Apr 12, 2025  
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Undergraduate Calendar 2025-2026

Post Diploma R.P.N. (E) Stream (B.Sc.N.)


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Mohawk Site
Conestoga Site (2023 last intake)

Advanced Credit: 30 units; Units Taken at McMaster: 92 units

Professional Practice (PP) courses are subject to change, depending on availability and pressures within the health care system. As such, these course changes and/or substitute courses will be made at the discretion of the B.Sc.N. program and in accordance with the requirements of nursing accreditation and licensing bodies.

Note:


  1. NURSING 3A04  and NURSING 3RY4  cannot be taken concurrently; these courses must be completed in separate terms.
  2. HTHSCI 2S03  must be taken before HTHSCI 2C03 .

Requirements (EFFECTIVE AS OF FALL 2025)


Level II: 30 Units


Level III: 33 Units


Level IV: 29 Units


Total Units: 122


Requirements (EFFECTIVE AS OF 2023)


Electives


Twelve units of electives are to be selected from disciplines of the student’s choice of which a minimum of six units are to be chosen from courses designated Level II or above. A maximum of six units of electives may be selected from NURSING and/or HTHSCI elective course (i.e. those course that are not required for any of the program streams). For some courses the amount of duplication of required content will preclude use for elective credit in the B.Sc.N. Program. Mandatory NURSING and/or HTHSCI courses from the Basic (A) Stream or the Accelerated (F) Stream of the B.Sc.N. Program cannot be used toward elective requirements for the Post Diploma R.P.N. (E) Stream.

Note:


1. NURSING 3A04  and NURSING 3RY4  cannot be taken concurrently; these courses must be completed in separate terms.
2. HTHSCI 2S03  must be taken before HTHSCI 2C03 .

Requirements


Advanced Credit: 30 units

Total Units: 120


Requirements (EFFECTIVE AS OF 2020-2022)


Electives


Twelve units of electives are to be selected from disciplines of the student’s choice of which a minimum of six units are to be chosen from courses designated Level II or above. A maximum of six units of electives may be selected from NURSING and/or HTHSCI elective course (i.e. those course that are not required for any of the program streams). For some courses the amount of duplication of required content will preclude use for elective credit in the B.Sc.N. Program. Mandatory NURSING and/or HTHSCI courses from the Basic (A) Stream or the Accelerated (F) Stream of the B.Sc.N. Program cannot be used toward elective requirements for the Post Diploma R.P.N. (E) Stream.

Note


  1. NURSING 3A04  and NURSING 3RY4  cannot be taken concurrently; these courses must be completed in separate terms.
  2. HTHSCI 2S03  must be taken before HTHSCI 2C03 .

Requirements


Advanced Credit: 30 units

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