Applicants to the Advanced Standing Program must have a minimum grade of 70% on each of the following grade 12 high school courses (or equivalent) with an overall average of 75% on the four:
A minimum of 60 university-level credit hours with an admission average GPA of 3.0 (B or 70% average) or higher is required.
The admission average will be calculated on the most recent 60 credit hours for students who have completed more. Grades for all courses taken within an academic term will be included in this calculation, even if this results in exceeding the 60 credit hours requirement.
There are five prerequisite university-level courses that must be successfully completed prior to starting the Advanced Standing program:
Applicants are not required to have completed all five courses before submitting an application, but must have successfully completed them to finalize the admissions process.
The deadline for completing the five pre-requisite courses and submission of the final transcript(s) is July 31 for September intake. Students must receive a minimum grade of C or the equivalent in all five prerequisite courses and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA (B or 70%) average on the five in order to be admitted into the program.
The language of instruction within our program is English. Prospective students whose native language is not English will be required to demonstrate competence in the English language prior to admission.
Prospective students may prove English language proficiency in one of the following ways:
In all cases, the Faculty of Nursing reserves the right to require further proof of language proficiency before permission will be granted to register in academic courses.