课程负担 meaning in English

course load

The middle school students have a heavy course load each term
中学生每个学期都有一大堆繁重的课程负担。
In any year some of the students on this crash course find the pace too hot for them and drop out before christmas
每年都有一些修这门速成课的学生觉得课程负担太重而于圣诞节前辍学的。
These new models are much effective in constructing medical knowledge system , combining the education of knowledge , competence , and quality , early exposing the students to clinical medicine and reinforcing the training of primary health care , improving teaching methods and reducing students ' course learning burden
新的医学课程模式在为学生构建较为完整的医学知识结构体系、融知识、能力、素质教育为一体、使学生早期接触临床和加强初级卫生保健训练、促进教学方法的改革、减轻学生课程负担等方面更为有效。