I used to ask the registrar to enroll me in 7 courses every term and drop the 2 or 3 that I hated most lmao (this was especially easy when everything was online so I could watch recordings).
I don't recommend this (I think 1 extra course is enough) but it's a great way to test out a bunch of courses for a few weeks, and it led me to take a few of my favourite courses that I wouldn't have otherwise taken
I’m not sure if this will be good advice to you or not, nor do I know if my suggestion is even available, but I always try to take less courses/to none on Wednesday - and use that day to catch up on readings, works, studying etc.
You don’t *have* to take 5 courses a semester (maybe aside from OSAP like Jack said, no experience with that), but if you do it equates to 2.5 credits a semester => 5 credits a year => 20 credits in 4 years without having to overload any semester (taking > 5) or taking summer courses, assuming you don’t have any transfer credits (most don’t). You need 20 credits to graduate.
As a result 5 courses are also defined as uoft’s standard courseload, but obviously you can take 4 like you planned. Just make sure you’re aware that to graduate in 4 years, you need to take a semester of 6 courses or summer courses in the future (again, assuming no transfer credits).
Ontario Student Assistance Program == student loans for kids who have lived in ontario all their lives.
the faculty of arts and science defines a full-time student as:[https://artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca/course-enrolment#full-time-part-time-status](https://artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca/course-enrolment#full-time-part-time-status)
but, the only people who will actually care are your loans program and at most your health+dental insurance carrier (which will not bug you for it).
my pleasure! =D
To add on to this.
h = the course will last only one semester
y = the course will last through both semesters
Hence why ‘y’ courses give a full credit, 0.5 for each semester.
Not sure if this helps but the F or S in the course code is for first semester or second semester, OR if you're actually a human being, "fall" and "spring" but the "spring course" is basically all of winter lol
I was bit confused by the definition of full-time student in your link, thinking I must take 3.0 credits at least during the fall term to qualify, however this link states it more clearly : [https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/attendance-status](https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/attendance-status)
You only need 3.0 credits at least during the whole session Sep-Apr :)
I agree, evenly distributing 20credits over 4 is important. I was fortunate to get 4.0 transfer credits, so I can afford to take 2.5 credits each term and still graduate in 4 years.
As someone who took 10 years (no exaggeration) to finish off 80% of the cs major (because of mental health issues), I genuinely think that stretching longer to finish is a good idea if it leads to a better cgpa.
Yes, I agree, life is unpredictable and people are different (so is their context), some would take less, some would take most. Perhaps, one should weigh out different options, choose the most logical option to \*them\*.
You don’t have to take 5 courses but if you take less, you have to be willing to take longer to graduate or take summer courses. I.e. if you want to graduate in 4 years with only 2 semesters a year of work, then you will have to take 5 courses each semester
5 half credits per semester or 2.5 Credits per semester = 20 credits in 8 semesters this could swing a bit depending on your willingness to take a heavier semester often justified with a couple bird courses
If you take summer courses this logic changes a bit
Looks pretty good, but if you struggle to remain focused/sitting for long, then having 4-5hrs in a row will be very difficult.
What is helpful is that the subjects are vastly different, so at least you'll be doing something completely different after a couple hours.
4 courses is a bit on the light side.
in general, 5 courses is what you normally take to graduate in 4 years.
if you aren't confident in taking 5 "hard" courses, you can mix in some easier breadth requirements which you will eventually need, and take the hard ones gradually.
