Specialization

The Specialization object

The Specialization object looks like this in JSON:

{
    "object": "specialization",
    "id": 2,
    "degree_id": 1,
    "department_id": null,
    "name": "English",
    "description": "English",
    "abbrv": "ENG",
    "specialization_type_id": 1,
    "cip_code": null,
    "status": "active",
    "external_id": null,
    "sandbox": true
}

Attribute	Required	Data Type
id	Yes	int
degree_id	Yes	int
department_id	Yes	int
name	Yes	text (250)
description	No	text (500)
abbrv	Yes	text (100)
specialization_type_id	Yes	int
cip_code	Yes	text (20)
status	Yes	enum (construction, active, retired)
external_id	No	text (100)
sandbox	No	bool

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Example code to call this method:

curl "https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \ 
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY" \ 
-X GET

require 'httparty'
response = HTTParty.get(
 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations',
 headers: {
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY'
 },
)
puts response.body

import requests
response = requests.get(
 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations',
 headers={
  'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY'
 },
)
print(response.json())

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using RestSharp;
var client = new RestClient();
var request = new RestRequest(new Uri("https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations"), Method.Get);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY");
var response = client.Execute(request);
var response_object = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(response.Content);
Console.Write(response_object);

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Authorization: Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY']);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$response_decoded = json_decode($response);
var_dump($response_decoded);

Example response:

{
    "object": "list",
    "count": 2,
    "results": 2,
    "results_per_page": null,
    "pages": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "offset": 0,
    "has_more": false,
    "data": [
        {
            "object": "specialization",
            "id": 2,
            "degree_id": 1,
            "department_id": null,
            "name": "English",
            "description": "English",
            "abbrv": "ENG",
            "specialization_type_id": 1,
            "cip_code": null,
            "status": "active",
            "external_id": null
        }
    ],
    "sandbox": true
}

Retrieves all Specialization objects tied to a specific Degree.

HTTP Request

GET /degrees/(degree)/specializations

Parameters

None

Expandable Properties

specialization_type
department
degree
academic_requirements

Permissions

One of the following roles is required to call this method:

Academic Auditor
Academic Admin
Registrar

show

Example code to call this method:

curl "https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \ 
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY" \ 
-X GET

require 'httparty'
response = HTTParty.get(
 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)',
 headers: {
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY'
 },
)
puts response.body

import requests
response = requests.get(
 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)',
 headers={
  'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY'
 },
)
print(response.json())

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using RestSharp;
var client = new RestClient();
var request = new RestRequest(new Uri("https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)"), Method.Get);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY");
var response = client.Execute(request);
var response_object = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(response.Content);
Console.Write(response_object);

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Authorization: Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY']);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$response_decoded = json_decode($response);
var_dump($response_decoded);

Example response:

{
    "object": "specialization",
    "id": 2,
    "degree_id": 1,
    "department_id": null,
    "name": "English",
    "description": "English",
    "abbrv": "ENG",
    "specialization_type_id": 1,
    "cip_code": null,
    "status": "active",
    "external_id": null,
    "sandbox": true
}

Retrieves a specific Specialization object.

HTTP Request

GET /degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)

Parameters

No additional parameters are needed beyond the ID of the object being requested that appears in the URL.

Expandable Properties

specialization_type
department
degree
academic_requirements

Permissions

One of the following roles is required to call this method:

Academic Auditor
Academic Admin
Registrar

students

Example code to call this method:

curl "https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)/students" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \ 
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY" \ 
-X GET
-d '{
    "filter": []
}' \

require 'httparty'
response = HTTParty.get(
 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)/students',
 headers: {
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY'
 },
)
puts response.body

import requests
response = requests.get(
 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)/students',
 headers={
  'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY'
 },
)
print(response.json())

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using RestSharp;
var client = new RestClient();
var request = new RestRequest(new Uri("https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)/students"), Method.Get);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY");
var response = client.Execute(request);
var response_object = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(response.Content);
Console.Write(response_object);

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://yourschool.populiweb.com/api2/degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)/students');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Authorization: Bearer YOUR_POPULI_API_KEY']);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$response_decoded = json_decode($response);
var_dump($response_decoded);

Example response:

{
    "object": "list",
    "count": 1,
    "results": 1,
    "results_per_page": 200,
    "pages": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "offset": 0,
    "has_more": false,
    "data": [
        {
            "object": "person",
            "id": 16,
            "first_name": "Abby",
            "last_name": "Admin",
            "middle_name": null,
            "prefix": null,
            "suffix": null,
            "preferred_name": null,
            "display_name": "Abby Admin",
            "salutation": "Abby Admin",
            "addressee": "Abby Admin",
            "gender": "female",
            "other_gender": null,
            "image_file_id": null,
            "birth_date": null,
            "status": "active",
            "social_security_number": null,
            "alien_registration_number": null,
            "social_insurance_number": null,
            "home_city": null,
            "home_state": null,
            "home_country": null,
            "former_name": null,
            "license_plate": null,
            "bio": null,
            "hispanic_latino": false,
            "resident_alien": false,
            "localization_id": null,
            "notification_email_id": null,
            "deceased_date": null,
            "import_id": null,
            "staff_id": null,
            "faculty_id": null,
            "degree_level_id": null,
            "added_at": null,
            "added_by_id": null,
            "updated_at": "2026-07-25T16:24:11+00:00",
            "report_data": {
                "person_id": 16,
                "active_roles": "4,5,7,14",
                "username": "academic.admin",
                "primary_address_street": null,
                "primary_address_city": null,
                "primary_address_state": null,
                "primary_address_country": null,
                "is_alum": 0,
                "primary_org_title": null,
                "primary_org_name": null,
                "contact_primary_email": "football@nowhere.co",
                "contact_primary_phone": "(333) 555-6666 x 091",
                "visible_student_id": "20220xx001",
                "row_id": 16
            },
            "private_profile": false,
            "is_user": true
        }
    ],
    "sandbox": true
}

HTTP Request

GET /degrees/(degree)/specializations/(specialization)/students

Parameters

Name	Required	Data Type	Description
filter	No	mixed	See available filter conditions
page	No	int	The page of results to return if more than 200 records are found.

Expandable Properties

specialization_type
department
degree
academic_requirements

Filter Condition Parameters

These conditions can be used to narrow the results returned.

Name	Type
age	integer
degree	integer
degree_level	integer
home_country	country
last_active	date
program	integer
specialization	integer

Permissions

One of the following roles is required to call this method:

Academic Admin
Registrar