The Bachelor of Nursing Honours program is a 36-unit course offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Nursing degree, or a qualification which the Dean (Education) agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a credit average or better has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.
The Bachelor of Nursing aims to:
At the completion of the course students will be expected to be able to:
To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete 36 units of study within one year full-time or two years part-time.
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion, or failure to complete the course within three consecutive years, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purpose of the University’s Policy on Student Progress.
Except with permission of the Dean (Education):
18 units comprising:
NURS9218 Approaches to Research Designs (4.5 units)
NURS9219 Introduction to Research (4.5 units)
NURS9220 Developing a Literature Review (4.5 units)
NURS9221 Writing Research Proposals for Ethical and Funding Requirements (4.5 units)
plus 18 units from the following topics:
NURS7000 Honours Thesis (18 units)
NURS7000A Honours Thesis (9 units)
NURS7000B Honours Thesis (9 units)
Arrangements have been made to enable selected students to undertake the course in conjunction with the graduate nurse programs offered by participating teaching hospitals.
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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