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The BN Off-Site program at Medicine Hat College is a three and one-half year partnership program offered entirely on the Medicine Hat College Site. It was developed jointly by the nursing faculty at the University of Calgary and Medicine Hat College in order to allow students in the Medicine Hat area increased access to a baccalaureate program without having to relocate. The program has a focus on gerontology and rural nursing, and will prepare students for professional nursing practice in a wide variety of community and business settings.

Students will apply to enter the program in year one at Medicine Hat College. Upon successful completion of their first two years of the program and upon meeting the University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing admission criteria (minimum 2.00 GPA on the last 5 full-course equivalents), students apply to enter the University of Calgary as third year students. The remaining courses will be completed as University of Calgary students. The third and fourth year courses will be delivered on the Medicine Hat College Site with University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing professors as Instructors of Record. The fourth year is fast-tracked in the Fall Term, allowing students to complete the BN program in three and one-half years.

1st Year

First and Second Years of the program are Medicine Hat College courses.¹

Fall Term

Biology 275

Health Studies 210

Humanities option

Nursing 200

Nursing 251

Winter Term

Biology 231

Biology 277

Nursing 256

Nursing 263

Psychology 205

Spring Term

Nursing 264

2nd Year

Fall Term

Nursing 351

Nursing 353

Nursing 361 and 362²

Winter Term

Nursing 363 and 364²

Nursing 365

Nursing 367

Open option

3rd Year

Fall Term

Nursing Offsite 451 and 452²

Statistics 333³

Senior Open option

Winter Term

Nursing Offsite 453 and 454²

Nursing Offsite 455

Philosophy 313³

Spring Term

Nursing Offsite 457 and 458

4th Year

Fall Term

Nursing Offsite 551 and 553 and 554

¹First and Second Year course descriptions will not be listed in the University of Calgary Calendar since students must complete them prior to their admission to this institution.

²Corequisite Theory/Practice courses in second and third years will run back to back (one-half class each term).

³Students in the Fall Term of third year will register in University of Calgary courses (Nursing Offsite 451 and 452 or 453 and 454 while concurrently taking Medicine Hat College Statistics 333 and Philosophy 313). Fees for the latter will be due and payable to Medicine Hat College.

Promotion from third year to fourth year is by recommendation of the University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing. For purposes of promotion, the academic year is considered to be from September 1 of one year to August 31 of the next. Hence, Spring/Summer grades are calculated with the previous Fall/Winter Term grades. The minimum requirement is a grade point average of 2.50 in each of the third and fourth years.

Duration of Degree Program

Except with special permission of the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs), the BN degree must be completed within seven calendar years from the date of initial registration in the program.

Transfer Credit

Students transferring from post-secondary institutions other than Medicine Hat College are considered on an individual basis. However, students will be required to complete the equivalent of not fewer than ten half courses, at least six of which must be Nursing courses taken as a BN student at the Medicine Hat College Site.

Nurse Registration Examinations

In order to be considered eligible to write the nurse registration examinations, BN students at the Medicine Hat College Site are required to complete the fourth year program requirements with a minimum 2.50 grade point average. Students who satisfactorily complete the program by December of their fourth year will be eligible to write the nurse registration examinations in February and will be awarded their degree in June of the following year.