Program Schedules and Timetables
The outline of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) curriculum is as follows:
Semester 1 and 2 include required non-nursing courses; Semesters 3 to 8 are exclusively nursing courses. Semester 1 Entry students will complete semesters 1 through 8. Semester 3 Entry students have the required pre-requisites and electives, totaling 30 credit hours and will complete Semesters 3 through 8. Semester 1 Entry and Semester 3 Entry students will begin the nursing program in September of each year.
*Students cannot use nursing courses to fulfill open electives requirements.*
Semester 1 (Foundational courses) |
Semester 2 (Foundational courses) |
Semester 3 Nursing courses begin |
Semester 4 |
| Human Physiology PHYL 1011.03 |
Human Physiology |
NURS 2710.06 Population Health Nursing |
NURS 2740.06 Nursing and Family Health |
Anatomy 1010.03 |
Biochemistry 1420.03 (Recommended) | NURS 2720.03 Health and Healing I |
NURS 2750.03 Health and Healing II |
ASSC 1700.03 Communications for Nursing and Kinesiology |
Statistics 1060.03 |
NURS 2730.03 Foundations of Nursing Practice |
HLTH 3010 Intro to Research methods |
| Health and Human Performance 2000.03 (Human Growth and Development) (Recommended) | Microbiology 1100.03 |
NURS 2715.03 Clinical Integration 1 |
NURS 2725.03 Clinical Integration 2 |
Open elective .03 |
Open elective .03 |
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| Interprofessional Education (IPHE 4900) | Interprofessional Education (IPHE 4900) | Interprofessional Education (IPHE 4900) | Interprofessional Education (IPHE 4900) |
| Semester 5 | Semester 6 | Semester 7 | Semester 8 |
| NURS 4705.06 Professional Reasoning & Social Responsibility (*starting in Winter 2025 ) |
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NURS 3710.06 Nursing and Episodic Care |
NURS 3730.06 Nursing in the Context of Persistent Illness |
NURS 4710.03 (last offering Fall 2024) Relational Practice and Advanced Clinical Reasoning |
NURS 4725.15 Transition to Practice |
NURS 3720.03 Professional Formation of Nursing Practice: Leadership Perspective |
Nursing Elective (3 CR): student chosen nursing foci |
Nursing Elective (3CR): student chosen nursing foci |
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NURS 3715.06 Clinical Integration 3 |
NURS 3725.06 Clinical Integration 4 |
NURS 4720.03 (last offering Fall 2024) Professional Formation: Nursing and Social Responsibility |
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NURS 4715.06 Exploratory Nursing Practice |
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| Interprofessional Education (IPHE 4900.03) | Interprofessional Education (IPHE 4900.03) | Interprofessional Education (IPHE 4900.03) | Interprofessional Education (IPHE 4900.03) |
*NURS 4705.06 will replace NURS 4710 and NURS 4720 for students entering the program in September 2023.
Program Schedules: *where discrepancies are found between this document and the online Dalhousie University academic timetable, the timetable will be considered the binding document