UofC

Core Nursing Courses¹

• Nursing 411 Nursing Scholarship
• Nursing 421 Nursing of Families
• Nursing 441 Health Assessment
• Nursing 531 Community Health Nursing Theory
• Nursing 533 Community Health Nursing Clinical Practice
• Nursing 537 Nursing Leadership and Management
• Nursing 539 Research in Nursing
• Nursing 543 Senior Practicum
• One senior Nursing option

Support Courses²

• Statistics 205
• 9 units (1.5 full-course equivalents) open options chosen from courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and/or the Faculty of Science
• 6 units (1.0 full-course equivalent) open options

¹Nursing 531 is a prerequisite to 533. Nursing 441 and 533 are prerequisites to 543.

²At least 9 units (1.5 full-course equivalents) of the 15 units (2.5 full-course equivalents) open option courses must be at a senior level (300 or higher) and a maximum of 3 units (0.5 full-course equivalent) open option course may be a nursing option course.

Students' performance will be initially reviewed for promotion in the program when they have completed not less than 18 units (3.0 full-course equivalents). Students must achieve a minimum grade point average of 2.50.

Post-Diploma students will not be allowed to register in courses which duplicate content already taken in their nursing diploma program.

The baccalaureate program for nurses who hold a diploma must be completed within seven calendar years from the date of initial registration in the program. Students may complete the program on a full- or part-time basis. Part-time students are encouraged to complete some or all of the support courses prior to making application to the program.

Transfer credit from outside the Qatar faculty is limited to 30 units (5.0 full-course equivalents). Students must complete the remainder of the program, including 18 units (3.0 full-course equivalents) nursing courses, while registered at the University of Calgary in Qatar.

Courses taken at a university or community college level may be transferable for credit provided that these courses were not used towards the nursing diploma.

Students should also be aware that regardless of the number of transfer credits awarded, the program cannot be completed in less than three academic terms.