阿尔伯塔大学

A Specialization in Aging is offered in collaboration with the Faculty of Nursing and the Department of Human Ecology. Students focus their capping project or thesis on aging.

Program Requirements:

Students in the MN program with a specialization in Aging can select a thesis-based or course-based route.

MN Thesis-based:

Students in the thesis-based MN are required to complete 10 courses (★3, ★4 and/or ★6) for a minimum total of ★30 credits, plus a thesis focused on Aging.

MN Course-based:

Students in the course-based MN program are required to complete 11 courses (★3, ★4 and/or ★6) for a minimum total of ★33 credits, plus a ★3 capping exercise (NURS 900 Guided Scholarly Project) focused on Aging.

Course-based students should complete at least three courses per year.

All part-time course-based graduate students must register in a minimum of 3 units (★3) in course-work or in M REG 800 each September to August period to maintain their student status.

Required courses (★15):

All MN students are required to take:

NURS 502 - Nature of Nursing Knowledge

NURS 505 - Transforming Practice

NURS 506 - Program Planning

NURS 512 - Quantitative Research

NURS 513 - Qualitative Research

Specialization required course (★3):

NURS 604 - Fundamentals of Aging

Elective Courses:

Four (thesis-based programs) or five (course-based programs) electives are required.

Clinical Requirements for Nursing Courses:

Students are responsible for the health and safety requirements for all clinical practice courses in their graduate program. These requirements must be met prior to starting the clinical courses. If there is an associated fee, students are responsible for the costs incurred.

Registration with College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA)

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification (CPR)

Health Status Form

Immunization Requirements: See University Infectious Disease Regulation.

Criminal Record Check (Security Clearance Check)

Professional Ethics/Code of Student Behavior

Please see the Faculty of Nursing's website for further information regarding clinical requirements

Length of Program:

The Master's program can be completed within a two-year plus one term period.

The maximum time to complete the thesis-based MN program as set by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research is four years. The maximum time to complete the course-based MN program as set by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research is six years.