Elective and Selective Course Policies
Adding and Dropping UTMB Courses (including C Form) Form
Electives Course Directors and Coordinators
Basic Science and Humanities Selectives
Career Development Electives List
Electives with No-prerequisite Requirements
Summer Preceptorship Electives
External Electives
Please be aware of the VSLO elective process found here: Click to Download
Tyler electives that will be available through the VSLO process starting AY 2024-2025:
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine — Tyler with Dr. Dalia Nessim.
- Acting Internship in General Surgery — Tyler with Dr. Hishaam Ismael.
For more information regarding these Tyler electives, please reach out to Megan Pazos at megan.pazos@uthct.edu.Non-VSLO External Elective Process
Please be aware of the Non-VSLO elective process found here: Click to Download
All B forms are due 120 days in advance of the 1st day of the Period during which the elective is being requested. Any requests submitted after 120 days will not be accepted. There are no exceptions to this deadline. Credit cannot be given retroactively for a course in which a student was not officially enrolled and approved to start within the timeframe above.
Electives at St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston that will need to go through the Non-VSLO process starting AY 2024-2025 are listed below. Only available to UTMB medical students.
- Surgery — Leadership in Medicine with John E. Bertini, Jr., MD, FACS.
- Clinical Ophthalmology with Keith A. Bourgeois, MD.
- Surgery — Urology with John E. Bertini, Jr., MD, FACS.
- Surgery — Plastic Surgery with Donald R. Collins, Jr., MD.
For more information regarding these electives at St. Joseph Medical Center, please reach out to Frances Dawe at fndawe@utmb.edu.Student Self-Created Electives
Please be aware of the rules below before submitting a Student Created Elective.
- This elective cannot be used for VSLO rotations.
- This elective can only be used for general elective credit and cannot be used for clinical elective credit.
- Elective has to be done off campus (Non-UTMB Campus).
- Electives must be a minimum of 2 weeks.
- Students are required to find their own mentor before submitting an elective.
- An elective will need to be submitted at least 60 days prior to start date. Anything submitted after 60 days will not be accepted.
- No student can use a family member as their mentor.
- Electives Committe Approval—The committee meets once a month to review these electives. You will hear from the committee once your elective has been reviewed.
- Faculty Vetting.
- Affiliation Agreements.
- WOS appointments (COVID vaccination cards.)
- B-Form (enrollment services) — Contact Person. Check TMB website, Board Certified, Criminal Background check, etc...
All B forms are due 120 days in advance of the 1st day of the Period during which the elective is being requested. Any requests submitted after 120 days will not be accepted. There are no exceptions to this deadline. Credit cannot be given retroactively for a course in which a student was not officially enrolled and approved to start within the timeframe above.- Contact Tekeema Oliver at (409)266-0478 or tefrankl@utmb.edu with any further questions.
CLICK HERE to go to the Student-Created Elective Submission-Form.