- Bachelor of Science in Nursing at York University is offered as a 4 years honours program.
- It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis.
- York's Collaborative Nursing program educates nurses using a blend of theory and practice.
- Students will acquire critical thinking and research skills as well as gain extensive practicum and clinical experience – York Collaborative Nursing students complete approximately 1400 hours of clinical experience through the placements in each year of the program.
- Students progress through the integrated four-year curriculum, the first two years are at one of the College partner sites (at Seneca College or at Georgian College), and the 3rd and 4th at York University Campus.
- The program will prepare students for and ensure that students gain extensive theoretical/practicum experience in addition to acquiring skills in critical thinking and research.
- The combination of in-class discussions, laboratory, classroom simulations, and clinical placements will help students to develop a high degree of theoretical, practical, and philosophical knowledge around human caring.
- Graduates receive a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) degree from York and will be eligible to write the registration exam to become registered nurses with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO).
- This program is offered by York University, Seneca College, and Georgian College.
- Students get the opportunities to apply their classroom learning through hands-on experiential education in the Nursing Simulation Centre, Nursing Skills Lab, and Computer Simulation Lab.
- York’s Nursing programs rank among the top 20 nursing programs in Canada according to Maclean’s 2020 University Rankings.
- The average salary goes up to 45,000 USD.