The curriculum is designed to be taken over four years. With the prior approval of the Honors Advisor, application for an extension to the program must be submitted to the Student Advisor. With approval, students have six years from the time of admission to complete requirements for this program.

Students are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of their registrations. Particular care should be exercised regarding prerequisite courses. Students are responsible for adjustments in registration made necessary by reexamination results.

Placements can be made anywhere in the greater Edmonton area (Devon, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Morinville, St Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain) or as far away as 150 kilometers. Students are responsible for their transportation to practice placements and for the costs of travel and accommodations.

Clinical practice may include shift and weekend rotations.

Students will have two opportunities to pass the Medication Administration Safety Screening (MASS) exam at the beginning of each clinical course. Failure to pass the MASS exam at the beginning of a clinical course will require students to delete their registration in the clinical course.

An equivalent STAT (3) course may be accepted in lieu of NURS 341.

To proceed to Year 3, all courses listed in Years 1 and 2 of the Collaborative Program must have been successfully completed.

NURS 399 must be taken concurrently with NURS 390 during one six week block of Fall Term and with NURS 394 during one six week block of Winter Term.

To proceed to Year 4, all courses listed in Years 1, 2, and 3 of the Honors program must have been successfully completed.

NURS 490 must be taken during the first six weeks of Fall Term.

NURS 491 must be taken during the second six weeks of Fall Term.

All NURS 499 requirements must be completed by the end of Fall Term of Year 4.

To proceed with NURS 494 students must have completed all courses of the Honors Program except the corequisite NURS 495.

Graduation with Honors requires a GPA of 3.0 on the last 60. Students who are not recommended for graduation with Honors at the end of their fourth year may be granted the BScN degree if they meet the minimum requirements for this degree (see §134.1).

Graduation with First-Class Honors: Graduation with First-Class Honors requires a GPA of 3.5 or higher on the last 60 taken for credit toward the degree and that no failing grades are incurred throughout the program.