Elective Bulletin

• In order to be officially enrolled into any selective or elective, students must submit the completed appropriate course form to the Curriculum Office.
  
  
• Students must be enrolled in a course prior to starting in order to receive credit.

  We cannot provide retroactive credit for courses if you are not properly enrolled.

• Malpractice: You must be officially enrolled in a course to be covered by malpractice insurance during your away rotation.
  • In Georgia, No student who engages in the practice of medicine under the supervision of a medical facility, academic institution, or doctor of medicine, as a part of an academic curriculum leading to the award of a medical degree, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission in such practice of medicine, except for willful or wanton misconduct.” (Georgia Code 1981, section number 51138, Effective date: July 1, 1987)
    
    

  • In the United States but NOT in Georgia students officially enrolled at MCG are covered by Professional Liability Insurance while at U.S. institutions out of the state of Georgia.

• The appropriate course form should be completed in order to enroll in selectives and electives. Copies of these forms can be found on the Curriculum Office home page.

• There are 3 types of course forms:
  • Add Form: use for all MCG sponsored courses on all campuses
    
    
  • Off Campus Elective Form: use for all off campus electives inside the United States
    
    
  • Drop Form: use for all electives, selectives, and clerkships regardless of campus.
• After completion of the student portion of the form, students should submit the form to the appropriate location (explained on the form) for approval. Please note that completed forms must be submitted by email in order to maintain an accurate record of the submission. Students are not officially enrolled until the completed form is processed by the Curriculum Office.

• All electives on the Augusta campus, except continuous electives, may be dropped any time prior to three weeks from the start date of the elective.

• Clerkships and selectives on all campuses as well as electives outside Augusta (except continuous electives) may be dropped prior to six weeks from the start of the course.
  
  
• Without special permission from the department and the Curriculum Office, courses may not be dropped after the deadline. After the deadline, students are required to withdraw from a course and will not be allowed to sign up for any course during that month. In addition, the withdrawal will be recorded on the student’s transcript as a “W”.

• Courses may be added to the schedule at any time up to the beginning of the course as long as the student has an open month and has obtained approval from the appropriate department or institution.
  
  
• Gaining approval from the department and/or institution may involve verifying that there is sufficient room in the course, receiving permission from the sponsoring faculty, and completing all necessary paperwork for the course in a timely fashion (including anything required by the hosting facility).

Except for extraordinary circumstances, the above policy will be strictly enforced.

• The following pages list all of the selective and elective courses available through the Medical College of Georgia. Each listing contains the course title, course number, course category, course classification, contact person, months offered, and a brief description of the course.

• Each course description also has an eligibility listing, which refers to the course prerequisites. Courses listed as “All” have no prerequisites and can be taken by all students. Courses listed as “Enrichment Only” can be taken only by students who have completed all Core Clerkships. Courses listed as “Clerkship +” may be taken by any student who has completed all of the clinical portion of the clerkship within that department or part of the clinical portion and passed the shelf exam for that clerkship. LIC students must take Clerkship + electives in the second semester of their clerkship phase. Note that clerkship students can find a list of courses which are open to them on the final pages of this bulletin. A few courses have additional requirements which are listed in this category as well.
• With few exceptions, course locations are not included in the course listing. Most of the listed courses are available on the Augusta campus. Many of the courses are also offered on the various regional campuses as well. For information about courses on the Augusta campus, please check with the sponsoring department. For information about courses on the regional campuses, please check with the corresponding regional campus office.
• All courses listed are subject to the availability of faculty and resources. Because of lack of available faculty or other resources, some courses may not be offered at a given time even though they are listed in the bulletin. Check with the sponsoring department for more information about which courses are available currently.

MCG courses are classified to denote either the graduation requirement they fulfill or the number of weeks that students earn (for electives).

Please check the electives credit policy at https://www.augusta.edu/mcg/coffice/curriculum/policies.php  

1. Category: Clinical vs. Non-Clinical Electives:

• Clinical electives can be 2 or 4 weeks and must involve patient care. Only 4-week clinical electives will count towards the Advanced Clinical Selective requirement (Class of 2024 and beyond).
  
  
• Non-Clinical Electives may be 2 or 4 weeks in length, but do not count towards the Advanced Clinical Selective Requirement.

2. Classification: 2 week or 4 week

• Courses are listed as either 2 week or 4- week courses based on the length of the course.
  
  
• Courses listed as 2 week/4week offer both a two week and a 4 week option.
  
  
• A small number of 4-week courses will only count for 2 weeks/4 credit hours toward graduation based on workload. These courses are listed below and are also noted in the course description in the main section of the bulletin.