2020-2021 COURSE PLANNING
View the First Year Planning Guide for information on specic degree programs
and courses.
Name: ______________________________________
Student #: __________________________________
Target Faculty or Program: ____________________
Courses are oered in two dierent terms during the Regular Session.
• Fall Term runs from September to December.
• Winter Term runs from January to April.
Each course has a credit hour value: usually 3 or 6.
• 3 credit hour courses run over one term.
• 6 credit hour courses run over both terms and are called ‘spanned courses’.
• You can take a maximum of ve courses per term, which would give you 30 credit
hours completed in one Regular Session. This is considered to be a full course load.
Consider your course load. To be a full time student, you may take:
• 5 COURSES/TERM = 30 CREDIT HOURS (100% course load)
• 4 COURSES/TERM = 24 CREDIT HOURS (80% course load)
• 3 COURSES/TERM = 18 CREDIT HOURS (60% course load)
• 2 COURSES/TERM or LESS is considered part time
FALL
September to December
3 credit hours
WINTER
January to April
3 credit hours
6 credit hours
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FIRST YEAR CENTRE
umanitoba.ca/firstyear
E.g. BIOL 1020 + lab
