Audit or Not-for-Credit Electives

  • Last Modified: Jan 17, 2025
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  • Responsible Office(s): Council on Curriculum

Policy Statement

Some clinical and non-clinical electives are designated as Audit (or “not-for-credit”) experiences. No academic assessment is made of student performance during an audit elective; however, the student is still responsible for adhering to all requirements outlined in the elective description form.

Reasons an elective may be classified as audit could include: a clinical elective does not meet the minimum UMKC School of Medicine standards for the assignment of credit (the clinical elective does not require 3 weeks attendance or 160 hours of contact). In these circumstances, only the Council on Curriculum may approve participation in an elective on an audit basis. Students may not designate any clinical or non-clinical elective as a not-for-credit experience, since only the Council on Curriculum has the authority to do so. Should a student determine that they are unable to meet the requirements necessary to satisfy a not-for-credit elective experience, the student is responsible for contacting their ETC and Council on Curriculum without delay.

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