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NURS 700

Doctoral Seminars

This seminar guides students in exploring topics related to nursing education leadership, development of advanced professional competencies, and their dissertation research. The online seminar will include presentations of ongoing and proposed research by students and faculty, the creation of a professional dossier, and preparation for the comprehensive exam. As students develop their dissertation proposal, they may use the doctoral seminar to test their emerging ideas and obtain feedback from peers and faculty. Students participate in this online seminar until they successfully complete their comprehensive exams (Years 1 and 2).

Course Credits: 3
NB: Over 6 semesters.
2025-2026 NURS 700

Doctoral Seminars

This seminar guides students in exploring topics related to nursing education leadership, development of advanced professional competencies, and their dissertation research. The online seminar will include presentations of ongoing and proposed research by students and faculty, the creation of a professional dossier, and preparation for the comprehensive exam. As students develop their dissertation proposal, they may use the doctoral seminar to test their emerging ideas and obtain feedback from peers and faculty. Students participate in this online seminar until they successfully complete their comprehensive exams (Years 1 and 2).

Course Credits: 3
NB: Over 6 semesters
2026-2027 NURS 700

Doctoral Seminars

This seminar guides students in exploring topics related to nursing education leadership, development of advanced professional competencies, and their dissertation research. The online seminar will include presentations of ongoing and proposed research by students and faculty, the creation of a professional dossier, and preparation for the comprehensive exam. As students develop their dissertation proposal, they may use the doctoral seminar to test their emerging ideas and obtain feedback from peers and faculty. Students participate in this online seminar until they successfully complete their comprehensive exams (Years 1 and 2).

Course Credits: 3
NB: Over 6 semesters
NURS 710

Advanced Nursing Philosophy

In this hybrid course, doctoral students will learn how various philosophic traditions inform nursing knowledge development, practice, and education. Nursing science, the disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledges that form the foundation of nursing, is examined. Emphasis is on the process of philosophic inquiry and the ability to analyze systematically and logically the contemporary issues facing health services, the nursing profession, and nursing education. Philosophic foundations are laid from which students develop as scholars in their contribution to the nursing profession

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 NURS 710

Advanced Nursing Philosophy

In this hybrid course, doctoral students will learn how various philosophic traditions inform nursing knowledge development, practice, and education. Nursing science, the disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledges that form the foundation of nursing, is examined. Emphasis is on the process of philosophic inquiry and the ability to analyze systematically and logically the contemporary issues facing health services, the nursing profession, and nursing education. Philosophic foundations are laid from which students develop as scholars in their contribution to the nursing profession

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 NURS 710

Advanced Nursing Philosophy

In this hybrid course, doctoral students will learn how various philosophic traditions inform nursing knowledge development, practice, and education. Nursing science, the disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledges that form the foundation of nursing, is examined. Emphasis is on the process of philosophic inquiry and the ability to analyze systematically and logically the contemporary issues facing health services, the nursing profession, and nursing education. Philosophic foundations are laid from which students develop as scholars in their contribution to the nursing profession

Course Credits: 3
NURS 720

Advanced Research Methodology

Doctoral students will learn how to conceptualize nursing research methodology, with an emphasis on the foundations of nursing inquiry, the assumptions and claims underpinning the research enterprise, the philosophy of evidence, and justifications of how research questions and approaches articulate with socially and clinically relevant problems requiring investigation.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate level courses in qualitative methods and quantitative methods.
2025-2026 NURS 720

Advanced Research Methodology

Doctoral students will learn how to conceptualize nursing research methodology, with an emphasis on the foundations of nursing inquiry, the assumptions and claims underpinning the research enterprise, the philosophy of evidence, and justifications of how research questions and approaches articulate with socially and clinically relevant problems requiring investigation.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 NURS 720

Advanced Research Methodology

Doctoral students will learn how to conceptualize nursing research methodology, with an emphasis on the foundations of nursing inquiry, the assumptions and claims underpinning the research enterprise, the philosophy of evidence, and justifications of how research questions and approaches articulate with socially and clinically relevant problems requiring investigation.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate-level courses in qualitative methods and quantitative methods
NURS 730

Advanced Research Design

Based on research methodologies, this course provides the critical foundations of advanced research approaches to formulate procedures for inquiry (research designs) and detailed research methods of data collection, analysis, and interpretation (research methods). The implications of research decisions will be differentiated. Students obtain the in-depth knowledge and skills required to independently conduct research with an emphasis on the new and emerging approaches of nursing research. Critical examination of theories employed in the nursing discipline, research questions, designs, the positionality of the researcher, rigour, and ethics will be discussed.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate level courses in qualitative methods and quantitative methods.
2025-2026 NURS 730

