{"id":5267,"date":"2013-07-08T13:44:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T18:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2013-07-08T13:44:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T18:44:26","slug":"is-there-a-difference-between-12-0-and-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5267","title":{"rendered":"is there a difference between &#8220;12.0&#8221; and &#8220;12&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>for your degree, if you&#8217;re doing 1 major and 2 minors, it says that they?have to consist of 12.0 courses. is this only in regards to the minors? and?does it mean 12.0FCE or 12 actual different courses and therefore a 0.5?credit course would count as 1 out of the 12?<\/p>\n<p>?????????<\/p>\n<p>Hey hey<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/Degree_Requirements_(H.B.A.,_H.B.Sc.,_BCom).html\" target=\"_blank\">12 distinct course rule<\/a> that you&#8217;re looking at has more to do with the possibility of taking two majors that the major+two minors combo.<\/p>\n<p>But this just means among the 20.0 FCE you&#8217;re going to accumulate for your degree, you need to have at least 12.0 FCE&#8217;s worth of courses that are&#8230; well, distinct.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s actually exactly what it sounds like.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>for your degree, if you&#8217;re doing 1 major and 2 minors, it says that they?have to consist of 12.0 courses. is this only in regards to the minors? and?does it mean 12.0FCE or 12 actual different courses and therefore a 0.5?credit course would count as 1 out of the 12? ????????? Hey hey The 12 distinct course rule that you&#8217;re looking at has more to do with the possibility of taking two majors that the major+two minors combo. But this just means among the 20.0 FCE you&#8217;re going to accumulate for your degree, you need to have at least 12.0 FCE&#8217;s worth of courses that are&#8230; well, distinct. It&#8217;s actually exactly what it sounds like. 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