Guest codloghorn Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 what does a full course load consist of? if i took 30 credits in one year, but i took 4.5 courses in one semester and 5 courses in another semester, is that considered a full course load. i noticed it said that the courses must be taken "concurrently." so i was just wondering what this means and if i'm ok with what i took. thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aneliz Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 A full course load is 30 credits, 10 regular half courses, 5 full weight, full year courses or 5.0 credits...depending on how your school works... It doesn't matter how you split them up during the year as long as you have the total completed between Sept-April (summer courses don't count). If you really wanted to, you could take 3 half courses one semester and 7 the next...and that would be fine, because the total is still 10. As long as your 9.5 courses add up to a total weight of 30 credits, it should be fine as a full-time year...however, if you had 10 courses that added up to <30 credits, that year would still not be considered full-time even though you had 10 courses because they all weren't 'full-weight'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kirsteen Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 Hi there, When you say you took 4.5 then 5 courses per semester, I assume you mean a total of 9.5 half-courses from September to May? If so, then for Western's selection purposes, that year would not count as a year with a full course load. A year with a full course load, as defined by Western, would be an undergraduate year (September to May) that contains a total of 5.0 full credits, or 10.0 half-courses with a weight of 0.5 each. Conversely, other universities, e.g., Queen's, Calgary and Ottawa, to name a few, would consider an academic year with 9.5 half-courses to be a year with a full course load. Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest codloghorn Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 it was 30 credits.. york has a strange credit system. :rollin but i did have 30 credit combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest medschoolboy Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 i think taht i'd work because i'm in the same situation and they told me it was ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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