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Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies)

Full-time unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 12 December 2025.
View details of the changes below.

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.

Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies)

Students must complete:
(a) 144 credit points of core units of study set out in the table below; and
(b) clinical experience as prescribed.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Full-time enrolment

Year 1
NURS1001
Human Physiology
6
NURS1009
Foundational Nursing Practice
6

C NURS1004
N NURS1002

Students unable to take NURS1009 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1009

NURS1003
Population Health and Health Equity
6
NURS1004
Nursing Knowledge, Practice and Policy
6 C NURS1002 or NURS1009.
Students unable to take NURS1002 or NURS1009 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002 or NURS1009
NURS1005
Human Pathophysiology
6 P NURS1001
NURS1010
Experiencing Illness
6 N NURS1006
NURS1007
Health Research
6  
NURS1008
Foundations of Perioperative Nursing Practice
6 P NURS1002 or NURS1009
Year 2
NURS2018
Core Pharmacotherapeutics for Nursing
6

P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1001 and NURS1005

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

NURS2019
Nursing Practice in Acute Care
6

P 36 credit points of 1000 level units

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

NURS2003
Context of Health and Disease
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1003
NURS2006
Ageing, Health and Care
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1008
NURS2020
Foundations of Wellbeing and Mental Health
6

P 36 credit points of 1000 level units

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

NURS2021
Patient Safety and Health System Design
6

P 36 credit points of 1000 level units

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

NURS2022
Mental Health Nursing
6

P 36 credit points of 1000 level units

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

NURS2023
Managing Long Term Conditions
6

P 36 credit points of 1000 level units

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

Year 3
NURS3021
Nursing Practice in Critical Care
6

P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011 or NURS3010

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

NURS3008
Community Health Nursing
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011
NURS3012
Life-Limiting Conditions and Palliation
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011
NURS3015
Australian Health Care System
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units
NURS3017
Frameworks for Practice
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units
NURS3018
Paediatric, Child and Youth Nursing
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011 or NURS2005
NURS3022
Transition to Nursing Practice
6

P 48 Credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level unit

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

NURS3023
Australian First Nations Health and Wellbeing
6

P 48 Credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level unit

This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
5/12/2025

Corequisities for NURS1004 published as:

C NURS1002. Students unable to take NURS1002 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002

Corequisities for NURS1004 amended to:

C NURS1002 or NURS1009. Students unable to take NURS1002 or NURS1009 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002 or NURS1009

08/12/2025 Supplementary text for NURS1009 missing. Supplementary text for NURS1009 added:
"Students unable to take NURS1009 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1009"
08/12/2025
Supplementary text for NURS2018 published as:
"This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
Unit rules are prospective only"
Supplementary text for NURS2018 amended to:
"This unit of study is being developed, subject to change"
08/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for NURS2019 Prerequisites (P) for NURS2019 added:
"P 36 credit points of 1000 level units"
08/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for NURS2020 Prerequisites (P) for NURS2020 added:
"P 36 credit points of 1000 level units"
08/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for NURS2021 Prerequisites (P) for NURS2021 added:
"P 36 credit points of 1000 level units"
08/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for NURS2022 Prerequisites (P) for NURS2022 added:
"P 36 credit points of 1000 level units"
08/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for NURS2023 Prerequisites (P) for NURS2023 added:
"P 36 credit points of 1000 level units"
08/12/2025 Supplementary text for NURS3021 published as:
"This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
Unit rules are prospective only"
Supplementary text for NURS3021 amended to:
"This unit of study is being developed, subject to change"
08/12/2025 Prerequisites (P) for NURS3017 published as:
"P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2006"
Prerequisites (P) for NURS3017 amended to:
"P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units"
08/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for NURS3022 Prerequisites (P) for NURS3022  added:
"P 48 Credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level unit"
08/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for NURS3023 Prerequisites (P) for NURS3023 added:
"P 48 Credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level unit"
12/12/2025 Co-requisites (C) for NURS1004 published as:
"C NURS1002 or NURS1009."
Co-requisites (C) for NURS1004 amended to:
"C NURS1002 or NURS1009. Students unable to take NURS1002 or NURS1009 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002 or NURS1009"