{"id":143,"date":"2016-10-19T11:21:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2025-02-26T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:05:48","slug":"frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/prospective-students\/frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Frequently Asked Questions\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><strong>Why would I choose an Honours program?<\/strong><br>\nHonours four-year programs have many advantages, including offering more courses in your chosen field and access to co-op and internship opportunities where available, as well as preparing you for graduate studies, professional programs, and employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When do I have to declare a major?<\/strong><br>\nYou will need to choose a major by the end of your&nbsp;first year. Course registration is generally easier&nbsp;for students who have declared a major; even if&nbsp;you are not 100 percent certain, it is best to choose&nbsp;a major upfront and change it later if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where can I go for academic advice?<\/strong><br>\nPlease email <a href=\"mailto:environmentalscience@carleton.ca\">environmentalscience@carleton.ca<\/a> for academic advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why would I choose an Honours program? Honours four-year programs have many advantages, including offering more courses in your chosen field and access to co-op and internship opportunities where available, as well as preparing you for graduate studies, professional programs, and employment. When do I have to declare a major? You will need to choose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":123,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[32],"class_list":["post-143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1220,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/1220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}