Examinations

The graduate degree programs (MNTB, PhD, & MNCB prior to Fall 2021 admission) in the Faculty of Nursing require a final oral examination.

The student’s supervisor is responsible for making the arrangements for the examination.

If the oral examination (MN, PhD final thesis & DN) will be preceded by a separate public presentation, this information must be provided to the Graduate Office with the submission of exam timeframe form. This arrangement must be communicated to the exam committee members. A list of all proposed attendees must be submitted to the Graduate Programs Office a minimum of one week prior to the examination.

Contact nursgrad@ucalgary.ca for any inquiries.

PhD Candidacy

Doctoral students must have their research proposals approved in principle by their supervisory committee prior to candidacy. Students must receive formal approval of their research proposals from the supervisory committee before proceeding to ethical review and implementation of the project.

The doctoral candidacy examination has a written and an oral component.

View Faculty of Nursing Candidacy Regulations

PhD Final

In addition to Faculty of Graduate Studies regulations for thesis examinations, the program requires:

Scheduling of the Examination
All members of the Supervisory Committee must have reviewed the student's draft thesis document before an examination can be scheduled.

The examination committee will consist of a) the supervisory committee, b) an internal examiner: a member of the University of Calgary academic staff whom programs may require to be external to the program, and c) an external examiner from outside of UCalgary.

The final thesis examination is open.

View Guidelines for Manuscript-based Thesis

MN Course-based

*Applicable to Students who started prior to Fall 2021

The final oral examination for MN course-based students is a presentation/oral defense of the student’s scholarly project.

The exam will be scheduled by the student’s supervisor after the student has completed all coursework and has received the final grade for Nursing 634.

Master's Project Manual (For Faculty Supervisors and Students)

MN-course based Project Oral Examination Guidelines

MN Thesis

In addition to Faculty of Graduate Studies regulations for thesis examinations, the program requires:

Scheduling of the Examination
All members of the Supervisory Committee must have reviewed the student's draft thesis document before an examination can be scheduled.

Composition of the Committee
The Internal Examiner may be internal to the home program.

The final thesis examination is open.

View Guidelines for Manuscript-based Thesis