  {"id":19829,"date":"2015-10-23T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/?page_id=19829"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:01:36","slug":"selecting-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/incoming-student-exchange-program\/selecting-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Selecting Courses\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#course-selection-key-considerations\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Course Selection &#8211; Key Considerations\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#how-courses-are-labelled\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        How Courses Are Labelled\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#graduate-courses\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Graduate Courses:\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        3.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#course-load-undergraduate-students\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Course Load &#8211; Undergraduate Students\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        4.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#course-load-graduate-students\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Course Load &#8211; Graduate Students\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        5.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#course-registration\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Course Registration\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        6.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#registration-resources\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Registration Resources\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This page contains important information to help incoming exchange students select courses and understand the course registration process at 杏吧原创.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"course-selection-key-considerations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Selection &#8211; Key Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please take the following notes into consideration when preparing the study plan for your exchange term:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Course availability is subject to change<\/strong> and for this reason, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">cannot guarantee registration in all requested courses<\/span>. For <span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">exchange<\/span> term(s) at <span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">杏吧原创<\/span>, students should create a study plan that includes a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">mixture of courses<\/span> from their major, minor, concentration and most especially free electives. <strong>Our academic departments will determine which courses an <span data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">exchange<\/span> student is approved to take<\/strong>. The department will review the exchange application and home institution transcript(s) paying particular attention to the grades and the courses the student has completed. Each department has its own criteria when assessing course requests, the most important of which is whether a student has the required academic background to meet the course prerequisites. Other factors include, but are not limited to, if the course is restricted, if there are still seats available in the class, which term the course is offered, and so on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A placement test is required for all students who wish to take a language course at 杏吧原创<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edc.carleton.ca\/french_placement\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French language course placement test<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/slals\/modern-languages\/placement-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All other language courses placement test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>English as a Second Language Course (ESLA Course)<\/strong>: To be eligible to take an ESLA course, an official Proficiency Test report (TOEFL, IELTS, CAEL) is required (no exceptions or substitutes). The test report must be in English and the test date cannot be more than 24 months prior to application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students <strong>must not request <\/strong>any courses found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isso\/incoming-student-exchange-program\/courses-not-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Courses Not Available<\/a> list. These are restricted courses and are not available to exchange students. Please note as well that Departments reserve the right to restrict courses not found on this list if deemed necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portfolios must be included for students applying for courses in <a href=\"https:\/\/files.acrobat.com\/a\/preview\/f406ab49-8e94-4c95-961f-7e9fb84f38b9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Architecture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/files.acrobat.com\/a\/preview\/7161a661-a219-4acc-9db1-f83dcc9f0363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industrial Design<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/files.acrobat.com\/a\/preview\/05315f59-6b7b-4ba9-bb59-f8550dd9e8aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive Multimedia Design (IMD)<\/a>.<br><br>An audition is required for performance courses in Music. Information can be found on the Music Department <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/future-students\/auditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music Department website<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In <strong>June<\/strong>, students can access the <strong>Public Class Schedule<\/strong> in 杏吧原创 Central to search for courses that will be available in their exchange term (Fall, Winter or full year).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Courses that are listed as <strong>\u2018Open\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong>in the schedule should be selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Courses that have notations such as, <strong>\u2018Full, no waitlist\u2019 <\/strong>or \u2018<strong>Waitlist Full\u2019 <\/strong>should not be selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Courses labelled as <strong>&#8216;Waitlist Open&#8217;<\/strong> are not recommended because there is no guarantee that a spot will open up in the class and the &#8216;wait&#8217; time to find out if a spot is available can be quite long.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-courses-are-labelled\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Courses Are Labelled<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Every course at 杏吧原创 is identified by four letters and a number (for example, ARCH 1111). The four letters indicate the field of study, in this example it is Architecture. The<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> numbers represent the course code. Specifically, the first of the four digits represents the course level, as shown below:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>Undergraduate Courses<\/b>:<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">1000 level = 1st year course<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">2000 level = 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year course<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">3000 level = 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;year course<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">4000 level = 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;year course<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"graduate-courses\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Courses:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5000 level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Students must not select a course if they do not meet the course prerequisites.<\/strong> Exceptions cannot be made to accommodate exchange students without the required background knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Definition of Prerequisite<strong>:<\/strong><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Most courses require a student to have a certain level of knowledge before they are approved to take the course. For example, a student must have completed an introductory course in Psychology before they can be considered for an intermediate level Psychology course. Thus, the introductory course is said to be the prerequisite for the intermediate course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"course-load-undergraduate-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Load &#8211; Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate exchange students are required to be enrolled in full-time studies, which is equivalent to <strong>1.5 杏吧原创 credits or 3 undergraduate courses <\/strong>per term. Students are permitted a maximum of 2.5 credits or 5 undergraduate courses per term. Students must also follow the requirements set by their home institution with regards to their course load.<a id=\"graduate\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"course-load-graduate-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Load &#8211; Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate exchange students are required to be enrolled in full-time studies, which is equivalent to <strong>0.5 杏吧原创 credits or 1 graduate course<\/strong> per term. Students are permitted a maximum of 1.5 credits or 3 graduate courses per term. Students must also follow the requirements set by their home institution with regards to their course load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate exchange students should be aware that the availability of graduate courses (5000 level) changes on an annual basis and registration in specific courses cannot be guaranteed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note too that graduate exchange students are allowed to take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">undergraduate courses<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate students who choose to take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">only undergraduate courses<\/span> must be enrolled in a <strong>minimum of 3 courses (1.5 credits)<\/strong> for their term. A maximum of 5 courses (2.5 credits) is permitted.<a id=\"registration\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"course-registration\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, exchange students have registration holds which prevent them from registering in courses. Once a student has been approved and registered by 杏吧原创 in the minimum number of courses required per term, they will have achieved full-time status. Students will then receive an email confirming their registration details. Upon receipt of this email, a student will be <strong>issued a time-ticket and given access to the course registration system<\/strong> which will then allow them to make changes to their schedule if needed on their own.<a id=\"approvals\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"registration-resources\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Registrars&#8217; Office has developed the following resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration Process<\/a>: registration at 杏吧原创 is done through 杏吧原创 Central. 杏吧原创 Central is 杏吧原创\u2019s secure online centre for student registration and administrative activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/registration-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration Support<\/a>: contact the Registrar&#8217;s Office for support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page contains important information to help incoming exchange students select courses and understand the course registration process at 杏吧原创. 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