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Health Sciences Calendar
2005 - 2006

5.5.4 Program Requirements

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN NURSING (30 credits)
Required Courses
(27 credits)
NUR2 628
(4)
Advanced Assessment
NUR2 630
(3)
Clinical Project 1
NUR2 640
(4)
Clinical Reasoning 1
NUR2 641
(4)
Clinical Reasoning 2
NUR2 616
(4)
Advanced Clinical Skills
NUR2 650
(8)
Practitioner Internship
Complementary Courses
(3 credits)
NUR2 644
(3)
Special Topics 1 or
NUR2 645
(3)
Special Topics 2
MASTER'S PROGRAMS

The general rules concerning higher degrees apply. (See the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office General Information and Regulations.) A minimum of two years of full-time study (or equivalent) is required for the Masters programs.

M.Sc. (Thesis)
(50 credits) (not offered 2005-06)
M.Sc. (Applied) Program
(48 to 60 credits)
Required Courses
(30 credits)
NUR2 611D1/D2
(6)
Seminar in Nursing
NUR2 612
(3)
Research Methods in Nursing 1
NUR2 614D1/D2
(6)
Clinical Laboratory - Nursing 1
NUR2 626
(3)
Professional Issues in Nursing
NUR2 630
(3)
Clinical Project 1
NUR2 631
(3)
Clinical Project 2
NUR2 642
(3)
Ethics in Advanced Practice
one 3-credit upper-level statistics course
Complementary Courses
(18 to 30 credits)
23 credits - Direct Entry students (clinical)
19 credits - Nursing Bachelors Entry students (clinical)
30 credits - Nursing Bachelors Entry students (Nurse Practitioner)
18 credits - Nursing Bachelors Entry students (adjunct)
Students take the appropriate number of credits from the following list of courses:
NUR2 615
(3)
Health Care Evaluation
NUR2 616
(4)
Advanced Clinical Skills
NUR2 623
(4)
Clinical Assessment and Therapeutics
NUR2 624
(4)
Clinical Laboratory in Nursing 2
NUR2 627
(3)
Nursing Practicum
NUR2 628
(4)
Advanced Assessment
NUR2 640
(4)
Clinical Reasoning 1
NUR2 641
(4)
Clinical Reasoning 2
NUR2 643
(3)
Role Development
NUR2 644
(3)
Special Topics 1
or NUR2 645
(3)
Special Topics 2
or NUR2 646
(3)
Special Topics 3
or NUR2 647
(3)
Special Topics 4
NUR2 650
(8)
Practitioner Internship
or other graduate level courses in consultation with faculty advisor.
QUALIFYING YEAR (41 credits)
(non-nurse applicants entering with B.A. or B.Sc.)

Fall Term
NUR1 222
(1)
McGill Model of Nursing
NUR2 511D1
(3)
Practice of Nursing Part 1
NUR2 514D1
(5)
Clinical Laboratory in Nursing
2 complementary courses*
Winter Term
NUR1 235
(4)
Health and Physical Assessment
NUR2 511D2
(3)
Practice of Nursing Part 1
NUR2 514D2
(5)
Clinical Laboratory in Nursing
2 complementary courses*
Summer Term
NUR2 512
(8)
Practice and Theory in Nursing

*Complementary Courses:
A total of 12 credits from the physical sciences, social sciences and nursing, are chosen in consultation with faculty to complement the student's previous academic background.

Students must successfully complete the Qualifying Year with a minimum of B- in all courses and be recommended by the Standing and Promotions Committee for entry to the Master of Science (Applied) Program. Students in the Qualifying Year will be required to submit an on-line application to the Master's of Science (Applied) by the application deadline.

Ph.D. PROGRAM

Each student's program is designed with the thesis supervisor taking into account the student's previous academic preparation, needs and research interests. The requirements for the doctoral degree are:

1. Two years of full-time residence (or equivalent). A student who has obtained a Master's degree at McGill University or at an approved institution elsewhere, and is proceeding in the same subject to a Ph.D. degree, may on the recommendation of the School, be registered in the second year of the Ph.D. program.
2. A minimum of 18 credits beyond the Master's level. Courses and seminars in research design, issues of measurement, advanced nursing, development of theory in nursing, advanced statistics and complementary course(s) in the student's major field of study are compulsory. The student's program is decided in consultation with the thesis supervisor. Students with a Master's degree in nursing (equivalent to McGill) would enter the program in Ph.D.2. The following table outlines the suggested sequence of courses for the program:
Ph.D. Year 2:
NUR2 702
(3)
Quantitative Research
NUR2 730
(3)
Theory Development in Nursing
NUR2 703
(3)
Issues of Measurement
Selected courses (Statistics, complementary or substantive courses)*
Ph.D. Year 3:
NUR2 780
(3)
 
Selected courses (Statistics, complementary or substantive courses)*
NUR2 701
(1)
Comprehensive Examiniation
* A minimum of 3 credits in advanced statistics and substantive courses is planned with the thesis supervisor.
3. Successful defence of the thesis proposal (Comprehensive Examiniation)
4. Dissertation and Ph.D. Oral Defense examination
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