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Information and Regulations

Courses

Term Unit Load

Three-Year General Bachelor of Science (BSc) Plan

A maximum enrolment of 2.5 lecture units is allowed per term.

Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Plans

The normal allowable per term course load is five lecture courses and their associated labs. Enrolment will be capped at 3.25 units per term unless it occurs as part of the published course sequence of a Science plan.

Students are advised not to enrol in six lecture courses per term and, normally, will be required to drop one course unless their cumulative overall average is above 80%.

Students wishing to exceed 3.25 units by enrolling in:

  • any combination of lectures and labs, involving less than seven lecture courses will:
    • submit a unit load override request to their academic advisor for consideration, within the Course Selection Period.
  • seven lecture courses will:
    • normally, have a minimum cumulative average of 90%.
    • submit a petition for consideration by the Science Petitions Committee.

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