Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program

Program Information
For students who entered the program in fall 2011 or before

Enrolment in non-Nursing courses is limited and in some cases, demand exceeds that limit. The University is unable to guarantee registration in any particular course and reserves the right to withdraw course offerings.

First Year

  • Nursing 1150a, 1151, 1152b, 1153
  • Health Sciences 2330a/b
  • Physiology 1020
  • Foods & Nutrition 1021

Second Year

  • Nursing 2253a, 2254b, 2255a/b, 2256q/r/s/t, 2257a/r/s/t, 2262a/b, 2263q/r/s/t, 2264q/r/s/t
  • Pharmacology & Toxicology 2060a/b
  • Pathology 2420a
  • 1.0 full course elective*

Third Year

  • Nursing 3318a/b, 3319a/b, 3361a/b, 3362a/b, 3371a/b, 3372a/b
  • Microbiology & Immunology 3810
  • 1.0 full course elective*

Fourth Year

  • Nursing 4412w, 4420w, 4430y, 4431y
  • Nursing 4496x
  • 1.0 full course elective (2 first-term, half-courses are required)*

*Electives must be selected from courses at the 1000-level or above and two electives must be at the 2000-level or above.

Full-time Study

The above is the normal course load. In exceptional circumstances and only with special permission of the Dean, (special permissions may be issued by the Academic Counsellor on behalf of the Dean), a student may make modifications to this course load.

Length of Academic Year

Each of the four years of the Basic Nursing Program consists of two terms that correspond to those of the faculties of Arts, Science and Social Science.

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