—Indicates “units of course weight,” and usually follows the course title. The accompanying number indicates the weight of the course as used in computing grade point averages and for meeting degree requirements.

A course which runs throughout the Fall/Winter (i.e., from September through April) is usually weighted 6. A course that runs for only one term (i.e., Fall: from September to December, or Winter: from January through April) is usually weighted 3. Certain courses are offered over Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer, or in one term, with weights of 1, 2, and 4. These are considered as one-sixth, one-third, and two-thirds of a Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer course, respectively. Some honors and graduate courses involving research may vary in weight according to the length and difficulty of the project. Some clinical courses may vary in weight according to the length of clinical experience. Some courses, not included in the computation of grade point averages, are offered for credit only and either carry a weight of 0, or are marked as “Credit.”

Undergraduate students who take courses offered by the Faculty of Engineering but are not registered in Engineering will have a course weight assigned for these courses according to the protocol of their home Faculty.

fi—Denotes: "fee index," the value used to calculate the instructional fees for each course. The fee index is multiplied by the fee index value (given in the appropriate subsection of §22.2) to give the dollar value of instructional fees for the course.

For normal courses, the fee index is twice the value of the units of course weight; for example, a course with 3 normally has fi 6. In cases where exceptional fees considerations need to be made, the fee index is set differently by the Board of Governors.

Note that certain programs (e.g., MD, DDS, etc.) are assessed on a program fee basis for all or certain years. In these cases, the fee index calculation does not apply.

(x term, a-b-c)—These figures in parentheses give information on when the course is offered and the hours of instruction required by the course in a week, or in some cases the total time in a term.

In the case of a single-term course, the term in which the course is given is mentioned (item x). The designation “either term” means that the course may be offered either in the first term or in the second term or in each term, at the discretion of the department concerned. The designation "variable" means that the course may be taught either as a single-term or as a full-session course.

Item a indicates lecture hours. Item b indicates seminar hour(s), demonstration hours (d), clinic hours (c), or lecture-laboratory hours (L). Item c indicates laboratory hours. For two-term courses, the hours of instruction are the same in both terms unless otherwise indicated. The expression 3/2 means 3 hours of instruction every second week; 2s/2 means 2 seminar hours every second week.

Examples:

(first term, 3-0-3): a course taught in first term with 3 hours lecture, no seminar, and 3 hours lab per week.

(second term, 0-1s-2): a course taught in second term with no lectures, 1 seminar hour, and 2 hours of lab per week.

(either term, 3-0-0): a course taught in either first or second term, or each term, with 3 lecture hours per week, no seminar, and no lab.

(two-term, 3-0-3): a course taught over both first and second term with three lecture hours, no seminar, and three hours lab per week.

(variable, 3-0-0): a course which may be taught in either first or second term or over two terms with three lecture hours per week, no seminar, and no lab.

Prerequisite—This provides information on courses which must be successfully completed before registering in the more advanced course.

Corequisite—This provides information on courses which must be taken before or at the same time as the course described in the listing.

Note: Departments are authorized to cancel the registration of those students registered in a course offered by the department if they do not meet the prerequisite and/or corequisite requirements stated in the course description in this Calendar.

[Department]— This indicates the department responsible for registration for interdepartmental courses. Normally, courses will be credited to the discipline listed in the square brackets.

Open Studies Courses— indicates a course available to students of Open Studies. indicates that a course is available to Open Studies students on a delayed registration basis only (see §220.2.2).

register in both the part A and part B for all types of sections offered (Lectures, Labs, Seminars, etc.);

register in the same section numbers for part A and part B of a course (e.g., Lecture A1 for both part A and part B, and Lab E3 for both part A and part B);

register in all the appropriate sections on the same day.