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Academic Planning · pattern B, Repeating rows

Whether the term you have planned actually fits.

List each course with its credits and the weekly hours you expect it to take. The panel totals the commitment and compares it against the hours you have, before enrolment closes rather than after.

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The formula used

Weekly load = Σ (contact hours + independent study hours) per course

Enter hours honestly, from experience with similar courses. A quantitative course with weekly problem sets costs far more than its credits suggest; a lecture course with two essays costs less until the fortnight the essays are due.

Total weekly hours

37.0

4 lines · 3.00 left against a 40.00 limit

Lines entered
4
Total
37.00
Average per line
9.25
Largest line
12.00
Against limit
92.5%

Overload is a scheduling failure, not a character failure.

Four courses at ten hours each is a forty-hour week with nothing left for a bad week, an illness or a deadline collision — and deadline collisions are structural, since most modules place their major assessment in the same three weeks. Deciding in week one that the term does not fit is cheap. Discovering it in week ten costs a withdrawal, a capped resit, or a grade you carry for the rest of the degree.

Questions about course load

How many courses is too many?
It depends on the courses, not the count. Four quantitative modules with weekly submissions is heavier than five essay-based ones. Total the hours rather than the courses.
What happens if I drop below full-time?
Financial aid, scholarships, visa status, insurance and graduation timing can all key off the full-time threshold. Check every one of those before dropping, ideally with an adviser, and check the deadline for dropping without penalty.
Is it better to withdraw or to fail?
Usually to withdraw, before the deadline: a W carries no grade points, while an F sits in the GPA denominator permanently. Both can affect financial aid progress rules, so ask before deciding.

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