Advanced Research Design

Based on research methodologies, this course provides the critical foundations of advanced research approaches to formulate procedures for inquiry (research designs) and detailed research methods of data collection, analysis, and interpretation (research methods). The implications of research decisions will be differentiated. Students obtain the in-depth knowledge and skills required to independently conduct research with an emphasis on the new and emerging approaches of nursing research. Critical examination of theories employed in the nursing discipline, research questions, designs, the positionality of the researcher, rigour, and ethics will be discussed.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 NURS 730

Advanced Research Design

Based on research methodologies, this course provides the critical foundations of advanced research approaches to formulate procedures for inquiry (research designs) and detailed research methods of data collection, analysis, and interpretation (research methods). The implications of research decisions will be differentiated. Students obtain the in-depth knowledge and skills required to independently conduct research with an emphasis on the new and emerging approaches of nursing research. Critical examination of theories employed in the nursing discipline, research questions, designs, the positionality of the researcher, rigour, and ethics will be discussed.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate-level courses in qualitative methods and quantitative methods
NURS 750

Advanced Public Policy & Knowledge Translation

Doctoral students will learn how to affect health system and educational change through public policy and knowledge translation. The philosophical, theoretical foundations and multi-faceted strategies of public policy (including health policy and educational policy) and knowledge translation are examined during a residency at the world-class Laurentian Leadership Centre in Ottawa. The student will apply knowledge translation concepts to their dissertation research plans.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): A graduate level course in knowledge translation, health policy or leadership.
2025-2026 NURS 750

Advanced Public Policy & Knowledge Translation

Doctoral students will learn how to affect health system and educational change through public policy and knowledge translation. The philosophical, theoretical foundations and multi-faceted strategies of public policy (including health policy and educational policy) and knowledge translation are examined during a residency at the world-class Laurentian Leadership Centre in Ottawa. The student will apply knowledge translation concepts to their dissertation research plans.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 NURS 750

Advanced Public Policy & Knowledge Translation

Doctoral students will learn how to affect health system and educational change through public policy and knowledge translation. The philosophical, theoretical foundations and multi-faceted strategies of public policy (including health policy and educational policy) and knowledge translation are examined during a residency at the world-class Laurentian Leadership Centre in Ottawa. The student will apply knowledge translation concepts to their dissertation research plans.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): A graduate-level course in knowledge translation, health policy or leadership.
NURS 760

Advanced Educational Leadership

Doctoral students will learn how to provide leadership to nursing education, drawing on higher education and leadership theories to analyze the sociopolitical context of nursing education. Particular attention is given to understanding the trifold role of the nursing professoriate of teaching, research, and service; and the management of learning environments.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): A graduate level course in nursing education or nursing leadership or Advanced Nursing Practice
2025-2026 NURS 760

Advanced Educational Leadership

Doctoral students will learn how to provide leadership to nursing education, drawing on higher education and leadership theories to analyze the sociopolitical context of nursing education. Particular attention is given to understanding the trifold role of the nursing professoriate of teaching, research, and service; and the management of learning environments.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 NURS 760

Advanced Educational Leadership

Doctoral students will learn how to provide leadership to nursing education, drawing on higher education and leadership theories to analyze the sociopolitical context of nursing education. Particular attention is given to understanding the trifold role of the nursing professoriate of teaching, research, and service; and the management of learning environments.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): A graduate level course in nursing education or nursing leadership or Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS 800

Dissertation Seminar

This seminar deals with theoretical and practical aspects of designing dissertation research through to the successful completion of the dissertation. Topics pertaining to access and recruitment of study participants, data collection, data analysis, and knowledge translation will be addressed. Doctoral students will engage with classmates and faculty on this online seminar once they have completed their comprehensive exams. (Year 3 and 4)

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NURS 700
NB: Over 6 semesters.
2025-2026 NURS 800

Dissertation Seminar

This seminar deals with theoretical and practical aspects of designing dissertation research through to the successful completion of the dissertation. Topics pertaining to access and recruitment of study participants, data collection, data analysis, and knowledge translation will be addressed. Doctoral students will engage with classmates and faculty on this online seminar once they have completed their comprehensive exams (Year 3 and 4).

Course Credits: 3
NB: Over 6 semesters
2026-2027 NURS 800

Dissertation Seminar

This seminar deals with theoretical and practical aspects of designing dissertation research through to the successful completion of the dissertation. Topics pertaining to access and recruitment of study participants, data collection, data analysis, and knowledge translation will be addressed. Doctoral students will engage with classmates and faculty on this online seminar once they have completed their comprehensive exams (Year 3 and 4).

