Definition of Elective

a nonacademic course in school that is chosen by the student

Examples of Elective in a sentence

While scheduling her classes for the fall semester, Jamie could only pick one more elective and then she would have to take academic subjects.  🔊

The only elective that appealed to the group of girls was chorus since they loved to sing.  🔊

Karen did not worry too much about the grades in her last class since it was an elective and had very little homework.  🔊

Excitement arose from the 8th graders knowing that they would soon be scheduling an elective plus their academic courses for next year.  🔊

I had to choose one elective from the choices of art, music, French, and computers for my 4th period class.  🔊

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