMPUS
An instructor teaches at the college 662 TEACHES_AT
The college offers a subject 119 OFFERS_SUBJECT
Total connections 11,280

Nine colleges side by side

Course records include retired numbers, which is what lets an old code find its replacement. Each college name opens that college’s page.

Course records, programs, and connections by college
College Course records Programs Connections
East LA College 3,049 298 15,114
Pierce College 2,862 159 12,146
LA City College 2,785 249 12,145
LA Valley College 2,333 226 11,280
West LA College 2,241 224 9,912
LA Trade-Tech College 1,998 187 9,207
LA Harbor College 1,756 110 7,406
LA Mission College 1,615 161 7,905
LA Southwest College 1,500 105 6,683

What stays out of the map

The map holds facts that change slowly. Anything that changes daily is checked at the source when a student asks.

Class schedule
Open sections, times, and rooms come from the live LACCD schedule.
Transfer agreements
Questions about a specific university go to ASSIST.org.
Campus information
Office hours and locations come from a search of the college website.

Numbers read from the live data on . How the assistant works