"course load" meaning in English

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          "text": "A Type-A — make that A-plus — overachiever, even by New York standards, she skated competitively as a kid, finished M.I.T. in three and a half years, and tested out of a chunk of her courseload at Columbia Business School.",
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        "The number and difficulty of courses taken in an academic setting."
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