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Nursing (Pre-Registration)

Part-time unit of study table

Academic calendar

Teaching and learning in this course takes place in accordance with the University’s approved semesters and teaching blocks, and as set out in the 2026 Sydney Nursing School Academic Calendar, available on the Key dates page and approved by the Academic Standards and Policy Committee.

Master of Nursing

Students must complete:
(a) 96 credit points of core units of study set out in the table below; and
(b) clinical experience as prescribed.
Students must attend either the Camperdown campus or the Westmead campus for the duration of their degree.
* "Year" refers to the consecutive year of study if two units were undertaken per semester in a part time enrolment pattern.
     
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Year 1* core units of study

NURS5201
Fundamental of Human Pathophysiology
6  
NURS5202
Foundations of Nursing Practice
6  
NURS5204
Illness Experiences and Nursing Practice
6  
NURS5205
Pharmacotherapeutics for Nursing
6  

Year 2* core units of study

NURS5002
Social Contexts of Health
6  
NURS5203
Research and Evidence for Nursing Practice
6  
NURS5206
Development of Nursing Practice
6  
NURS5085
Mental Health Nursing Practice
6 C NURS5084

Year 3* core units of study

NURS6034
Long-term and Life-limiting Conditions
6  
NURS6035
Progression of Nursing Practice
6  
NURS6022
Primary Health Care Nursing
6 P NURS6018 and NURS6019
NURS6029
Health Care Systems, Equity and Complexity
6  

Year 4* core units of study

NURS6031
Frameworks for Nursing Practice
6 P NURS5081 and NURS5082
NURS6033
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
6 P NURS5002
NURS6036
Advancement of Nursing Practice
6  
NURS6032
Transition to Practice (MN)
6 P NURS5085 and NURS6018 and NURS6019