Master of Nursing programs & courses

The ULethbridge Master of Nursing program comprises the equivalent of 11 courses (33.0 credit hours). Course sequencing differs between the course-based, thesis and project pathways.

Common Core (12.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5100 - Nursing Ethics, Policy, and Politics (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5110 - Health Research: Critique, Synthesis, and Application (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5120 - Nursing as Art and Science (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5140 - Populations and Places for Nursing Practice (3.0 credit hours)
Culminating Activity (21.0 credit hours)

Students in the course-based route will take 12.0 credit hours of Common Core courses above, an additional 9.0 credit hours with the following courses:

  • Public Health 5002 - Advanced Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (3.0 credit hours)
    • this course is delivered online synchronously (in real time at the times scheduled). Please contact graduate.health@uleth.ca for details.
  • Nursing 5170 - Teaching and Learning in Nursing (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5180 - Concepts and Innovations in Nursing Practice (3.0 credit hours)

And an additional 12.0 credit hours from the following list:

  • Advanced Clinical Study of Addiction 5000 – Addiction and Addictive Disorders (3.0 credit hours)
  • Advanced Clinical Study of Addiction 5004 - Social Ecology of Addiction (3.0 credit hours)
  • Advanced Clinical Study of Addiction 5006 - Biological Bases of Addiction (3.0 credit hours)
  • Advanced Clinical Study of Addiction 5008 - Cognitive Processes of Addiction (3.0 credit hours)
  • Health Services Management 5100 – Organization Design* (3.0 credit hours)
  • Health Services Management 5120 – Health Services Design* (3.0 credit hours)
  • Health Services Management 5300 – Leading People in Health Services* (3.0 credit hours)
  • Health Services Management 5320 – Marketing in Health Services* (3.0 credit hours)
  • Health Services Management 5400 – Strategy, Power and Politics* (1.5 credit hours)
  • Health Services Management 5420 – The Art of Negotiating Relations and Conflict Management* (1.5 credit hours)
  • Health Services Management 5430 – Health Systems with a Global Perspective* (3.0 credit hours)
  • Health Services Management 5500 – Leading Meaningful Change in Health Services* (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5130 – Practice Experience (3.0 credit hours; see Required Documentation)
  • Public Health 5005 - Advanced Public Health Policy and Ethics (3.0 credit hours)

*Health Services Management (HMGT) courses are delivered using a blended format:

  • Face-to-face sessions are offered on the Calgary Campus for a total of 20 hours.
  • Asynchronous online sessions for a total of 16 hours.
  • Students registering for any HMGT courses must attend face-to-face sessions in Calgary.

For course descriptions, please see the course catalogue

For information about which courses will be offered, when, where and by which instructor, visit the current term's Dynamic Schedule

  • Public Health 5002 - Advanced Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5130 - Practice Experience (3.0 credit hours; see required documentation)
  • Nursing 5150 - Project Development Seminar (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5170 - Teaching and Learning in Nursing (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5180 - Concepts and Innovations in Nursing Practice (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5130 - Final Project (6.0 credit hours)
About the Final project
  • Students choose a project topic of interest to them, in consultation with the Project Development Seminar instructor.
  • Students will have opportunities to discuss and explore possible topic ideas with their instructor and colleagues in the Project Proposal Seminar.
  • The project topic must be selected by the end of the second week of the Project Development Seminar.
  • Research methods elective (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5130 - Practice Experience (3.0 credit hours; see required documentation)
  • Nursing 5160 - Thesis Proposal Seminar (3.0 credit hours)
  • Nursing 5160 - Thesis (12.0 credit hours)
About the Thesis proposal
  • The student must complete a thesis proposal and submit it to the relevant program committee.
  • Full-time MN students must submit their thesis proposal by the end of the fourth term of their program.
  • Part time MN students must submit their thesis proposal by the end of the seventh tern of their program.

Find Thesis Proposal details in the School of Graduate Studies Policies and Procedures manual

Please see the course catalog for course descriptions. Information about which courses will be offered - when, where and by which instructor - is provided in the current semester Timetable, available at www.ulethbridge.ca/ross/timetable.

In case of discrepancies between this page and the Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue, the Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue shall prevail.