Academic Calendar
It is important to start looking at the Academic Calendar once it becomes available for the according school year. Please note "Important Dates" as students are responsible for being familiar with, and adhering to, published dates and deadlines, especially in relation to adding and dropping courses. Bachelor of Science in Nursing students should contact their departments for pertinent dates.
Constantly check Trent Calendar (https://www.trentu.ca/events/calendarView.php), your Trent email, Trent University social medias (https://www.facebook.com/trentuniversity/ https://www.instagram.com/trentuniversity/?hl=en https://twitter.com/TrentUniversity), etc. If you are not receiving emails that your peers are, please contact IT (https://www.trentu.ca/it/contact).
Program Requirements
Nursing program requirements can be found in the academic calendar as well. To summarize:
-NARs must be completed by deadline to get into Clinical Placement the following semester(s)
-With the B.Sc.N program, it is not recommended to complete another major or minor or joint degree. Speak to academic coordinator for further details
-Must take an INDG course (0.5 credit)
-Must complete the program within 7 years
-Must complete program with GPA of at least 65% to graduate
-Must achieve a minimum of 60% in NURS courses
-Will be withdrawn from the program if you fail 2.0 credits of courses
-Can repeat only ONE NURS theory course (a failure is a mark of less than 60%)
-Can repeat only ONE NURS practice course (fail/unsatisfactory to meet course objectives)
-Must complete 20.0 credits
Compressed Nursing Program
Requirements Prior to Starting
PSYC 1020H and PSYC 1030H (or 1.0 equivalent Introductory Psychology)
1.0 elective credit at 1000 level or higher
1.0 elective credit at 1000 level or higher
1.0 elective credit at 2000 level or higher
YEAR 1
Semester 1 (Fall) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 1000H: Individual as a Nurse
NURS 1001H: Nursing as a Profession
BIOL 1050H: Human Anatomy
NURS 1550H: Introductory Life Sciences for Health Professionals
0.5 elective credit at 3000 level or higher
Semester 2 (Winter) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 1002H: Introduction to Foundational Practice Concepts
NURS 1020H: Clinical Practice in a Residential Setting
NURS 2550H: Advanced Life Sciences for Health Professionals
NURS 2031H: Quantitative Research for Health Care Professionals
BIOL 1051H: Human Physiology
Semester 3 (Spring/Summer) Take 1.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 2001H: Family in the Community
NURS 2021H: Family Focused Practice
NURS 2003H: Nursing Therapeutics and Disease Condition
YEAR 2
Semester 4 (Fall) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 2000H: Health Promotion and Population Health
NURS 2020H: Community-Based Nursing Practice
NURS 3031H: Qualitative Research for Health Care Professionals
NURS 3550H: Pharmacology for Health Professionals
0.5 elective credit at the 3000 level or higher
Semester 5 (Winter) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 3000H: Experiencing Acute Illness
NURS 3020H: Clinical Practice Focused on Acute Care
NURS 3004H: Nurse as a Leader and Advocate
NURS 3001H: Living with Chronic Disease
Forced Choice Elective: NURS 3560H or PHIL 2390H or PSYC 3560H or PSYC 3750H or SOCI-WMST 2430H
Semester 6 (Spring) Take 0.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 3021H: Clinical Practice with Chronic Disease
Semester 7 (Summer) Take 2.0 credits from the following list:
NURS 4020C: Independent Nursing Practice
0.5 Advanced Topic from Group 1 or 2
YEAR 3
Semester 8 (Fall) Take 2.0 credits from the following list:
NURS 4021C or 4022C: Independent Nursing Practice
0.5 Advanced Topic from Group 1 or 2 (Opposite group from semester 7)
Collaborative Nursing Program
YEAR 1
Semester 1 (Fall) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 1000H: Individual as a Nurse
NURS 1001H: Nursing as a Profession
BIOL 1050H: Human Anatomy
NURS 1550H: Introductory Life Sciences for Health Professionals
0.5 elective credit at the 1000 level
Semester 2 (Winter) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 1002H: Introduction to Foundational Practice Concepts
NURS 1020H: Clinical Practice in a Residential Setting
BIOL 1051H: Human Physiology
PSYC 1020H or 1030H: Introduction to Psychology
0.5 elective credit at the 1000 level
YEAR 2
Semester 3 (Fall) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 2000H: Health Promotion & Population Health
NURS 2020H: Community-Based Nursing Practice
NURS 2550H: Advanced Life Sciences for Health Professionals
PSYC 1020H or 1030H: Introduction to Psychology
0.5 elective credit at 1000 level or higher
Semester 4 (Winter) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 2001H: Family in the Community
NURS 2021H: Family Focused Practice
NURS 2031H: Quantitative Research for Health Care Professionals
NURS 2003H: Nursing Therapeutics and Disease
0.5 elective credit at the 1000 level or higher
YEAR 3
Semester 5 (Fall) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 3000H: Experiencing Acute Illness
NURS 3020H: Clinical Practice Focused on Acute Care
NURS 3031H: Qualitative Research for Health Care Professionals
NURS 3550H: Pharmacology for Health Professionals
0.5 elective credit at the 2000 level or higher
Semester 6 (Winter) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 3001H: Living with Chronic Disease
NURS 3021H: Clinical Practice with Chronic Disease
NURS 3004H: Nurse as a Leader and Advocate
Forced Choice Elective: NURS 3560H or PHIL 2390H or PSYC 3560H or PSYC 3750H or SOCI-WMST 2430H
0.5 elective credit at the 2000 level or higher
YEAR 4
