Curriculab — System Overview

Purpose and Scope

This document describes the scope of Curriculab, a comprehensive university registration and management platform that supports the full lifecycle of student registration, course management, academic records, billing, and institutional reporting.

Curriculab serves students, faculty, academic staff, advisors, registrars, and administrators. It integrates with external systems (financial aid, housing, library) and exposes a REST API for authorized third-party consumers.

All detailed functional requirements are captured as user stories in the documents listed in the Feature Area Index below.

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User Roles

Role	Description	Key Permissions
Student	Enrolled learner	Register for courses, view records and grades, pay bills, manage personal preferences
Instructor	Faculty member teaching a section	Upload materials, post announcements, submit grades, view enrollment roster
Academic Staff	Department staff managing courses	Create/update/retire courses and catalogue entries, manage schedules and prerequisites
Advisor	Academic advisor	View student records, override enrollment restrictions, approve registration exceptions
Registrar	Manages registration windows and deadlines	Define academic terms, set registration open/close and add/drop dates, manage waitlist rules
Administrator	System/registrar admin with full access	All permissions above plus user management, system configuration, data backup/restore, audit logs

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Feature Area Index

#	Feature Area	Document	Story Prefix	Stories
1	User Authentication & Authorization	user-authentication-requirements.md	AUTH	AUTH-001 – AUTH-010
2	Course Catalogue	course-catalogue-requirements.md	CAT	CAT-001 – CAT-005
3	Course Management	course-management-requirements.md	COURSE	COURSE-001 – COURSE-009
4	Course Capacity	course-capacity-requirements.md	CAP	CAP-001 – CAP-006
5	Course Waitlists	course-waitlists-requirements.md	WAIT	WAIT-001 – WAIT-008
6	Student Registration	student-registration-requirements.md	REG	REG-001 – REG-006
7	Semester & Session Management	semester-session-requirements.md	SEM	SEM-001 – SEM-006
8	Academic Records	academic-records-requirements.md	REC	REC-001 – REC-008
9	Payment & Billing	payment-billing-requirements.md	PAY	PAY-001 – PAY-006
10	Reporting	reporting-requirements.md	RPT	RPT-001 – RPT-005
11	Integrations	integration-requirements.md	INT	INT-001 – INT-005
12	Accessibility	accessibility-requirements.md	ACC	ACC-001 – ACC-005
13	Security & Privacy	security-privacy-requirements.md	SEC	SEC-001 – SEC-005
14	Notifications	notifications-requirements.md	NOTIF	NOTIF-001 – NOTIF-005
15	Support & Help	support-help-requirements.md	SUP	SUP-001 – SUP-005
16	Student Profile & Account Management	student-profile-requirements.md	PROF	PROF-001 – PROF-006
17	Degree Programs & Curriculum Management	degree-programs-requirements.md	DEG	DEG-001 – DEG-006
18	Room & Facility Management	room-facility-requirements.md	ROOM	ROOM-001 – ROOM-005
19	Administrative User Management	admin-user-management-requirements.md	USR	USR-001 – USR-006
20	Academic Advising	academic-advising-requirements.md	ADV	ADV-001 – ADV-006
21	Graduation & Commencement	graduation-commencement-requirements.md	GRAD	GRAD-001 – GRAD-006
22	Transfer Credit Evaluation	transfer-credit-requirements.md	XFER	XFER-001 – XFER-005
23	Document Management	document-management-requirements.md	DOC	DOC-001 – DOC-005

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Cross-Cutting Concerns

The following concerns span multiple feature areas and are each owned by a dedicated requirements document:

• Security & Privacy — Data encryption, FERPA/GDPR compliance, backups, and retention policy are defined in security-privacy-requirements.md.
• Accessibility — WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, keyboard navigation, screen reader support, and responsive design are defined in accessibility-requirements.md.
• Notifications — Email, SMS, and in-system notification rules are defined in notifications-requirements.md. Individual feature documents cross-reference this doc rather than defining notification behavior independently.
• Deduplication — Waitlist behavior is the single source of truth in course-waitlists-requirements.md. The course capacity and course management docs cross-reference it rather than duplicating waitlist stories.