Can students participating in an on-going course decide to earn CDM in the middle of the course?

No. The CDM policy is being phased in beginning with students who wish to accelerate without enrolling in a course and to attempt CDM prior to taking a course. The CDM Committee has begun discussions about how to extend the policy to promote on-going mastery-based learning and include students taking courses and in a credit recovery situation. When the policy is extended to those students, the guidance document will be updated to reflect guidelines applicable to those students