The Department is not in the business of speeding up the progress of individual students. It is the student's responsibility to ensure they meet the prerequisites before enrolling in a course. Assume normal progress as follows. It is based on the strong prerequisite structure for COSC courses and the resources we have to share among all students. The count includes courses taken on letters of permission.
Normal progress is measured acorss fall and winter terms.
The summer term is not a complete term. Summer courses are primariliy available to help late admissions to the university and provide catch up for students that fall behind. We have a limit on number of courses per year, as another way of viewing the above table is the following. COSC courses are difficult and we strongly advise students to not enroll in 4 courses in one term if they have completed or plan to enroll in a 3000-level course in the summer term. Our experience has been that most students drop one of the four courses, thus wasting their time and an available space for another student.