To satisfy the requirements for Stage 2 Masters students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.

Core Course

All of the following courses must be completed:

If not completed in stage 1.

Elective Courses

Courses to the value of 6 units for combination 1, Research Dissertation Stream. Or 9 units for combination 2, Systematic Review Stream.

Courses to the value of up to 6 units may be taken from the following:

or

Courses to the value of up to 6 units may be taken from the following:

Other course from the Graduate Diploma in Nursing Science as approved by the Program Coordinator.
The Research Literacy course must be completed if not previously studied.

To satisfy the requirements for Stage 2 Masters Combination 1 students must complete courses to the value of 12 units.

And the Research Dissertation Stream.

Research Dissertation Stream

Note: To be eligible to graduate with the Master of Nursing Science  in a specialty- students must undertake their research (12 units) in a topic related to the specialty.

All of the following courses must be completed:

To satisfy the requirements for Stage 2 Masters Combination 2 students must complete courses to the value of 12 units.

And the Systematic Review Stream.

Systematic Review Stream

Courses to the value of up to 9 units may be taken from the following:

Note: to be eligible to graduate with the Master of Nursing Science in a specialty students must undertake their research (12 units) in a topic related to the specialty.

and

Courses to the value of up to 3 units may be taken from the following:

The following course must be completed:

To satisfy the requirements for Stage 1 - Specialisations (as above) students must complete courses to the value of 15 units.

Courses to the value of 15 units from one of the following specialisations:

Acute Care Nursing

Courses to the value of up to 15 units may be taken from the following:

Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing

Courses to the value of up to 15 units may be taken from the following:

Cardiac Nursing

All of the following courses must be completed:

and

Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:

(suspended)

Emergency Nursing

All of the following courses must be completed:

Intensive Care Nursing

Courses to the value of up to 15 units may be taken from the following:

Oncology Nursing

Courses to the value of up to 15 units may be taken from the following:

Orthopaedic Nursing

Courses to the value of up to 15 units may be taken from the following:

Perioperative Nursing

Courses to the value of up to 15 units may be taken from the following:

Renal Nursing

Note: The Renal Nursing specialisation is available at Stage 2 only.

Nursing Science

In the case of Generic Nursing Science students must complete courses to the value of 15 units from Stage 1 Specialisations or Stage 2 Electives as approved by the Program Coordinator.