{"id":7601,"date":"2014-04-15T13:23:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T18:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7601"},"modified":"2019-08-12T22:55:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T02:55:03","slug":"picking-on-the-little-guy-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7601","title":{"rendered":"picking on the little guy (course)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there,<\/p>\n<p>I was just wondering how many students have to be enrolled in a course in order for it not to be cancelled. For example, one of the 300-level summer courses I want to take has space for 45 students but there are only 17 students enrolled. If it reaches, say, 20 students will it still be cancelled because not enough people are taking it?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>the likelihood of a course being cancelled because of low enrolment is very small. enrolment numbers might affect whether the course runs next year, but if it&#8217;s up on ROSI and you can enrol in it now, chances are, it&#8217;s going to run. I wouldn&#8217;t worry about it.<\/p>\n<p>so just remember the large, friendly letters on the front of the hitchhiker&#8217;s guide to the galaxy:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dontpanic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7628\" src=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dontpanic.jpg\" alt=\"don't panic\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>best,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, I was just wondering how many students have to be enrolled in a course in order for it not to be cancelled. For example, one of the 300-level summer courses I want to take has space for 45 students but there are only 17 students enrolled. If it reaches, say, 20 students will it still be cancelled because not enough people are taking it? Thanks in advance! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, the likelihood of a course being cancelled because of low enrolment is very small. enrolment numbers might affect whether the course runs next year, but if it&#8217;s up on ROSI and you can enrol in it now, chances are, it&#8217;s going to run. I wouldn&#8217;t worry about it. so just remember the large, friendly letters on the front of the hitchhiker&#8217;s guide to the galaxy: best, aska<\/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":[6,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses","category-odds-are-that-wont-be-asked-again"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi there, I was just wondering how many students have to be enrolled in a course in order for it not to be cancelled. 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