diff --git a/home/migrations/0008_populate_geneds.py b/home/migrations/0008_populate_geneds.py
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+import requests
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+def forwards_func(apps, schema_editor):
+    start = datetime.now()
+    db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
+    Course = apps.get_model("home", "Course")
+    Gened = apps.get_model("home", "Gened")
+    courses = Course.unfiltered.using(db_alias).all().order_by("name")
+    geneds = Gened.objects.using(db_alias).all()
+
+    num_updated_geneds = 0
+    num_updated_courses = 0
+    num_courses_skipped = 0
+
+    # to format the printing to start after the migration dialog
+    print()
+    kwargs = {"per_page": 100, "page": 1}
+    umdio_courses = requests.get("https://api.umd.io/v1/courses", params=kwargs).json()
+
+    while umdio_courses:
+        # for every course on `page` of umdio...
+        for umdio_course in umdio_courses:
+            pt_course = courses.filter(name=umdio_course['course_id'].strip("\n\t\r ")).first()
+
+            # if we doesn't have record of this course, skip it.
+            # if num_courses_skipped > 1 you should run the course update script then
+            # run this script again.
+            if not pt_course:
+                num_courses_skipped += 1
+                continue
+
+            print(pt_course.name)
+
+            umdio_gened_json = umdio_course['gen_ed']
+            # if course.geneds isn't up to date with umdio, update it.
+            if pt_course.geneds != umdio_gened_json:
+                # umdio uses an empty list if a course has no geneds but
+                # we want to use NULL.
+                if not umdio_gened_json:
+                    pt_course.geneds = None
+                else:
+                    pt_course.geneds = umdio_gened_json
+                pt_course.save()
+                num_updated_courses += 1
+
+            # create a list of all the umdio geneds for this course.
+            # This list is considered the "correct" geneds for this course.
+            umdio_geneds = []
+            for gened_lst in umdio_course['gen_ed']:
+                for gened in gened_lst:
+                    # To account for cases that have a pipe |, take the first 4
+                    # characters of the gened value because geneds only have 4
+                    # characters in their name
+                    umdio_geneds.append(gened[:4])
+
+            # if we have a gened linked to a course but umdio doesn't agree,
+            # assume our records are outdated and delete this link. The intention
+            # here is to update our records if a course no longer satisfies a gened.
+            for g in geneds.filter(course=pt_course):
+                if g.name not in umdio_geneds:
+                    g.delete()
+                    num_updated_geneds += 1
+
+            # if we don't have a gened for this course that umdio does have,
+            # add it to our records.
+            for gened in umdio_geneds:
+                if not geneds.filter(name=gened, course=pt_course).exists():
+                    Gened(name=gened, course=pt_course).save()
+                    num_updated_geneds += 1
+
+        kwargs["page"] += 1
+        umdio_courses = requests.get("https://api.umd.io/v1/courses", params=kwargs).json()
+
+    runtime = datetime.now() - start
+    print(f"geneds updated: {num_updated_geneds}")
+    print(f"courses updated: {num_updated_courses}")
+    print(f"courses skipped: {num_courses_skipped}")
+    print(f"total runtime: {round(runtime.seconds / 60, 2)} minutes")
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ('home', '0007_course_geneds'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(forwards_func),
+    ]