This catalog includes all approved undergraduate medical education at Stritch, Loyola University Health System, and affiliated hospitals. A maximum of 30 weeks of elective time are available, of which 22 weeks are required to fulfill the elective curriculum graduation requirement.

For information about extramural elective opportunities available through other medical schools and institutions, contact your faculty advisor, the Office of Student Affairs and/or faculty in areas of your interest. The national Extramural Elective Compendium contains information about opportunities through other medical schools; view it on the AAMC's website.

The elective curriculum gives students opportunities to select courses most suitable to their needs and interests and to: 

• gain broader experience and knowledge in clinical medicine
• strengthen medical education in an area of special interest
• test one's interest in a possible area of specialization
• complete research projects or take advantage of opportunities for other special training
• exercise responsibility and choice of self-determination of medical education content

We hope these options add to your education and to your interest in -- and excitement about -- a career in medicine.    

Notice of non-discriminatory policy as to students

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine admits students without regard to race, color, age, sex, religion or national or ethnic origin to all the rights and privileges, programs, and other activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. Loyola University Chicago does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, religion or national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. Qualified persons are not subject to discrimination on the basis of handicap or disability.

Material in this catalog informs enrolled physicians-in-training about the policies which govern their academic program in the Stritch School of Medicine. The president and officers of Loyola University Chicago reserve the right to change requirements for promotion or graduation announced in this catalog, and to change the arrangement, scheduling, credit, or content of courses, the books used, tuition, fees, and regulations affecting physicians-in-training, and reserve the right to dismiss any physician-in-training at any time, and to refuse to readmit, should it be deemed to be required in the interest of the physician-in-trianing or of the university to do so. Information regarding changes is available through the Stritch Office of Student Affairs.  

(Preparation coordinated by the Office of Registration and Records.)