Rails migration: t.references with alternative name?

Question

So I have a create_table like this for Courses at a School:

create_table :courses do |t|
  t.string :name
  t.references :course
  t.timestamps
end

Answer 1

I don't think references accepts the :as option, but you can create your columns manually...

create_table :courses do |t| 
  t.string  :name 
  t.integer :course1_id
  t.integer :course2_id 
  t.timestamps 
end