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Encyclopedia > Elective

Elective used as a adjective means that it is optional and chosen, for example, by election. An elective, a noun, chosen by a student means that it is an optional subject or course in a curriculum.


Elective is a term used for an academic course chosen by the student from a set of options, as opposed to a required course. For example, an undergraduate college may require students studying psychology to take six required courses and four electives, chosen from a list of ten options. This article is about the unit of teaching. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Psychology is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. ...


The term elective is also used for a period of medical study conducted away from the student's home medical school, often abroad. medicines, see medication and pharmacology. ... A medical school or faculty of medicine is a tertiary educational institution or part of such an institution that teaches medicine. ...


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The elective will include hands-on clinical examination, diagnostic procedures on clinical cases and cadavers, finding and interpreting data from literature, presentation of short talk and daily seminars given by staff and visiting lecturers.
This elective will allow students to gain additional experience in the investigation of equine respiratory disorders, both upper and lower, including the use of the treadmill, endoscopy and the surgical correction of appropriate cases.
The elective is based principally on available case material, although students are invited to submit subjects relating to anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine for tutorial-based discussion.
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