Help please!!! If Athabasca 4 courses will count towards full year!!

[satfan]

Hello everyone!!

 

I'm taking Bio 1 from Athabasca University and planning taking additional Gen Chem and Org Chem alongwith. If i take one more course (so a total of four "full" courses) will Ottawa University and other university consider this as a full year or will it affect my GPA??

 

Any advice would be appreciated!!

 

Thanks in advance!!!

 

Satfan

[webshy]

Hello everyone!!

 

I'm taking Bio 1 from Athabasca University and planning taking additional Gen Chem and Org Chem alongwith. If i take one more course (so a total of four "full" courses) will Ottawa University and other university consider this as a full year or will it affect my GPA??

 

Any advice would be appreciated!!

 

Thanks in advance!!!

 

Satfan

 

Each school has a different definition for full time. For example, Queen's considers 3.0 courses full time while Western considers 5.0 courses full time. I believe (but am not sure) that Ottawa requires 5.0 courses to be considered full time.

 

Elaine

[young_n_ambitious]

sry if this might seem a lil out of topic but....

 

i was trying to register on athabasca for doing bio1 but in the very beginning stage of the registration process I was asked for my credit card # to pay $ 80 just to register as a student (not for the course). I was wondering if this was normal and it is safe to provide such info to them so early.

 

Thanks

[satfan]

Hello there!!

 

I'm taking Bio 1 at present and have paid $80 in addition to the tution fee. That's ok and they always ask for $80 for any new student registering with them. That means, when you will register for next or second course, they won't ask you additional $80. It's just for fist time registration.

Hope it helps!!!

[young_n_ambitious]

Hey Satfan !

Thanks a lot for the info. Can we register at any time during the year and start the course at any time ? or are there certain schedules and deadlines. I am asking since I haven't been able to find any info on this on their website and the officials don't seem to be responding back.

Again thank you so much.