| Prerequisites:* | These courses are intended as guidelines. Speak to your guidance counsellor to see what courses are offered at your school.
Candidates for the PhD in Nursing will be considered for admission under the general regulations of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Applicants must have completed an honours baccalaureate degree and a master’s degree in nursing or a related discipline (e.g., education, health administration, psychology) with a minimum overall average of 75% (B+). Students intending to include a clinical practice component in their research must be registered as nurses in the jurisdiction where the clinical component of the research will take place. Several key areas of knowledge are required: research methods, statistics, and nursing theory. Applicants who do not have a master’s degree in nursing and/or whose knowledge of research methods or statistics is deficient may be asked to take qualifying courses such as NSG 5130 (Development of knowledge and theory in nursing as a discipline), EDU 6191 (Methods and Interpretation in Quantitative Research II), or NSG 5140 (Research methods in nursing). Those who require more than two such courses must complete them prior to admission. Those requiring two or less may be allowed to take them after admission to the program. However, these courses would be additional to the 18 credits required of all students in the program. Research competence can be demonstrated either through the completion of a master’s thesis or through projects completed during nursing practice or as part of a non-thesis program. Non-thesis students must present a dossier that demonstrates their research skills. The dossier might include research reports, publications in peer-reviewed journals, program development and evaluation reports, abstracts, presentations, etc. The proposed thesis supervisor will provide a written evaluation of the dossier to the admissions committee, who will make the final decision about the student’s suitability for the program. |
| Test Scores: | - Test of English as a Foreign Language (Paper Based) [min. 550] or International English Language Testing System (academic or immigration) [min. 6.5] or Test of English as a Foreign Language (Internet Based) [min. 79-80]
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| Additional Admission Requirements: | - Letter(s) of Reference
- Resume/Curriculum Vitae
- Statement of Research Interests
Three letters of recommendation and official transcripts of all universities attended are required. |