Electives
All Students
Program elective requirements are listed in the catalog for the year the student enrolled in their program.
Unless otherwise stated, elective credits may be taken from any discipline, but credit will not be granted for coursework that is deemed to be similar or foundational to the student’s degree program required coursework. For example, a course in the foundations of naturopathic medicine could not be applied to the elective credit requirement for naturopathic medicine (NM) students.
General Electives: defined as a course at any level
Programmatic Electives: limited to specific courses directly related to the program
Dual Degree Students
If a dual-degree student has waived a required course from one or both of their degree programs, that student may use coursework from one program to make up waived credits in the other program in which they are concurrently enrolled.
In addition, students may use core credits in their secondary academic degree or certificate program to fulfill general elective credit requirements in their primary academic degree program. Required electives from one program may not be substituted for programmatic (i.e., required discipline-specific) electives in another program.
If the student has completed all the general electives for the primary program prior to adding the secondary program, the general electives for the secondary program would be waived.
Naturopathic Medicine Students
When an NM student is granted a waiver for core coursework, elective credits equal to the number of credits waived must be earned to fulfill the total elective credit requirement. Elective credits covering waived course credits may be from any discipline.
Courses in the Certificate in Functional Medicine program do not count as elective credits.