{"id":632,"date":"2010-11-18T13:18:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/health-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:31:31","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Master of Psychiatric Nursing program consists of 33 credit hours including completion of a thesis.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"core\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Required Core Courses<\/h2>\n<table width=\"540\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Course<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\">Credits<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75651-2\/\">75 651 &#8211; Foundations for Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Practice<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-652\/\">75.652 \u2013 Philosophical Basis for Advanced Practice<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-653\/\">75.653 \u2013 Qualitative Health Research Methods<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-654\/\">75.654 \u2013 Quantitative Health Research Methods<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-655\/\">75.655 \u2013 Seminar Topics in Psychiatric Nursing<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-656\/\">75.656 \u2013 Advanced Readings in Psychiatric Nursing<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\"stream\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Additional Required Courses<\/h2>\n<h3>Education Specialized Stream<\/h3>\n<table width=\"540\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Course<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\">Credits<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-657\/\">75:661 Advanced Nursing Education I<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-662\/\">75:662 Advanced Nursing Education II<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\"thesis\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Non-Specialized Stream<\/h3>\n<table width=\"540\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Course<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\">Credits<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-661\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-661\/\">75:635 Indigenous Wellness, Resilience, Advocacy, and Allyship<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-661\/\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-659\/\">75:636 Leadership in Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Practice<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Thesis<\/h3>\n<table width=\"540\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Course<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right\">Credits<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/about\/curriculum\/75-700\/\">75:700 Graduate Thesis<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>See information regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/mpn\/files\/Course-Schedule-for-Delivery-3.xlsx\">Course Schedule for Delivery<\/a>\u00a0in the Master of Psychiatric Nursing program.<\/p>\n<p>Course offerings are subject to change. 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