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Course structure
The Master of Advanced Nursing prepares graduates to assume a major responsibility in developing new professional roles, devising new models of care and overseeing dynamic changes to practice. In the second year two streams are offered.
Coursework (150CP)
- Core subjects (50CP): Core subjects must be completed.
- Capstone (25CP): This is typically taken in the form of two subjects.
- Core selective (12.5CP): Students normally complete one of the selective subjects in the area of Pharmacology
- Graduate Certificate Specialty Subject (12.5CP): Students normally complete one of the specialty subjects from seven specialty subjects
- Electives (50CP): Students normally undertake four elective subjects.
Research (150CP)
- Core subjects (62.5CP): Core subjects must be completed.
- Capstone (25CP): This is typically taken in the form of two subjects.
- Core selective (25CP): Students normally complete one selective subjects in the area of Pharmacology AND Research
- Graduate Certificate Specialty Subject (12.5CP): Students normally complete one of the specialty subjects from seven specialty subjects
- Electives (25CP): Students normally undertake two elective subjects.
Subject options
Coursework structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Students must complete all of the core subjects (50 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90076 | Applied Pathophysiology |
January (Online)
June (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| NURS90069 | Clinical Leadership in Context | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90086 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CAPSTONE SUBJECTS
Students must complete all of the capstone subjects (25 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90070 | Implementing Evidence for Practice | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90120 | Evidence in Practice | June (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CORE SELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Students must undertake one of the following subjects (12.5 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHRM90002 | Pharmacology for Health Professionals | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90012 | Psychopharmacology | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90075 | Applications of Clinical Pharmacology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE SPECIALTY SUBJECTS
Students must undertake one of the following specialty subjects (12.5 CP):
Acute and Complex Care:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90112 | Nursing Specialty 1 | No longer available |
Cancer Care:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90121 | Foundations in Cancer Nursing | April (Online) |
12.5 |
Critical Care:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90122 | Foundations of Critical Care Nursing |
April (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
Emergency:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90080 | Emergency Nursing 1 | No longer available |
Neonatal Intensive Care:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90079 | Foundations in Neonatal Care | April (Online) |
12.5 |
Paediatrics:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90084 | Foundations in Paediatric Nursing | April (Online) |
12.5 |
Paediatric Intensive Care:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90085 | Foundations in Paediatric Critical Care | April (Online) |
12.5 |
ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Students must complete four elective subjects (50 CP) as listed under the Elective subjects table.
Research structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Students must complete all of the core subjects (75 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90026 | Independent Study Project | No longer available | |
| NURS90076 | Applied Pathophysiology |
January (Online)
June (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| NURS90069 | Clinical Leadership in Context | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90086 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CAPSTONE SUBJECTS
Students must complete all of the capstone subjects (25 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90070 | Implementing Evidence for Practice | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90120 | Evidence in Practice | June (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CORE SELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Students must undertake one of the following Pharmacology subjects (12.5 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHRM90002 | Pharmacology for Health Professionals | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90012 | Psychopharmacology | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90075 | Applications of Clinical Pharmacology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Students must undertake one of the following Research subjects (12.5 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90059 | Nursing Research | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| HLTH90002 | Practice Based Research | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Students must complete two elective subjects (25 CP) as listed under the Elective subjects table.
Elective subjects
Students may also undertake an additional subject listed under Graduate Certificate Specialty Subjects as an elective.
Discipline Electives:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90012 | Psychopharmacology | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90013 | Community Mental Health | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| NURS90018 | Consumer Perspective: Theory & Practice | January (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90025 | Child and Family Health | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| NURS90046 | Fundamentals of Palliative Care | No longer available | |
| NURS90047 | Adult Palliative Care | No longer available | |
| NURS90065 | Paediatric Palliative Care | No longer available | |
| NURS90072 | Advanced Nursing Practice in Context | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| NURS90073 | Contemporary Approaches to Bereavement | No longer available | |
| NURS90074 | Psychosocial Aspects of Palliative Care | No longer available | |
| NURS90077 | Foundations of Mental Health Nursing | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90079 | Foundations in Neonatal Care | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90080 | Emergency Nursing 1 | No longer available | |
| NURS90084 | Foundations in Paediatric Nursing | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90085 | Foundations in Paediatric Critical Care | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90087 | Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing | June (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90088 | Paediatric Nursing | June (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90092 | Emergency Nursing 2 | No longer available | |
| NURS90084 | Foundations in Paediatric Nursing | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90094 | Neonatal Intensive Care | June (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90104 | Chronic Disease Management: Foundations |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| NURS90114 | Nursing Practice 1 | No longer available | |
| NURS90118 | Ethics in Clinical Practice | No longer available | |
| NURS90126 | Intensive Care Nursing 1 | No longer available | |
| NURS90127 | Intensive Care Nursing 2 | No longer available | |
| NURS90135 | Cancer Nursing Practice | April (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Other Electives
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| GENP60001 | Significant Issues in Women's Health | No longer available | |
| GENP60002 | Preventive Health Care | No longer available | |
| HLTH9000 | No longer available | ||
| HLTH90008 | No longer available | ||
| HLTH90009 | Suicide Prevention | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| INFO90001 | Digital Health and Informatics Methods | No longer available | |
| ISYS90069 | Digital Transformation of Health |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| MEDI90107 | Disaster Medicine Principles & Responses | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90108 | Terror Medicine Principles & Responses | May (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHRM90001 | Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1 | No longer available | |
| PHRM90002 | Pharmacology for Health Professionals | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90256 | Ageing in Society | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90257 | Body of Ageing | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90258 | Economics of Ageing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90259 | End of Life Issues | No longer available | |
| POPH90260 | Ethics of Ageing and End of Life | No longer available | |
| POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| POPH9026 | No longer available | ||
| REHB90001 | Foundations of Rehabilitation | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| REHB90004 | Rehabilitation in the Acute Setting | No longer available | |
| REHB90002 | Rehabilitation Activity and Exercise | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| REHB90005 | Rehabilitation for Paediatrics | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
| REHB90006 | Rehabilitation for Women's Health | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| SCWK90027 | Advanced Trauma Perspectives | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 21 February 2025