Course #

Course Title

Cr Hrs

CORE COURSES (minimum 26 credit hours)

NURS 3430

Seminar in Professional Nursing Foundations¹

2

NURS 3220

Community Health Nursing ^{1, 2 and 5}

4

STAT 1000

Basic Statistical Analysis

3

NURS 3210

Nursing Research Methods

3

NURS 4310

Nursing Leadership: Issues and Practices

4

NURS 4200 

The Teaching-Learning Process in Nursing Practice

3

NURS 4210

Independent Study in Nursing Practice

4

NURS 4220

Law and Ethics in Nursing Practice

3

STREAM/FOCUS AREA (minimum 19 credit hours)
Nursing and non-nursing electives allow a student to customize the program, either to focus on a particular area of nursing practice or to expand on a number of different areas of nursing.

  
NURS 3200

NURS 3230

NURS 3390

NURS 4160

Nursing Clinical Course: One of:
Nursing of Individuals and Families with Long-Term Illness and Disability
OR
Perspectives on Mental Health Nursing
OR
Nursing in Rural Environments
OR
Community Health Nursing II²

4

Nursing Electives: Choose two (2) from the following courses:

6

NURS 2110

Health Assessment of Individuals

3

NURS 2200

Topics in Aging

3

NURS 2610³

Health & Physical Aspects of Aging

3

SWRK 2650⁴

The Social Aspects of Aging

3

NURS 3330

Women and Health

3

NURS 3340

Providing Care in a Culturally Diverse Society

3

NURS 3350

Counselling Skills for Nurses

3

NURS 3400

Men’s Health: Concerns, Issues and Myths

3

NURS 4250

Palliative Nursing Care (only when offered specifically for BPRN students, usually in intersession, off-campus)

3

Non-Nursing Electives

9

A total of 9 credit hours of non-nursing electives may be chosen from Arts, Science, or professional faculties and can be used to build on a particular area of expertise or to broaden a student’s knowledge. Students may use no more than 6 credit hours at the 1000-level (introductory level) in this category.