Course of Study
1. Qualifying Year
The Qualifying Year is an intensive 10-month bridging period that introduces students to nursing and prepares them for entry to graduate-level nursing studies. After successful completion of the Qualifying Year, students must formally apply to the Master of Science (Applied) Nursing Direct Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing (DE-APN) or the Master of Science (Applied) Nursing - Global Health (GH) concentration through Slate.
| Fall Term | Winter Term | Summer Term | |||
| IPEA 500 - Roles in Interprof. Teams | 0 cr | IPEA 501 - Commun. in Interprof. Teams | 0 cr | NUR2 512 - Practice and Theory in Nursing | 4 cr |
| NUR2 500 - Integrated Health Sciences 1 | 4 cr | NUR2 501 - Integrated Health Sciences 2 | 4 cr | NUR2 519 - Nursing Clinical Skills Lab 3 | 1 cr |
| NUR2 510 - Practice of Nursing 1 | 3 cr | NUR2 511 - Practice of Nursing 2 | 3 cr | NUR2 521 - Wound Care 1 | 1.5 cr |
| NUR2 513 - Introduction to Nursing Care | 4 cr | NUR2 514 - Introduction to Nursing 2 | 4 cr | ||
| NUR2 517 - Nursing Clinical Skills Lab 1 | 1 cr | NUR2 518 - Nursing Clinical Skills Lab 2 | 1 cr | ||
| NUR2 534 - Health Assessment/Anatomy1 | 3 cr | NUR2 535 - Health Assessment/Anatomy 2 | 3 cr | ||
| NUR1 222 - Strengths-Based Nurs&Prof Prac | 3 cr | NUR1 311 - Infection Prevention & Control | 3 cr | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 6.5 |
2. MScA-N Direct Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing (DE-APN)
The Master of Science (Applied) Nursing Direct Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing is a two-year, 61-credit program that directly follows the Qualifying Year. Upon successful completion of Year 2, graduates are eligible to write the OIIQ licensing exam.
3.MScA-N: Global Health
The Master of Science (Applied): Nursing: Global Health provides students with global health content throughout their program of study, and students spend one semester taking clinical- and project-based courses in their final year in a global health placement site. For more information about the Global Health Concentration, click here.