Nursing (Pre-Registration)
Part-time unit of study table
| This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 21 September 2026. View details of the changes below. |
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Academic calendarTeaching 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. |
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Master of Nursing | ||
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| 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 |
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Year 1* core units of study | ||
| NURS5201 Fundamentals of Human Pathophysiology | 6 | N NURS5042 |
| NURS5202 Foundations of Nursing Practice | 6 | N NURS5081 |
| NURS5204 Illness Experiences and Nursing Practice | 6 | N NURS5006 |
| NURS5205 Pharmacotherapeutics for Nursing | 6 | P NURS5201 N NURS5043 |
Year 2* core units of study | ||
| NURS5002 Social Contexts of Health | 6 | |
| NURS5203 Research and Evidence for Nursing Practice | 6 | N NURS6030 |
| NURS5206 Development of Nursing Practice | 6 | P NURS5202 C NURS5085 N NURS5082 |
| NURS5085 Mental Health Nursing Practice | 6 | C NURS5084 or NURS5206 |
Year 3* core units of study | ||
| NURS6034 Long-term and Life-limiting Conditions | 6 | |
| NURS6035 Progression of Nursing Practice | 6 | |
| NURS6022 Community Health Nursing | 6 | P NURS6018 and NURS6019 |
| NURS6029 Australian Health Care - Global Context | 6 | |
Year 4* core units of study | ||
| NURS6031 Frameworks for Nursing Practice (MN) | 6 | P NURS5081 and NURS5082 or NURS5206 |
| 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 |
Post-publication amendments
| Date | Original publication | Post-publication amendment |
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| 01/09/2026 | Co-requisites (C) for NURS5085 published as: "NURS5084" | Co-requisites (C) for NURS5085 amended to: "NURS5084 or NURS5206" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Prohibition (N) for NURS5201 | Prohibition (N) for NURS5201 added: "N NURS5042" |
| 21/09/2026 | NURS5201 title published as: "Fundamental of Human Pathophysiology" | NURS5201 title amended to: "Fundamentals of Human Pathophysiology" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Prohibition (N) for NURS5202 | Prohibition (N) for NURS5202 added: "N NURS5081" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Prohibition (N) for NURS5203 | Prohibition (N) for NURS5203 added: "N NURS6030" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Prohibition (N) for NURS5204 | Prohibition (N) for NURS5204 added: "N NURS5006" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Prerequisites (P) for NURS5205 | Prerequisites (P) for NURS5205 added: "P NURS5201" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Prohibition (N) for NURS5205 | Prohibition (N) for NURS5205 added: "N NURS5043" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Prerequisites (P) for NURS5206 | Prerequisites (P) for NURS5206 added: "P NURS5202" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Co-requisites (C) for NURS5206 | Co-requisites (C) for NURS5206 added: "C NURS5085" |
| 21/09/2026 | No Prohibition (N) for NURS5206 | Prohibition (N) for NURS5206 added: "N NURS5082" |
| 21/09/2026 | NURS6022 title published as: "Primary Health Care Nursing" | NURS6022 title amended to: "Community Health Nursing" |
| 21/09/2026 | NURS6029 title published as: "Health Care Systems, Equity and Complexity" | NURS6029 title amended to: "Australian Health Care - Global Context" |
| 21/09/2026 | NURS6031 title published as: "Frameworks for Nursing Practice" | NURS6031 title amended to: "Frameworks for Nursing Practice (MN)" |
| 21/09/2026 | Prerequisites (P) for NURS6031 published as: "P NURS5081 and NURS5082" | Prerequisites (P) for NURS6031 amended to: "P NURS5081 and NURS5082 or NURS5206" |