Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing
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In addition to the Faculty of Graduate Studies' requirements, the Faculty of Nursing requires completion of 15 units of coursework:
- 1603971
AND 1655381
AND 1604001
AND 1657421
AND 1657431
Students may need to complete additional coursework beyond the five core courses. Applicants are individually assessed. The number and types of additional courses required will vary according to the applicant's academic, research and practice background as well as the proposed research plan.
Advanced Credit
Applicants must include requests for advanced credit, accompanied by a rationale, when they apply for admission. For courses taken outside the University of Calgary, applicants must provide official transcripts and a copy of the course outline detailing the course description, objectives, assignments, readings, etc.
Flexible Grade Option (CG Grade)
The Faculty of Nursing will not permit the Flexible Grade Option (CG Grade) for any course offered by the Faculty.
Students may choose the CG grade in a course taken extra-to-load.
The use of the CG grade will not affect students' ability for internal awards.
Time Limit
Expected completion time for doctoral students is four years; maximum completion time is six years.
Supervisory Assignments
Doctoral students require a Faculty of Nursing member to commit to their supervision as a condition of admission.
Thesis Proposal Requirements
Doctoral students must have their thesis proposals approved in principle by their supervisory committee prior to candidacy. Students must receive formal approval of their research proposals from the supervisory committee before proceeding to ethical review and implementation of the project.
Students whose research involves human subjects must receive ethics approval from the University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board.
Required Examinations
Candidacy
After completion of the student's coursework and approval of the thesis research proposal, a candidacy examination with a written and an oral component is required.
For complete details of the examination format and other candidacy requirements visit: http://nursing.ucalgary.ca/current-students/graduate/managing-my-program/examinations.
Thesis Examination
In addition to Faculty of Graduate Studies regulations for Thesis Examinations, the program requires:
Scheduling of the Examination
All members of the Supervisory Committee must have reviewed the student’s draft thesis document before an examination can be scheduled.
Composition of the Committee
The Internal Examiner must be external to the Faculty of Nursing.
The final thesis examination is open.
Financial assistance may be available to qualified students. For information on awards, see the Awards and Financial Assistance section of this Calendar. Students admitted to the doctoral program are highly encouraged to seek external funding to support their studies and research.