elective course
Non-required academic subject
An elective course is one a student chooses from available options, as opposed to required courses in a curriculum.
Students select electives based on interest, career goals, or to fulfill credit requirements: I'm taking photography as an elective.
Often shortened to elective: What electives are you taking this semester?
- biologyStudy of organisms
- filmMovie or coating
- programmingWriting software instructions
- paintingPigment on canvas
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
choice · pass fail · music composition · psychology · graphic design · environmental science · leadership training · financial literacy · credit hours · general education · semester · liberal arts · business management · creative writing · foreign languages · curriculum · sociology · cognitive science
elective courserequired course
Mandatory class for graduation
prerequisite · core course · non-elective · degree requirement · foundation course
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