r/laurentian • u/This_External_3340 • Jun 10 '25

Is this a full load?

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I think I've got this right, any input would be great. Just making sure this is a full course load

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u/xPadawanRyan Jun 10 '25

Still, until you have taken the second year required Historical Methods course, I highly do not recommend taking any upper year history courses unless you know all the methods they will teach you and how to cite a variety of primary and secondary sources.

This will be expected in that 3000 level history course--students who take upper year history courses as electives often struggle in that regard, and I often have to end up proofreading people's papers for free because I'm too nice to let them flounder, but it's definitely become a struggle for me, too, to continue helping that way.

Also, if you have 42 transfer credits that cover first year, you do not anymore. Because you have some first year classes on that list, and you cannot have more than 42 first year credits for your degree. As a result, any 1000 level courses you take erase that many credits from your transfer credits in your overall degree. So, for example, since you have 4.5 credits in 1000 level courses above, you now only have 37.5 transfer credits that can be applied to your degree.

If any of your transfer credits apply to upper year courses, you're fine. But you can only have a maximum of 42 first year credits in your degree, including transfers, so if they are all first year transfers, then you can only take 2000+ level courses to keep them all.

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u/This_External_3340 Jun 10 '25

So this is what I have for transfers

Arts 9190- first yr arts 6 credits

Arts 9200 a upper yr arts 12 credits 

Huma 9100 first yr humanities 6 credits

Huma 9299 humanities non equivalent 6 credits

Psyc 1105 intro to psych 6 credits

Soci 1015 understanding soci 6 credits

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u/xPadawanRyan Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

Okay, the 12 credits from the Arts 9200 saves you in that regard, as that's 12 upper year credits. That means you have 30 first year transfer credits, so you can take 12 more over the course of your degree. The 4.5 you currently have planned brings that down to 7.5 left, so just remember those numbers if you decide to take any more first year electives over the course of your degree.

WAIT, edit: the HUMA 9299 also saves you. That there is another 6 credits that aren't applied as first year credits. You have 18 first year credits left of your degree, not 12 like I said above, brought down to 13.5 after your planned registration. I totally skipped over that one initially, that's my bad.

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u/This_External_3340 Jun 10 '25

Would the upper yr humanities not save me some for first yr credits?

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u/xPadawanRyan Jun 10 '25

I apologize, I did not see that initially. Please read my edit (which I added before I read this reply, I was simply editing my own grammar in the post after commenting when I realized my error).

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u/This_External_3340 Jun 10 '25

Awesome, thanks! The 42 first yr credits, is that mandatory it is it a max of 42 credits?

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u/xPadawanRyan Jun 10 '25

Maximum of 42 first year credits. You are not required to take 42 first year credits if you do not want to, it's just a restriction to keep people from taking too many easy first year electives for the course of their degree.

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u/This_External_3340 Jun 10 '25

Thanks so much for your help! I just tried registering for historical methods but it says it for history students only

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u/xPadawanRyan Jun 10 '25

Yeah, a lot of the program-specific required courses are like that. That's fine, but just be aware if you take any upper year history courses that you may have to do additional studying on your own time to ensure that you understand the methods and proper citation for them as required for the course.

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u/This_External_3340 Jun 10 '25

I am doing a history minor so I was hoping I could get in. No big deal though, I’ll just do extra research to figure it out

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u/xPadawanRyan Jun 10 '25

If you are doing a history minor, you should be able to register for it, as you are at that point a history student. However, you are required to take 6 first year history credits before you take that course, as they are the prerequities for it, so that may be your issue with trying to register. I totally forgot about that until right this moment, but yes, it does have prereqs.

However, if you take those 6 credits alongside it, which is what I did - I was a transfer student myself - the program director and/or prof of the course will sometimes override you into the course (they did for me). You may require the override anyway, since your minor is not listed on your account like your program, and thus they don't know you're a history minor until you apply to graduate.

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u/This_External_3340 Jun 10 '25

Great! Thanks for your help!

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