Graduate health studies and nursing course offerings

Athabasca University may modify the list of available courses at any time. Students are required to check course eligibility and prerequisites before attempting to register. Students who have registered for a course but have not completed the prerequisites will be withdrawn from the course.

Learners who withdraw from a course any time after their course registration is finalized and up to the early withdrawal deadline (1 month after the course start date) will have their registration record deleted from their official transcript and will be refunded the course tuition, less the mandatory Course Withdrawal Processing Fee.

Note the scheduling of NP courses:

• All NP courses are offered in three semesters each year (Fall, Winter, and Spring).
• NURS 518 is offered in all three semesters but may have limited seats in the fall term.
• NURS 000 is required for students taking Nurse Practitioner programs. Students will be registered by our program staff at the time of admission. Non-program students planning to apply for Nurse Practitioner programs may take the orientation course prior to admission. Please contact fhdgradadmin@athabascau.ca to register.
• Course offering is contingent on a minimum enrolment of 10 students per course.

The Faculty of Health Disciplines has introduced 3 graduate-level Nursing, Health Studies and Counselling Psychology (NHCP) courses:

• NHCP 712 Advanced Qualitative Research
• NHCP 713 Advanced Quantitative Research
• NHCP 719 Thesis I

All learners who need the advanced research or Thesis I courses will now register as Nursing, Health Studies and Counselling Psychology (NHCP) regardless of their FHD graduate program.