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NURS 700
NB: Over 6 semesters
NURS 833

Internship

Doctoral students will complete an internship (approximately 100 hours) in mentorship with an expert nurse scholar-educator, researcher, policy analyst or leader. In conjunction with a faculty mentor, students will design and complete a project that is individualized to their learning needs and builds the professional skills of a nurse academician.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): First year of PhD Nursing courses
2025-2026 NURS 833

Internship

Doctoral students will complete an internship (approximately 100 hours) in mentorship with an expert nurse scholar-educator, researcher, policy analyst or leader. In conjunction with a faculty mentor, students will design and complete a project that is individualized to their learning needs and builds the professional skills of a nurse academician.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 NURS 833

Internship

Doctoral students will complete an internship (approximately 100 hours) in mentorship with an expert nurse scholar-educator, researcher, policy analyst or leader. In conjunction with a faculty mentor, students will design and complete a project that is individualized to their learning needs and builds the professional skills of a nurse academician.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): First year of PhD Nursing courses
NURS 900

Dissertation Proposal

Doctoral students will design independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Comphrensive exam and all core courses
NB: 3 sem hrs. per term. 9 semester hours total.
2025-2026 NURS 900

Dissertation Proposal

Doctoral students will design independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise.

Course Credits: 3
NB: 3 sem. hrs. per term. 9 semester hours total.
2026-2027 NURS 900

Dissertation Proposal

Doctoral students will design independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Comprehensive exam and all core courses
NB: 3 sem. hrs. per term. 9 semester hours total.
NURS 910

Disseration Continuation

Doctoral students will conduct independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NURS 900
NB: 3 sem hrs. per term. 12 semester hours total.
2025-2026 NURS 910

Dissertation Continuation

Doctoral students will conduct independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise.

Course Credits: 3
NB: 3 sem. hrs. per term. 12 semester hours total.
2026-2027 NURS 910

Dissertation Continuation

Doctoral students will conduct independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NURS 900
NB: 3 sem. hrs. per term. 12 semester hours total.
NURS 945

Dissertation Extension

Doctoral students will design and conduct independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise. (dissertation extension)

Course Credits: 0
Prerequisite(s): NURS 910
2025-2026 NURS 945

Dissertation Extension

Doctoral students will design and conduct independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise (dissertation extension).

Course Credits: 0
2026-2027 NURS 945

Dissertation Extension

Doctoral students will design and conduct independent research, with the supervision of a committee with relevant substantive and methodological expertise (dissertation extension).

Course Credits: 0
Prerequisite(s): NURS 910
PHIL 100

Philosophy for Life

Explores philosophy as a way of life accessible to all, in order to think more truthfully, act more justly, and live more faithfully. This course focuses on critical thinking as an invaluable ethical tool for interpreting current events. Students will learn to analyze and evaluate the claims of contemporary culture and religious faith.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (3,0)
2025-2026 PHIL 100

Philosophy for Life

Explores philosophy as a way of life accessible to all, in order to think more truthfully, act more justly, and live more faithfully. This course focuses on critical thinking as an invaluable ethical tool for interpreting current events. Students will learn to analyze and evaluate the claims of contemporary culture and religious faith.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 PHIL 100

Philosophy for Life

Explores philosophy as a way of life accessible to all, in order to think more truthfully, act more justly, and live more faithfully. This course focuses on critical thinking as an invaluable ethical tool for interpreting current events. Students will learn to analyze and evaluate the claims of contemporary culture and religious faith.

Course Credits: 3
PHIL 103

Introduction to Logic

An analysis of the use of reasoning in ordinary language. Students are introduced to deductive logic by learning how to recognize arguments by identifying some common fallacies and by learning several methods of assessing the quality of arguments. Both traditional and modern methods of determining deductive validity, including a formal theory of inference, are studied. In the process, students will apply logical reasoning to their own ideas and assumptions.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 PHIL 103

Introduction to Logic

An analysis of the use of reasoning in ordinary language. Students are introduced to deductive logic by learning how to recognize arguments by identifying some common fallacies and by learning several methods of assessing the quality of arguments. Both traditional and modern methods of determining deductive validity, including a formal theory of inference, are studied. In the process, students will apply logical reasoning to their own ideas and assumptions.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 PHIL 103

Introduction to Logic

An analysis of the use of reasoning in ordinary language. Students are introduced to deductive logic by learning how to recognize arguments by identifying some common fallacies and by learning several methods of assessing the quality of arguments. Both traditional and modern methods of determining deductive validity, including a formal theory of inference, are studied. In the process, students will apply logical reasoning to their own ideas and assumptions.

