Admission Requirements

  • Current registration as a registered nurse or registered psychiatric nurse.
  • Proof of English proficiency may be required for applicants to graduate programs. Proof of
    English proficiency may be demonstrated through:
    • A minimum of three consecutive years of full-time study or completion of a graduate
      degree at a recognized post-secondary institution, where the exclusive language of
      instruction and examination of the program and/or institution is English; or
    • Provision of evidence of English language proficiency, using one of the approved tests
      listed in the English Language Proficiency Policy. Acceptable test scores are as follows:
      • TOEFL: a combined minimum total score of 94, with a minimum of 24 out of 30
        in the writing component, and a minimum of 22 out of 30 in the reading,
        listening, and speaking components.
      • IELTS: an overall score of 7.0 with no score below 6.5 in each area
  • a bachelor's degree in Nursing, or equivalent, from a recognized college or university in an academic discipline relevant to the proposed field of study
  • a cumulative weighted average of at least a 70% (U of S grade system equivalent) in the last two years of study (i.e. 60 credit units)
  • the equivalent of three credit units in each of Statistics and Research Methods at the undergraduate level

For more information on language proficiency requirements, see the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Academic Policies.

Degree Requirements

Students must maintain continuous registration, either in a credit course or a tuition bearing maintenance of status.

  • GPS 960.0
  • GPS 961.0, if research involves human subjects
  • GPS 962.0, if research involves animal subjects

27 credit units, including the following:

  • 3 credit units 800-level open elective
  • NURS 812.3
  • NURS 821.3
  • NURS 824.6
  • NURS 891.3
  • NURS 990.0

3 credit units of the following:

  • CHEP 805.3
  • CHEP 806.3
  • ERES 840.3
  • KIN 808.3
  • NURS 818.3
  • PSY 805.3
  • PUBH 805.3
  • STAT 845.3

6 credit units of restricted electives:

  • NURS 813.3
  • NURS 814.3
  • NURS 815.3
  • NURS 822.3
  • NURS 823.3
  • NURS 892.3
  • NURS 893.3

*Please note that students receiving a grade less than 60% in any two courses within a graduate program in the College of Nursing will be recommended to be required to discontinue by the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.