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The Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies offers the following full-time undergraduate programmes: |
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Three-year Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
Four-year Bachelor of Science (Nursing)(Honours) |
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Admission of candidates into the nursing degree programmes of NUS will be based on the academic merit of and in open competition with all eligible applicants who must fulfil the minimum university requirements for admission to full-time undergraduate studies. |
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Academic Ability
To be eligible to apply for admission, applicants need to present:
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the Singapore -Cambridge GCE 'A' level certificate, or |
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a diploma from a polytechnic in Singapore; or |
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equivalent international qualifications |
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Applicants should also satisfy the subject pre-requisites which require a pass in any two of the following at H2 Level: biology, chemistry, computing, physics and mathematics. |
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Interview of Candidates
All candidates, local and foreign, who are short-listed, will be asked to attend an interview in April. The selection of students for the BSc (Nursing) programme will be determined by factors over and above the candidates' academic record. |
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Health Status
In accordance with Ministry of Health requirements, candidates who test positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen are not eligible for the nursing programme in Singapore, regardless of their Hepatitis B e-antigen status. Candidates must also furnish documentary evidence of immunity to, or immunisation for, Chickenpox within 2 weeks after admission to the programme. |
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To be awarded a Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Degree, students must have: |
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accumulated a minimum of 120 Modular Credits (MCs) |
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obtained a Cumulative Average Point (CAP) of not less than 2.00 |
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fulfilled the above within a maximum candidature of 5 years unless under extenuating circumstances. |
| To be awarded a Bachelor of Science (Nursing)(Honours) Degree, students must have: |
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accumulated a minimum of 160 Modular Credits (MCs) |
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obtained a Cumulative Average Point (CAP) of not less than 3.20 |
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fulfilled all the above within 8 regular semesters where "regular semesters" excludes Special Term and semester(s) spent on Student Exchange Programme (SEP) |
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The requirements for graduations are: |
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University Requirements
| Bachelor of Science (Nursing) : |
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8 MCs of GEM (at least 4 MCs must be from Group B) |
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4 MCs of Singapore Studies |
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4 MCs of Breadth Electives selected by Department |
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| Bachelor of Science (Nursing)(Honours) : |
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8 MCs of GEM (at least 4 MCs must be from Group B) |
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4 MCs of Singapore Studies |
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8 MCs of Breadth Electives selected by Department |
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4 MCs of Breadth Electives |
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University Requirements |
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20 MCs of non-Nursing Electives selected by Department
for both Bachelor of Science (Nursing) and Bachelor of Science (Nursing)(Honours) programme |
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Major Requirements |
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76 MCs of Nursing modules for Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
and 108 MCs of Nursing modules for Bachelor of Science (Nursing)(Honours) programme |
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Unrestricted Electives |
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4 MCs of unrestricted electives for both Bachelor of Science (Nursing) and Bachelor of Science (Nursing)(Honours) programme |
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| 3.1 Programme Structure |
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 Download Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Table |
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| Download Bachelor of Science (Nursing)(Honours) Table |
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| 3.2 Module Exemptions |
Registered Nurses with a diploma from the Nanyang and Ngee Ann Polytechnic may receive up to 39 MCs of module exemptions from the following list: |
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| 4. English Skills Requirements |
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Based on the Qualifying English Test results, students who fail to meet exemption criteria have to take and pass ES1301 English for Academic Purposes.
In addition, very weak students have to take and pass ES1000 Basic English Course before proceeding to ES1301.
ES1000 is offered only in the first semester whilst ES1301 is offered in both semesters of the academic year.
Students who are required to take both ES1000 and ES1301 must take ES1000 in the first semester, whilst students who are required
to take only ES1301 may do so in either the first or second semester.
ES1000 and ES1301 are not counted towards modular credits and CAP. However, they are included in the workload.
Students who need to clear ES requirement for graduation must do so by their fourth semester at the latest. |
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| 5. Honours Eligibility and Honours Projects |
Students who matriculated in AY2006/2007 will be eligible for Honours if they have: |
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Fulfilled the requirements at BSc (Nursing) level; and |
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Obtained a minimum overall CAP of 3.50 |
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Students who do not choose to proceed to Honours even though they are eligible may exit the programme and graduate with a BSc (Nursing) degree after satisfying graduation requirements at BSc level. |
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| 6. Degree Classification |
CAP computation is based on all modules completed at all levels. All students are on a track that leads to either the BSc (Nursing) or BSc (Nursing)(Honours) degree. |
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| 7. Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory Option |
Students are allowed to exercise the Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory (S/U) Option up to 12 MCs worth of modules, provided they don't
count towards student's Major, Faculty or University Scholars Programme (USP) requirements. To attain a Satisfactory grade, students must score a
C (Grade Point: 2.0) and above for the module. Any lower grade (Grade Point: <2.0) will result in the Unsatisfactory grade. All modules read
on S/U basis are excluded from the computation of the CAP. The S/U Option, once exercised, is irrevocable. |
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| 8. Assessments |
| A basic tenet in the
application of assessment principles is the need to ensure
that assessment strategies, both formative and summative,
must be consistent with and match the desired learning
outcomes identified. A fundamental and commonly known
fact in education is that assessment drives student learning
and that well-designed assessment instruments will have
a positive steering effect on student learning and learning
outcomes. In the selection and design of assessment instruments
it is critical, therefore, to adopt best practices which
will ensure matching with the desired learning outcomes
that will drive student learning in a positive way. |
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Assessment Strategies that will be implemented for the BSc (Nursing) programme will: |
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be holistic and designed to test the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains of learning |
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test the various levels of learning (knows, knows how, performs, does) as described in the Miller's pyramid (Miller, 1990) |
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Continuous Assessment (CA) will be taken into account and it normally contributes between 40% to 60% of the final grade of a module unless otherwise stated by the department.
Homework, tests, practical, essays, projects, seminar presentations, performance during tutorials and other project work are bases for continuous assessment. |
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ensure the validity and reliability of test instruments used for, both,
formative and summative assessments e.g. integrated, scenario-based multiple choice questions (MCQs) and extended
matching items (EMIs) which test higher-order thinking skills will replace recall-, rote-memory-based MCQs |
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clinical assessment will include testing of clinical skills,
log book record of clinical practice and case presentations at clinical conferences |
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include multiple test instruments based on their utility with respect to the validity, reliability and practicality |
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