Semester 7 (Fall) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 4020C: Independent Nursing Practice
0.5 Advanced Topic Group 1 or 2
0.5 elective credit at the 3000 level or higher
Semester 8 (Winter) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 4021C or 4022C: Independent Nursing Practice
0.5 Advanced Topic Group 1 or 2 (opposite group of semester 7)
0.5 elective credit at the 3000 level or higher
Bridge Nursing Program
Previous Transfer Credits
BIOL 1050H: Human Anatomy
BIOL 1051H: Human Physiology
PSYC 1020H: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 1030H: Introduction to Psychology
NURS 1000H: Individual as a Nurse
NURS 1001H: Nursing as a Profession
NURS 1002H: Introduction to Foundational Practice Concepts
NURS 1020H: Clinical Practice in a Residential Setting
NURS 1550H: Introductory Life Sciences for Health Professionals
NURS 2001H: The Family in the Community
NURS 2021H: Family Focused Practice
NURS 2550H: Advanced Life Sciences for Health Professionals
NURS 3021H: Clinical Practice with Chronic Disease
1.0 elective credit at the 1000 level
1.0 elective credit at the 1000 level
0.5 elective at 2000 level or higher
YEAR 1
Semester 1 (Fall) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 2000H: Health Promotion and Population Health
NURS 2020H: Community-Based Nursing Practice
NURS 2003H: Nursing Therapeutics and Disease Condition
NURS 2031H: Quantitative Research for Health Care Professionals
0.5 elective credit at 2000 level or higher
Semester 2 (Winter) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 3005H: Role Transition RPN to RN
NURS 3031H: Qualitative Research for Health Care Professionals
NURS 3001H: Living with Chronic Disease
NURS 3004H: Nurse as a Leader and Advocate
NURS 3550H: Pharmacology for Health Professionals
Semester 3 (Spring/Summer) Take 1.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 3000H: Experiencing Acute Illness
NURS 3020H: Clinical Practice Focused on Acute Care
Forced Choice Elective: NURS 3560H or PHIL 2390H or PSYC 3560H or PSYC 3750H or SOCI-WMST 2430H
YEAR 2
Semester 4 (Fall) Take 2.5 credits from the following list:
NURS 4020C: Independent Nursing Practice
0.5 Advanced Topic Group 1 or 2
0.5 elective credit at the 3000 level or higher
Semester 5 (Winter) Take 2.0 credits from the following list:
NURS 4021C or 4022C: Independent Nursing Practice
0.5 Advanced Topic (opposite group of semester 4)
Nursing Courses
Once again, the academic calendar lists all program courses, specifically all "NURS" courses. Plan ahead, such as working backwards. Look at fourth year courses and the prerequisites and plan third year course, then second year courses, etc. For example, The NURS 4022 Clinical course requires a 70% or higher in NURS 3560, which requires 70% or higher in NURS 3550 and NURS 2003, which requires 60% or higher in NURS 2000, NURS 2020, NURS 2001, NURS 2021, NURS 2003, NURS 2550, NURS 1000, NURS 1001, NURS 1002, NURS 1020, and a pass in BIOL 1050 and BIOL 1051.
Any questions can be emailed to your specific program coordinator.
Electives
It is great to take courses that you are interested in! Remember your degree requirements. Remember your GPA (grade point average). Consider if you want to continue education, etc. Speak to academic advisors and older students. Remember that “bird courses” may have been easy for other but not for you, and vice versa.
Transfer Credits
You will be able to view your transfer credits in two different places on the myTrent student portal. When you log in, select the “Academics” tab from across the top, then the icon labeled “Transfer Credits”. This will provide you with a list of which courses at your previous institution (on the left hand side) transferred to which courses here at Trent (on the right hand side).
For additional transfer credits, you may need to obtain an electronic copy of the course syllabi in the year that you took it and email it to nursingadmissions@trentu.ca. The syllabi will be sent to Nursing where it will be evaluated by the appropriate subject matter expert. You should also follow-up with the academic coordinator for appropriate program planning.
Course Registration
Login to myTrent portal
Click "Register" on the top right hand side
Click "Schedule Builder"
Select term (if you are unsure when the course is offered, select the year)
Select location(s)
Type the course code found from the academic calendar
Build your schedule, screen shot it (*include the Class Number/Synonyms)
Create a few more back up schedules incase your first choices are full by the time registration opens
Click "Send to myTrent" (you can do this for all made schedules)
You will be redirected to "Express Registration"
Click "Submit"
You will be redirected to "Register and Drop Courses"
You will not be able to officially register for courses until they open. Students with more credits (transfer credits included) have priority and will have the earlier dates to register, hence, back up schedules should be made
Once registration is open, individually register for your first choices (this is where you refer to your screen shots and the corresponding Class Number/Synonyms)
Remember to click "Submit" at the bottom of the page
Prerequisite Waivers
To register for courses where you do not meet the prerequisites, such as "10.0 university credits", you must attempt to register for the course (refer to Course Registration above). The registration will fail, but you are able to go to "Academics" in the top right of myTrent. Click "Prerequisite Waiver"
Find the course
Click "Create New Waiver"
Type in your message as to why you wish/need to take the course
Check your email in regards to the status of the waiver throughout the next few days