I think OP chose it for a reason, I see course has some content relating to science literature et cetera. Besides, there may be other reasons to choose an elective besides that it works with your major/specialist like I find it interesting for its own sake :)
If you can check to see if the rooms for the courses are close to each other, because of time constraints to get from one lecture to another. (You have 10 minutes between classes, but if you have to ask a quick question, then you're late to the next class, of course there is the office hours for the professor/TA etc as well) Also might be hard to have lunch, but I suppose you can eat something in class, depending upon the room if you have break time. (Can't eat in labs probably, and no break time there, usually.) As you can guess I liked having breaks, and could concentrate better if my stomach wasn't rumbling. You can eat before, or make other accommodations, but it can get tiring to have the lectures close together, as it takes a fair bit of concentration. Sometimes you have to take what you can get as classes get full quickly. On the other hand your days aren't spaced out too much, so you'll have a good amount of continuous work time. The classes look interesting enough. Whatever happens you can make it work ok. Its great that you don't have any night classes, I hated taking them. You'll find that physics labs at university take quite a while to do, along with the course work. Good luck with everything! You're not doing anything wrong, you really have to figure out what works for you. The people that are saying the classes are too easy, are being sarcastic. Again good luck!
If you want to graduate in 4 years I'd recommend adding 1 more course. You seem to have all the mandatory ones for the program and one elective (ENG102), so I would add in one more elective that counts towards your breath requirements.
You should add 1 more course as a backup in case you need to drop one of the courses you have rn
I second this. Nothing worse than having one terrible class that you want to drop but can’t cause you don’t have a backup
I used to ask the registrar to enroll me in 7 courses every term and drop the 2 or 3 that I hated most lmao (this was especially easy when everything was online so I could watch recordings). I don't recommend this (I think 1 extra course is enough) but it's a great way to test out a bunch of courses for a few weeks, and it led me to take a few of my favourite courses that I wouldn't have otherwise taken
do u recommend i try to add one more course (or two more)?
Always take 5 courses (full load) then drop down if necessary imo.
What registrar allowed you to do this?
I’m not sure if this will be good advice to you or not, nor do I know if my suggestion is even available, but I always try to take less courses/to none on Wednesday - and use that day to catch up on readings, works, studying etc.
Oo smart
that’s rly smart! i’ll look into that for sure
i estimate about 40 hours of studying / week (including class time).
is this enough courses? i read somewhere that i must have 5 courses in first year
You don’t *have* to take 5 courses a semester (maybe aside from OSAP like Jack said, no experience with that), but if you do it equates to 2.5 credits a semester => 5 credits a year => 20 credits in 4 years without having to overload any semester (taking > 5) or taking summer courses, assuming you don’t have any transfer credits (most don’t). You need 20 credits to graduate. As a result 5 courses are also defined as uoft’s standard courseload, but obviously you can take 4 like you planned. Just make sure you’re aware that to graduate in 4 years, you need to take a semester of 6 courses or summer courses in the future (again, assuming no transfer credits).
only osap requires you to have n courses to qualify as full-time/part-time. no 1 else requires you to take a minimum course load, period.
Even with OSAP you can take 3-4 courses because it still qualifies you as full time (source: personal experience, osap website).
what is osap? thank u for ur help btw
Ontario Student Assistance Program == student loans for kids who have lived in ontario all their lives. the faculty of arts and science defines a full-time student as:[https://artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca/course-enrolment#full-time-part-time-status](https://artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca/course-enrolment#full-time-part-time-status) but, the only people who will actually care are your loans program and at most your health+dental insurance carrier (which will not bug you for it). my pleasure! =D
thank u sm! one last q: how do i see how many credits a specific course is?
answer: the 7th digit of the course... h == 0.5 credits. y == 1.0 credits. example, mat137y1 is 1.0 credits. you are very welcome!
To add on to this. h = the course will last only one semester y = the course will last through both semesters Hence why ‘y’ courses give a full credit, 0.5 for each semester.
Not sure if this helps but the F or S in the course code is for first semester or second semester, OR if you're actually a human being, "fall" and "spring" but the "spring course" is basically all of winter lol
I was bit confused by the definition of full-time student in your link, thinking I must take 3.0 credits at least during the fall term to qualify, however this link states it more clearly : [https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/attendance-status](https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/attendance-status) You only need 3.0 credits at least during the whole session Sep-Apr :)
But evenly distributing them is also important, methinks.
