Graduate health studies and nursing course offerings

Athabasca University may modify the list of available courses at any time. Students are advised to check course eligibility and prerequisites before attempting to register for courses. Students who have registered for a course without completing the course prerequisites will have their course registration cancelled and will be removed from the course.

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 who are planning to apply for Nurse Practitioner programs may take the orientation course prior to admission. Please contact gcapadmin@athabascau.ca to register.
• Course offering is contingent on a minimum enrolment of 10 students per course.
• Athabasca University reserves the right to modify the list of available courses at any time.
• The Faculty of Health Disciplines has introduced three new graduate-level Nursing, Health Studies and Counselling Psychology (NHCP) courses.

Starting Spring 2025, the new NHCP 712 Advanced Qualitative Research replaces all prior qualitative research courses (NURS 712, MHST 712, and GCAP 693). The new NHCP 713 Advanced Quantitative Research replaces all prior quantitative research courses (NURS 713, MHST 713, and GCAP 692). The registration window is February 1-15, 2025, for the new courses only. All other FHD Graduate course registration will be available from January 15-February 15th.

Starting Fall 2025, the new NHCP 719 Thesis I replaces all prior Thesis I courses (NURS 719, MHST 719, and GCAP 696). 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.

NURS 519 and NURS 521 are no longer offered. If you required either of these courses for your program, please contact your Graduate Student Advisor.