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 & 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 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.

Normally, the supervisory committee will be comprised of:
• the faculty supervisor
• two other academic members (preferably one from inside the Faculty of Nursing and the other from another Faculty or another institution of higher education).

View Guidelines for Manuscript-based Thesis

DN Candidacy

The Field of Study (FOS) examination tests a DN student’s knowledge of a field or fields related, but not identical to, their applied research. The FOS examination encourages the student to develop both breadth and depth of knowledge within a given field or fields of enquiry.

The written FOS examination, which is to be based on a Reading List, requires students to respond to one question over the period of twenty-one days. The oral FOS examination, which is also based on the same Reading List, tests a DN student’s ability to respond orally to questions that extend beyond (i.e., are different from) those on the written FOS examination. It requires that the students articulate their responses in a clear and concise manner and that they evaluate the results of previous research and rely on the relevant theories, methods, and results (from the Reading List) to substantiate arguments.

View DN Candidacy Regulations

DN Final

Coming Soon

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 Exam Guidelines

MN Thesis-based

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.

View Guidelines for Manuscript-based Thesis