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Office of the Registrar

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Office of the Registrar

Good to Know!

Timetable & Exam Schedule Timelines

Undergraduate Timetable 

Fall / Winter Courses

  • Mid-May; Friday before Victoria Day weekend

Summer Courses

  • Mid-February; Friday before Winter Reading Break

Undergraduate Exam Schedule 

December Exams

  • Mid-October; Friday before Fall Reading Break

April Exams

  • Mid-February; Friday before Winter Reading Break

Summer Exams

  • S61 Final & S12 Mid-term
    • Mid-May; Friday before Victoria Day weekend
  • S62 & S12 Final
    • Early July; Friday after Canada Day weekend

Closed Course 

Before the final date to add or change courses.

  • The status of 'Closed' indicates that the section has reached capacity and is now full. Please ensure you check other sections of the course as it doesn't necessarily mean that all sections are full.

After the final date to add or change courses.

  • The status of 'Closed' indicates that the registration period is closed and you can no longer register in the course.

One Lecture, Two Rooms 

When there are two rooms assigned to a lecture, that means that the enrolment of the course is too high for all students to fit into one lecture hall and the lecture will be streamed from the larger room to the overflow.  In most cases it is Wenjack (OCA W101.2) to another room. The best option would be to go to the larger room first to see if there is space available. 

Building Abbreviations 

BH / JBH - Blackburn Hall / Julian Blackburn Hall 

BL - Bata Library

CC / CCN / CCW / CCS - Champlain College / North / West / South 

CH - Crawford House (Traill)

CSB - Chemical Sciences Building

DNA - DNA / Life & Health Sciences Building

ESC - Environmental Sciences Building

ECC - Lady Eaton College

FL - Fry Lodge (Traill)

FPHL - First Peoples House of Learning

GCS - Gzowski College

OCA - Otonabee College

OCC - Oshawa Civic Centre (Durham)

OSH - Durham GTA Campus 

SC - Science Complex

SH - Scott House (Traill)

TC - Traill College

TCH - TeachingCity Hub (Durham)

TSC - Trent Student Centre

WH - Wallis Hall (Traill)

Course Codes & Identifiers

Trent University course codes (e.g. BIOL1020H-A-F01) consist of four parts.  

  • Department abbreviation (BIOL)
  • Four digit course level (1020)
  • Credit value (H)
  • Section identifier (A-F01)

If there are multiple sections of the course, subsequent sections would be numbered A-F02, A-F03, etc. Each course section may share the same lecture time, whereas seminar times may be different. Students can choose their course section when registering.

Credit Value 

  • A course number with a "Y" suffix indicates that course is worth 1 credit.
  • A course number with an “H” suffix indicates that the course is worth 0.5 credit.
  • A course number with a "C" suffix indicates that the course is worth 1.5 credits. 
  • A course number with a “D” suffix indicates that the course is worth 2.0 credits.

Term 

  • FA indicates a course is offered in the Fall (September to December).
  • WI indicates a course is offered in the Winter (January to April).
  • FW indicates a course is offered in the Fall/Winter (September to April).
  • For Summer term information please visit Summer Courses.

Delivery Type 

  • CON - Conversation Hour
  • FLD - Field Course
  • LAB - Laboratory
  • LEC - Lecture
  • MOD - Module
  • RED - Reading Course
  • SEM - Seminar
  • THS - Thesis Course
  • WEB - Web-based Course 
  • WRK - Workshop
  • Fortnightly / Bi-weekly - Every other week 

Departments

  • AHCL - Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
  • ANTH – Anthropology
  • ASCI – Arts & Science
  • BIOC - Conservation Biology
  • BIOL – Biology
  • BIOM – Biomedical Science
  • ADMN - Business Administration
  • CAST - Canadian Studies
  • CHEM – Chemistry
  • CHYS – Child & Youth Studies
  • CCTH – Communications & Critical Thinking
  • COIS - Computing & Information Systems
  • CUST - Cultural Studies
  • ECON – Economics
  • EDUC – Education
  • ENGL - English Literature 
  • ERSC / ERST - Environmental & Resource Science / Studies
  • EGEO - Environmental Geoscience
  • FRSC - Forensic Science
  • FREN – French & Francophone Studies
    • ARAB, CHIN, GRMN, ITAL, RUSS, SPAN, ASLA - Language Courses
    • LING - Linguistics 
  • GEOG - Geography
  • HIST – History
  • IESS – Indigenous Environmental Studies / Science
  • INDG - Indigenous Studies
  • IDST - International Development Studies
  • JOUR – Journalism
  • MATH - Mathematics
  • NURS - Nursing
  • PHIL – Philosophy
  • PHYS - Physics
  • PLCW - Policing & Community Well-being
  • POST - Political Studies
  • PSYC - Psychology
  • SWRK - Social Work
  • SOCI - Sociology
  • SAFS - Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
  • UNIV / WRIT - General University Courses
  • WASC – Water Sciences
  • WMST - Gender & Women's Studies