course load
Americannoun
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course loads
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the number of courses or classroom hours a student is registered for in a given period of schooling.
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the amount of schoolwork a person is expected to take on as part of a plan of study.
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I’d never planned to retire or change my course load.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
That’s roughly nine hours a week — the equivalent of an undergraduate course load, said Zehra Abid-Wood, president of Lasell Village and a vice president at the university.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
He still works on weekends while juggling a rigorous course load of Advanced Placement classes; he currently has a 4.0 GPA and dreams of becoming a physical therapist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
The new policies will now allow students to drop their course load to as low as two classes under special circumstances.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023
I’m surprised to see them—I’d never been good at making friends during my three years in college, considering my age and my hefty course load.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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