This is probably a really really dumb question, but please ease my mind. The degree requirements for honours polsci is 120 credits, say you take more than 120 credits, so more than 40 courses will something bad happen? Thanks in advance lol

Nope. The only "bad thing" would be spending extra money!

Nothing bad will happen! You can only take a certain amount of Political Science classes to get a Honours Political Science degree, though. I took all Poli Sci electives in second and third year, and the Social Science faculty told me I literally had to stop taking Poli Sci classes, in order to get my degree. Go figure.

Make sure you space out your courses and take electives you're interested in, in another department. Good luck!