<p>I just wonder, regardless the hardness and efforts required to put into preparing those classes.</p>
<p>Is it possible that the professors or registrar give you green lights for that?</p>
<p>I know the normal workload is 17, with a bit of overload to 19… but that really doesnt make a lot of sense with just 2 more credits…</p>
<p>I have the same question! I want to double major and while I’ll probably have to put in another year or semester, if I can avoid it by taking extra credits that would be lovely.</p>
<p>The normal workload for a full time student is actually 15 credits and usually courses are 3 credits thats why the limit is 17, so that you have to see an advisor before taking another 3-credit course.
Also I think that if this is your first year, you should’nt overload yourselve and might want to consider taking a summer course instead (3 credits in 1 month, so you could theoretically do 9-12 credits over one summer).
I think that to take more than 17 credits you have to have shown satisfactory academic standing (ie. i dont think it would be possible in your first semester).
Also, if you want to see an advisor be sure to plan in advance to see one!
Even with a double major though your program in total is only 120 (or 90 in your from the IB or cegep), so if you follow 15x2x4 credits (or 15x2x3) you should finish in 4 years like everyone else, you will just not have as many electives.</p>
<p>I took 18 credits my first semester and didn’t find the course load unbearable, but that was because it was freshman year so things are relatively simple, 3 of my classes were 4 credits so I had only 5 classes in total. When I wanted to take 19-20 credits another term I had to get approval.</p>
<p>In the upper years when most classes tend to be 3 credits, taking 5 classes to take 15 credits can be painful because there is lots of reading or lab work. 6 classes is highly inadvisable; instead take summer classes.</p>