{"id":21349,"date":"2018-01-17T15:43:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T20:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21349"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:32:05","slug":"escape-cr-ncr-from-pol114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21349","title":{"rendered":"escape (CR\/NCR) from POL114"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post_content_inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post_body\">hi there! im a first year student at UTM and POL114 is really kicking my butt&#8230; i want to CR\/NCR it but i also may want to minor in polisci in the future! by the end of the school year, i would have completed the 1 credit requirement for polisci without POL114 ( took POL111 and POL112). so&#8230; is it okay to CR\/NCR a polisci course if i will complete the required 1 credit anyways?<\/div>\n<div>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/div>\n<div>hi!<\/div>\n<div>so, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/political-science\/minor\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the poli sci department&#8217;s website<\/span><\/span><\/a>, the only requirement for a polisci minor is 4.0FCE in POL courses, including 1.0 300-level course and 1.0 100-level course. that means, if you have POL111 and POL112, that you can safely CR\/NCR POL114 and still enroll in the polisci minor. however, since it is still relatively early in the term, you could wait until you get a few marks (like, after the midterm or first assignment) to really make your decision. you might actually be doing way better than you originally thought!<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1718_fw\/2018_winter_dates\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> the deadline to cr\/ncr a course is march 14th.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>i would also be mindful of the other polisci programs. right now, you want to do the minor, but if you should ever want to switch to a major,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/political-science\/major\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> you would need POL200, POL214, and a whole host of other requirements<\/span><\/a><\/span>. though POL114 isn&#8217;t one of the courses that are covered in the &#8220;fields&#8221; for the major, it could count towards the &#8220;3.0 additional POL courses&#8221;. so, just keep that in mind.<\/div>\n<div>other than that, i would also suggest talking to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/registrar\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the registrar at UTM<\/span> <\/a><\/span>who would have the most information and would be able to give you the best advice. perhaps even better advice than i (gasp! i know!).<\/div>\n<div>overall, as long as you keep what i said in mind, as well as the prereqs for future POL courses (courses that you would want to take), you can totally escape POL114. that&#8217;s what CR\/NCR is right? escaping?<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/3oEduJ0pw0oDJA4LgA\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"awkward the daily show GIF by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" width=\"308\" height=\"153\" \/><\/div>\n<div>xoxo,<\/div>\n<div>aska<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\" data-subview=\"footer\">\n<div class=\"post_controls\" role=\"toolbar\" data-subview=\"controls\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hi there! im a first year student at UTM and POL114 is really kicking my butt&#8230; i want to CR\/NCR it but i also may want to minor in polisci in the future! by the end of the school year, i would have completed the 1 credit requirement for polisci without POL114 ( took POL111 and POL112). so&#8230; is it okay to CR\/NCR a polisci course if i will complete the required 1 credit anyways? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! so, according to the poli sci department&#8217;s website, the only requirement for a polisci minor is 4.0FCE in POL courses, including 1.0 300-level course and 1.0 100-level course. that means, if you have POL111 and POL112, that you can safely CR\/NCR POL114 and still enroll in the polisci minor. however, since it is still relatively early in the term, you could wait until you get a few marks (like, after the midterm or first assignment) to really make your decision. you might actually be doing way better than you originally thought! the deadline to cr\/ncr a course is march 14th. i would also be mindful of the other polisci programs. right now, you want to do the minor, but if you should ever want to switch to a major, you would need POL200, POL214, and a whole host of other requirements. though POL114 isn&#8217;t one of the courses that are covered in the &#8220;fields&#8221; for the major, it could count towards the &#8220;3.0 additional POL courses&#8221;. so, just keep that in mind. other than that, i would also suggest talking to the registrar at UTM who would have the most information and would be able to give you the best advice. perhaps even better advice than i (gasp! i know!). overall, as long as you keep what i said in mind, as well as the prereqs for future POL courses (courses that you would want to take), you can totally escape POL114. that&#8217;s what CR\/NCR is right? escaping? xoxo, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,114,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crncr","category-polisci","category-utm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}