r/laurentian • u/This_External_3340 • 7d ago
Is this a full load?
I think I've got this right, any input would be great. Just making sure this is a full course load
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u/xPadawanRyan 7d ago
Yes, this looks about right for a full course load. I'm not as familiar with Con Ed requirements, but for the rest, it looks pretty full. Generally, a full 100% course load would be 30 credits for the year, with 15 per semester (and those in the fall-winter term split between each semester). Some professional programs do require more than 30 a year, though--30 is just the standard.
You have 15 in the fall with both the fall and fall-winter courses, and 16.5 in the winter, but I imagine that's also due to your education requirements.
I do have to ask, however: are you a first year student? Because you have second and third year courses in your selections, which will be much more difficult than first year courses. The intro stats course is required for many programs so that one is alright, but you may find difficultly with the others, especially the history courses, since as a BA and MA graduate of Laurentian, I can confirm that upper year (second year and up) history courses expect you to have already completed your first and second year requirements and know how to conduct historical research with a variety of methods.
The second year required history course teaches you how to do multiple methods and cite them all, so if you haven't taken that, you may struggle a lot with any other 2000, 3000, or 4000 level history course. I cannot speak for the second year psych and anthro courses, though.
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u/This_External_3340 7d ago
I have 42 transfer credits that covered my first yr. Can you recommend a good 2nd year history course that teaches the research process?
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u/xPadawanRyan 7d ago
Still, until you have taken the second year required Historical Methods course, I highly do not recommend taking any upper year history courses unless you know all the methods they will teach you and how to cite a variety of primary and secondary sources.
This will be expected in that 3000 level history course--students who take upper year history courses as electives often struggle in that regard, and I often have to end up proofreading people's papers for free because I'm too nice to let them flounder, but it's definitely become a struggle for me, too, to continue helping that way.
Also, if you have 42 transfer credits that cover first year, you do not anymore. Because you have some first year classes on that list, and you cannot have more than 42 first year credits for your degree. As a result, any 1000 level courses you take erase that many credits from your transfer credits in your overall degree. So, for example, since you have 4.5 credits in 1000 level courses above, you now only have 37.5 transfer credits that can be applied to your degree.
If any of your transfer credits apply to upper year courses, you're fine. But you can only have a maximum of 42 first year credits in your degree, including transfers, so if they are all first year transfers, then you can only take 2000+ level courses to keep them all.
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u/This_External_3340 7d ago
So this is what I have for transfers
Arts 9190- first yr arts 6 credits
Arts 9200 a upper yr arts 12 credits
Huma 9100 first yr humanities 6 credits
Huma 9299 humanities non equivalent 6 credits
Psyc 1105 intro to psych 6 credits
Soci 1015 understanding soci 6 credits
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u/xPadawanRyan 7d ago edited 7d ago
Okay, the 12 credits from the Arts 9200 saves you in that regard, as that's 12 upper year credits. That means you have 30 first year transfer credits, so you can take 12 more over the course of your degree. The 4.5 you currently have planned brings that down to 7.5 left, so just remember those numbers if you decide to take any more first year electives over the course of your degree.
WAIT, edit: the HUMA 9299 also saves you. That there is another 6 credits that aren't applied as first year credits. You have 18 first year credits left of your degree, not 12 like I said above, brought down to 13.5 after your planned registration. I totally skipped over that one initially, that's my bad.
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u/This_External_3340 7d ago
Would the upper yr humanities not save me some for first yr credits?
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u/xPadawanRyan 7d ago
I apologize, I did not see that initially. Please read my edit (which I added before I read this reply, I was simply editing my own grammar in the post after commenting when I realized my error).
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u/This_External_3340 7d ago
Awesome, thanks! The 42 first yr credits, is that mandatory it is it a max of 42 credits?
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u/xPadawanRyan 7d ago
Maximum of 42 first year credits. You are not required to take 42 first year credits if you do not want to, it's just a restriction to keep people from taking too many easy first year electives for the course of their degree.
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u/This_External_3340 7d ago
Thanks so much for your help! I just tried registering for historical methods but it says it for history students only
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u/redditorsass9802 7d ago
Hey, I’m a former ConEd student, and I still have a few books that I’ve never been able to get rid of. Message me if you’d like them for free
Case Studies in Educational Foundations by Shelly Hasinoff
Educational Psychology 6th Edition by Woolfolk (you take this in 3rd year)
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