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
For example, if a student enrolls in the fall with a full course load, they receive the maximum amount of loans.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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
When the sit-ins came to Hampton, Christine Mann was an eighteen-year-old Hampton Institute junior carrying a double course load.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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