Transfer Courses

Once admitted to the Faculty of Nursing, transcripts are assessed and students are notified via the Bear Tracks Transfer Credit Report if they have received transfer credit for any courses in previous post-secondary education. Students seeking admission to the Faculty of Nursing should ensure they submit transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended in order to receive transfer credit.

For transfer credit to be granted from an institution outside the University of Alberta, you must meet the minimum passing grade for transfer (See Transfer of Credit). In addition, for transfer credit consideration for a Foundational Minimum Pass (FMP) course, you must meet the minimum grade of C+ (or equivalent). The Faculty of Nursing recommends students enroll in all required courses just in case, and once you receive your transfer credit report you can determine if you are then needing to delete the unnecessary courses by the appropriate term registration deadlines.

If you believe you should have received credit for a course not indicated in your Bear Tracks Transfer Credit Report, contact the Faculty of Nursing Undergraduate Office.

Regardless of advanced standing or transfer credit received for courses, the length of the Collaborative and Bilingual programs remains as four years since all nursing courses within our programs are intentionally delivered sequentially.

If you are already in the Faculty of Nursing and decide to study off-campus and complete a course at another institution, please refer to Off-Campus Courses. You are required to complete a Letter of Permission to take a course from another institution. This is to ensure the course meets the requirements of the program and is transferable to the University of Alberta. If you take a course at another institution without a Letter of Permission and the course is not transferable or equivalent, you will NOT receive transfer credit.

The Alberta Transfer Guide also provides information about the transferability of courses between post-secondary institutions in Alberta.

For information about the transferability of Nursing-specific courses, please see Nursing School Transfer.