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Or is it throughout the four years?<\/p>\n<p>Because I&#8217;m finding it impossible to fulfil the breadth requirements in my first year&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Thank the lord up in heaven that you only have to take the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/Degree_Requirements_(H.B.A.,_H.B.Sc.,_BCom).html\" target=\"_blank\"> breadth requirements <\/a> once. I mean, can you really imagine yourself taking a business class every year until your brain explodes? (no Commerce)<\/p>\n<p>In the interest of time and energy, you might want to try filling as many breadth requirements as you can in your first year of study (again, no pressure). A good opportunity to do it interestingly is with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/undergraduate\/course\/fyh-1\" target=\"_blank\">the First Year Seminars<\/a> &#8211; which are only open to first year students. (Immediately apply for one as soon as your start time begins, as they fill up like crazy.) But there&#8217;s no pressure to fill all of them right away. As long as you collect all five, action figure-style, by the time you graduate, you&#8217;ll be in the clear.<\/p>\n<p>xoxo, Askastudent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t really clear in the calendar\/registration handbook so I just had to ask (even though it may be obvious): Do we have to fulfill the breadth requirements each year? Or is it throughout the four years? Because I&#8217;m finding it impossible to fulfil the breadth requirements in my first year&#8230;. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Thank the lord up in heaven that you only have to take the breadth requirements once. I mean, can you really imagine yourself taking a business class every year until your brain explodes? (no Commerce) In the interest of time and energy, you might want to try filling as many breadth requirements as you can in your first year of study (again, no pressure). A good opportunity to do it interestingly is with the First Year Seminars &#8211; which are only open to first year students. (Immediately apply for one as soon as your start time begins, as they fill up like crazy.) But there&#8217;s no pressure to fill all of them right away. As long as you collect all five, action figure-style, by the time you graduate, you&#8217;ll be in the clear. 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":[162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breadth-requirements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This isn&#039;t really clear in the calendar\/registration handbook so I just had to ask (even though it may be obvious): Do we have to fulfill the breadth requirements each year? 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