{"id":26388,"date":"2021-01-04T21:53:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T02:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=26388"},"modified":"2021-01-04T21:55:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T02:55:28","slug":"the-fine-art-of-murder-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=26388","title":{"rendered":"the fine art of murder :O"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! i hope you had a great new year! i was hoping you could clarify how dropping a course works. i may drop a course next semester after the first week, since i\u2019m taking on a course load of 3.0 and figuring out which one to drop after the first week haha! is it as simple as going into acorn and un-enrolling? also, i\u2019m a part of vic one! i want to take ITA197, and it says that it\u2019s restricted to first years, which generally means that it\u2019s a first year seminar course. that shouldn\u2019t be a problem though, will it? i hope you can help out! \ud83d\ude42 thanks!! xx<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>happy new year to you, too!<\/p>\n<p>yes, dropping a course is as simple as going into acorn and clicking &#8216;drop course.&#8217; there&#8217;s nothing more you need to do beyond that. you might want to just chat with someone at your <a href=\"https:\/\/future.utoronto.ca\/current-students\/registrars\/\">registrar<\/a> first if you&#8217;re worried about anything to do with funding or scholarships (or any other repercussions for dropping a course). but otherwise, you should be good to go!<\/p>\n<p>ITA197 (the fine art of murder) sounds very cool!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/iicLPeoYpjXY5eeglg\/giphy.gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i looked it up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/timetable.iit.artsci.utoronto.ca\/\">timetable<\/a> and it seems like you&#8217;re not excluded from registration if you&#8217;re part of vic one\u2014as in, there are no exclusions at all. the only restriction on enrolment is that you need to be a first year student, which i&#8217;m assuming you are since you&#8217;re in vic one.<\/p>\n<p>best of luck with your semester and i hope this helped!<\/p>\n<p>be Boundless,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! i hope you had a great new year! i was hoping you could clarify how dropping a course works. i may drop a course next semester after the first week, since i\u2019m taking on a course load of 3.0 and figuring out which one to drop after the first week haha! is it as simple as going into acorn and un-enrolling? also, i\u2019m a part of vic one! i want to take ITA197, and it says that it\u2019s restricted to first years, which generally means that it\u2019s a first year seminar course. that shouldn\u2019t be a problem though, will it? i hope you can help out! \ud83d\ude42 thanks!! xx \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, happy new year to you, too! yes, dropping a course is as simple as going into acorn and clicking &#8216;drop course.&#8217; there&#8217;s nothing more you need to do beyond that. you might want to just chat with someone at your registrar first if you&#8217;re worried about anything to do with funding or scholarships (or any other repercussions for dropping a course). but otherwise, you should be good to go! 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