{"id":587,"date":"2007-08-02T10:07:29","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T14:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=587"},"modified":"2007-08-02T10:10:24","modified_gmt":"2007-08-02T14:10:24","slug":"honesty-designators-special-topics-boring-topics-off-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=587","title":{"rendered":"honesty designators: special topics, boring topics, off-topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Hey askastudent, hope all is well =)i was just wondering, what if i were to take<br \/>\na FCS290 course called &#8220;Special Topics 1&#8221; and lets say that in the 2007-2008<br \/>\nschool year this &#8220;special topic&#8221; was French music. Then, lets say that FCS290<br \/>\nis also offered in the 2008-2009 school year, but the topic this time is French<br \/>\nart. would i be able to take the french art one if i had already taken the first<br \/>\none on &#8220;music&#8221;. well thats my question, thanks a million =)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>yes, but you should make sure that the classes are indeed &#8216;special&#8217;.\u00a0 i hate false advertising.\u00a0 though the course codes will be the same, the classes will also have a brief title next to the name, like FCS290: special topics: sharp knives or special topics: ultimate volcano eruptions.\u00a0 just to be sure, make sure that the french cultural studies program ensures this difference, and make sure they are aware that you&#8217;ll be doing this, just in case anything goes wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey askastudent, hope all is well =)i was just wondering, what if i were to take a FCS290 course called &#8220;Special Topics 1&#8221; and lets say that in the 2007-2008 school year this &#8220;special topic&#8221; was French music. Then, lets say that FCS290 is also offered in the 2008-2009 school year, but the topic this time is French art. would i be able to take the french art one if i had already taken the first one on &#8220;music&#8221;. well thats my question, thanks a million =)<\/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":[6,82,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses","category-languages","category-registration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hey askastudent, hope all is well =)i was just wondering, what if i were to take a FCS290 course called &quot;Special Topics 1&quot; and lets say that in the 2007-2008 school year this &quot;special topic&quot; was French music. 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