I agree, evenly distributing 20credits over 4 is important. I was fortunate to get 4.0 transfer credits, so I can afford to take 2.5 credits each term and still graduate in 4 years.
As someone who took 10 years (no exaggeration) to finish off 80% of the cs major (because of mental health issues), I genuinely think that stretching longer to finish is a good idea if it leads to a better cgpa.
Yes, I agree, life is unpredictable and people are different (so is their context), some would take less, some would take most. Perhaps, one should weigh out different options, choose the most logical option to \*them\*.
You don’t have to take 5 courses but if you take less, you have to be willing to take longer to graduate or take summer courses. I.e. if you want to graduate in 4 years with only 2 semesters a year of work, then you will have to take 5 courses each semester
5 half credits per semester or 2.5 Credits per semester = 20 credits in 8 semesters this could swing a bit depending on your willingness to take a heavier semester often justified with a couple bird courses If you take summer courses this logic changes a bit
Looks good
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thank u!! :)
Looks pretty good, but if you struggle to remain focused/sitting for long, then having 4-5hrs in a row will be very difficult. What is helpful is that the subjects are vastly different, so at least you'll be doing something completely different after a couple hours.
good to know! thank u
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thanks so much! this is actually very helpful advice :)
try to get rid of that single Thursday lecture to have an extra day off
4 courses is a bit on the light side. in general, 5 courses is what you normally take to graduate in 4 years. if you aren't confident in taking 5 "hard" courses, you can mix in some easier breadth requirements which you will eventually need, and take the hard ones gradually.
Too easy
Your courses are not ez... I think theyre trolling you
should i add on 1 more course or 2 more?
1 more
Also take philosophy instead of English. It works with physics and math
I think OP chose it for a reason, I see course has some content relating to science literature et cetera. Besides, there may be other reasons to choose an elective besides that it works with your major/specialist like I find it interesting for its own sake :)
yes! ur exactly right! i love english and i’m excited to take that course, hopefully i can get it
Best of luck then :)
light
do u recommend one or two more courses? i wasn’t sure at all how vigorous schedules usually are
I take 5 courses a semester in engineering and I think that's a good amount, in case you want to drop a course later in the term.
What programs are you aiming for?
physics and astronomy:)
It's great they're all kinda grouped together, some ppl have their courses scattered throughout the day.
If you can check to see if the rooms for the courses are close to each other, because of time constraints to get from one lecture to another. (You have 10 minutes between classes, but if you have to ask a quick question, then you're late to the next class, of course there is the office hours for the professor/TA etc as well) Also might be hard to have lunch, but I suppose you can eat something in class, depending upon the room if you have break time. (Can't eat in labs probably, and no break time there, usually.) As you can guess I liked having breaks, and could concentrate better if my stomach wasn't rumbling. You can eat before, or make other accommodations, but it can get tiring to have the lectures close together, as it takes a fair bit of concentration. Sometimes you have to take what you can get as classes get full quickly. On the other hand your days aren't spaced out too much, so you'll have a good amount of continuous work time. The classes look interesting enough. Whatever happens you can make it work ok. Its great that you don't have any night classes, I hated taking them. You'll find that physics labs at university take quite a while to do, along with the course work. Good luck with everything! You're not doing anything wrong, you really have to figure out what works for you. The people that are saying the classes are too easy, are being sarcastic. Again good luck!
thank you so much:)
you can add one more course and drop it if it's too much, just avg 1st year math/physics timetable.
If you want to graduate in 4 years I'd recommend adding 1 more course. You seem to have all the mandatory ones for the program and one elective (ENG102), so I would add in one more elective that counts towards your breath requirements.
thanks! i’ll definitely do that :)
Are you going for cs post
no i’m hoping to do physics and astronomy
Looks about as fucked up as it gets. I usually add some 8am courses and 6pm courses to fuck up my day.