Course Credits: 3
PHIL 105

Introduction to Philosophy

This course introduces some of the major questions about existence and what it is to be human while providing some of the foundational philosophical responses to these questions. Topics to be discussed include: the relation between perception and knowledge (appearance and reality); the existence and nature of God; human freedom and determinism; the meaning of human existence; the nature of moral judgments; the mind-body problem; artificial intelligence; feminist philosophy; the problem of suffering; and whether humans are capable of selfless motivation. Students will be encouraged to interpret and reflect upon the meaning of the relation between reason and faith as the joint foundation for addressing these questions in a logical and ethical manner.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 PHIL 105

Introduction to Philosophy

This course introduces some of the major questions about existence and what it is to be human while providing some of the foundational philosophical responses to these questions. Topics to be discussed include: the relation between perception and knowledge (appearance and reality); the existence and nature of God; human freedom and determinism; the meaning of human existence; the nature of moral judgments; the mind-body problem; artificial intelligence; feminist philosophy; the problem of suffering; and whether humans are capable of selfless motivation. Students will be encouraged to interpret and reflect upon the meaning of the relation between reason and faith as the joint foundation for addressing these questions in a logical and ethical manner.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 PHIL 105

Introduction to Philosophy

This course introduces some of the major questions about existence and what it is to be human while providing some of the foundational philosophical responses to these questions. Topics to be discussed include: the relation between perception and knowledge (appearance and reality); the existence and nature of God; human freedom and determinism; the meaning of human existence; the nature of moral judgments; the mind-body problem; artificial intelligence; feminist philosophy; the problem of suffering; and whether humans are capable of selfless motivation. Students will be encouraged to interpret and reflect upon the meaning of the relation between reason and faith as the joint foundation for addressing these questions in a logical and ethical manner.

Course Credits: 3
PHIL 106

Introduction to Philosophy II

An historical overview of the western philosophical tradition from Socrates to the present day. Considerable discussion will be devoted to the distinct approaches of ancient, medieval, and modern thinkers to the relation between reason and faith. Additionally, there will be extensive attention devoted to the history of logical and ethical reasoning as we evaluate the impact of these ideas on the present day. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged not only to analyze but also interpret these ideas in a respectful yet critical manner.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 PHIL 106

Introduction to Philosophy II

An historical overview of the western philosophical tradition from Socrates to the present day. Considerable discussion will be devoted to the distinct approaches of ancient, medieval, and modern thinkers to the relation between reason and faith. Additionally, there will be extensive attention devoted to the history of logical and ethical reasoning as we evaluate the impact of these ideas on the present day. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged not only to analyze but also interpret these ideas in a respectful yet critical manner.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 PHIL 106

Introduction to Philosophy II

An historical overview of the western philosophical tradition from Socrates to the present day. Considerable discussion will be devoted to the distinct approaches of ancient, medieval, and modern thinkers to the relation between reason and faith. Additionally, there will be extensive attention devoted to the history of logical and ethical reasoning as we evaluate the impact of these ideas on the present day. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged not only to analyze but also interpret these ideas in a respectful yet critical manner.

Course Credits: 3
PHIL 109

Critical Thinking: Informal Logic

An introduction to critical thinking/writing and informal logic in practical settings. This course examines the value of rational thinking in the face of everyday challenges, e.g., problem solving, making informed decisions, and evaluating whether a statement is true. Students dissect examples of good and poor reasoning, analyze informal fallacies, detect hidden assumptions and irrelevant premises in arguments, determine where an argument's burden of proof lies, and practice transferring critical thinking skills to their writing skills. Socratic method and Socratic dialogue is employed as a tool to assist students with their inquiry-based learning.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 PHIL 109

Critical Thinking: Informal Logic

An introduction to critical thinking/writing and informal logic in practical settings. This course examines the value of rational thinking in the face of everyday challenges, e.g., problem solving, making informed decisions, and evaluating whether a statement is true. Students dissect examples of good and poor reasoning, analyze informal fallacies, detect hidden assumptions and irrelevant premises in arguments, determine where an argument's burden of proof lies, and practice transferring critical thinking skills to their writing skills. Socratic method and Socratic dialogue is employed as a tool to assist students with their inquiry-based learning.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 PHIL 109

Critical Thinking: Informal Logic

An introduction to critical thinking/writing and informal logic in practical settings. This course examines the value of rational thinking in the face of everyday challenges, e.g., problem solving, making informed decisions, and evaluating whether a statement is true. Students dissect examples of good and poor reasoning, analyze informal fallacies, detect hidden assumptions and irrelevant premises in arguments, determine where an argument's burden of proof lies, and practice transferring critical thinking skills to their writing skills. Socratic method and Socratic dialogue is employed as a tool to assist students with their inquiry-based learning.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 PHIL 111

History of Western Philosophy: Ancient & Medieval Period

A survey of the teachings of the great philosophers of the West, from the discovery of physics by the Pre-Socratics, to the culmination of medieval Scholasticism (i.e. in John of St. Thomas), with a special emphasis upon developments in the philosophy of religion.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
2026-2027 PHIL 111

History of Western Philosophy: Ancient & Medieval Period

A survey of the teachings of the great philosophers of the West, from the discovery of physics by the Pre-Socratics, to the culmination of medieval Scholasticism (i.e. in John of St. Thomas), with a special emphasis upon developments in the philosophy of religion.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.