{"id":23512,"date":"2022-06-16T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/?post_type=cu_description&#038;p=23512"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:09:37","slug":"how-do-i-choose-my-courses-how-many-courses-do-i-take-each-term","status":"publish","type":"cu_description","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/description\/how-do-i-choose-my-courses-how-many-courses-do-i-take-each-term\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I choose my courses? How many courses do I take each term?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 id=\"\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, the course load for full-time study is 2.5 credits per term (5 courses). Please click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/reduced-course-load\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more information on a reduced course load, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/ace\/overload-ec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more information on a course overload. We recommend that you run your audit in Carleton Central and use that as a guide, in conjunction with the Undergraduate Calendar to determine which courses to take. This process can be confusing, so we encourage you to meet with the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/our-people\/administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Undergraduate Administrator<\/a> to ensure you are on the correct path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_description_type":[74],"class_list":["post-23512","cu_description","type-cu_description","status-publish","hentry","cu_description_type-current-ug-student-faq-program-details"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/23512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_description"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/23512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32451,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/23512\/revisions\/32451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_description_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description_type?post=23512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}