diff --git a/db/migrate/20130424230817_change_alerts_semester_type.rb b/db/migrate/20130424230817_change_alerts_semester_type.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82d6098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130424230817_change_alerts_semester_type.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class ChangeAlertsSemesterType < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    change_table :alerts do |t|
+      t.change :semester, :enum
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    change_table :alerts do |t|
+      t.change :semester, :string
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 41b8f56..381e886 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,18 +11,10 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130413054153) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130424230817) do
 
-  create_table "alerts", :force => true do |t|
-    t.integer  "user_id"
-    t.string   "department"
-    t.string   "course"
-    t.boolean  "alerted",    :default => false
-    t.datetime "created_at",                    :null => false
-    t.datetime "updated_at",                    :null => false
-    t.string   "semester"
-    t.text     "sections"
-  end
+# Could not dump table "alerts" because of following StandardError
+#   Unknown type 'enum' for column 'semester'
 
   create_table "roles", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "name"