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
The result, faculty say, is that students are having a harder time getting needed classes, taking a lower course load and delaying their graduation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
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
Things were so hectic that Adam had dropped half his course load and was going to college part-time, and if things kept up at this rate, he was thinking of dropping out altogether.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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