{"id":2276,"date":"2010-07-05T14:02:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2016-07-11T09:47:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:47:33","slug":"the-deal-on-first-year-credits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2276","title":{"rendered":"switching from engsci to IR with first year credits to spare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Aska,<\/p>\n<p>I have just been accepted to UTSG, Faculty of Arts and Science. For the\u00a0past two years, I was an Engineering student at U of T. The Transfer Credit\u00a0office granted me 4.0 credits for 100 levels, and 0.5 for 200 level. How\u00a0exactly does &#8220;no more than 6 100Y courses&#8221; mean? I plan to do a major in\u00a0International Relations and another major in something else. Would a\u00a0programme admission consider an Extra for programme requirements?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Basically in your 20-credit life as an arts\/sci undergraduate at the University of Toronto, here are the rules to live by: no more than six 100 Y credits, at least six 300 + courses, with no more than 15 classes with the same program title (ENG, INI, etc.). There&#8217;s also some junk about breadth requirements and stuff that&#8217;s gets a little tricky when it comes to Specialists and Majors, but it&#8217;s all detailed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/Degree_Requirements_(H.B.A.,_H.B.Sc.,_BCom).html\" target=\"_blank\">pg. 23 of your Calendar.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can, of course, do more than 6 100 classes, which given your switchover from Engineering to International Relations might be necessary if you haven&#8217;t fulfilled the first year introductory courses for the program. (These look to be either ECO 100\/105, HIS 103 or of TRN 150\/151 or two of VIC 181H\/183H\/184H\/185H, an introductory language class or MAT133Y\/137.) And we&#8217;re not even talking about your mysterious second major!<\/p>\n<p>You can take as many first year classes as you want, but only six are going to be counted towards your degree and your program. In the interest of completing your degree before you are 40, and not spending more money than you have to, I&#8217;d recommend meeting with your college registrar to advise you on picking the best classes for your program. You can contact the International Relations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinity.utoronto.ca\/Current_Students\/programs_ir.htm\" target=\"_blank\">department here. <\/a>Tell them do something about that stupid G20 ridiculousness we just endured, will ya?<\/p>\n<p>xoxo, Askastudent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Aska, I have just been accepted to UTSG, Faculty of Arts and Science. For the\u00a0past two years, I was an Engineering student at U of T. The Transfer Credit\u00a0office granted me 4.0 credits for 100 levels, and 0.5 for 200 level. How\u00a0exactly does &#8220;no more than 6 100Y courses&#8221; mean? I plan to do a major in\u00a0International Relations and another major in something else. Would a\u00a0programme admission consider an Extra for programme requirements? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Basically in your 20-credit life as an arts\/sci undergraduate at the University of Toronto, here are the rules to live by: no more than six 100 Y credits, at least six 300 + courses, with no more than 15 classes with the same program title (ENG, INI, etc.). There&#8217;s also some junk about breadth requirements and stuff that&#8217;s gets a little tricky when it comes to Specialists and Majors, but it&#8217;s all detailed on pg. 23 of your Calendar. You can, of course, do more than 6 100 classes, which given your switchover from Engineering to International Relations might be necessary if you haven&#8217;t fulfilled the first year introductory courses for the program. (These look to be either ECO 100\/105, HIS 103 or of TRN 150\/151 or two of VIC 181H\/183H\/184H\/185H, an introductory language class or MAT133Y\/137.) And we&#8217;re not even talking about your mysterious second major! You can take as many first year classes as you want, but only six are going to be counted towards your degree and your program. In the interest of completing your degree before you are 40, and not spending more money than you have to, I&#8217;d recommend meeting with your college registrar to advise you on picking the best classes for your program. You can contact the International Relations department here. Tell them do something about that stupid G20 ridiculousness we just endured, will ya? xoxo, Askastudent<\/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":[11,6,51,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-sciences","category-courses","category-subject-post","category-trinity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi Aska, I have just been accepted to UTSG, Faculty of Arts and Science. For the past two years, I was an Engineering student at U of T. 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