3. Workload
3.1 Regular Year
3.1.1 College of Arts and Science
Thirty credit hours per academic year shall be regarded as constituting a normal workload for a student. Students wishing to increase their workload to 18 credit hours in any term and have a sessional GPA greater than 3.00 need to contact the Registrar’s Office. Students with a GPA less than 3.00 will need to contact the appropriate Assistant Dean to request permission.
3.1.2 Faculty of Management
Thirty credit hours per academic year shall be regarded as constituting a normal workload for a student. During each work term or internship, the work assignment constitutes the normal workload. BComm Co-op and BMgmt students wishing to exceed the normal allowable credit hours must apply to exceed the normal workload (see below).
Note that the second and third summers are regular academic and workterms for Commmerce Co-op students.
Students wishing to increase their workload to 18 credit hours in any academic term who has a cumulative GPA greater than 3.00 can contact the Registrar’s Office directly with this request. Students with a cumulative GPA less than 3.00 will need to contact the Undergraduate Advising Office, Suite 2086, Rowe Building. Such permission will not be granted for more than three credit hours per term, nor to any student who is in their first year of study, or who in the preceding academic term earned a term GPA of less than 3.00 on a full load of courses. Students are not permitted to take more than six courses (18.0 credit hours) in any single academic term, or one 3.0 credit hour course in addition to the work term or internship.
3.1.3 Faculty of Agriculture
A normal full-time course load for students registered in degree programs in Agriculture is considered to be five courses per semester. A normal full-time course load for students registered in the technology programs is five to six courses per semester, depending on the program. Students wishing to increase their workload to six courses per semester (degree) or seven courses per semester (technology) with a sessional GPA greater than 3.00 should contact the Registrar’s Office. Students with a GPA less than 3.00 will need the permission of the faculty advisor and the Assistant Dean - Students.
3.1.4 Faculties of Architecture and Planning, Computer Science, Engineering, Health and Bachelor of Management
For normal workloads, see the individual school or college section of the calendar. Written permission from the school or college Committee on Studies or the Program Administrator for Bachelor of Management is required if the normal workload is to be exceeded. Applications from students who give good reasons for wishing to take an overload will be considered. Such permission will not normally be granted to any student in the first year of study, or to any student who, in the preceding academic term, obtained a grade point average of less than 3.00.
3.2 Summer Session
It is recommended that students take only six credit hours in each of the May - June or July - August parts of term. Students who want to exceed the recommended number of credit hours should speak to an academic advisor in their faculty, school or department.
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