CURRICULUM Bachelor of Midwifery All BMid students must complete the following courses: BIOL 1220 – Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 1221 – Anatomy and Physiology II GNED 1101 – Scientific and Mathematical Literacy for the Modern World or GNED 1102 – Controversies in Science GNED 1201 – Aesthetic Experience and Ideas or GNED 1202 – Text and Ideas or GNED 1203 – Cultured Perspectives on Science GNED 1301 – Globalization or GNED 1304 – Communities and Societies GNED 1401– Critical Writing and Reading or GNED 1402 – Writing for Professions or GNED 1403 – Writing in a Digital Context: Language, Media, Culture HLTH 2250 – Research for Practice in Health and Community Studies INTS 1240 – Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
General Education Mount Royal's Bachelor of Midwifery program requires specific general education courses to meet graduation requirements. These are specified in the program curriculum. For incoming students in the Bachelor of Midwifery program, it is important to seek clarification of these requirements and up-to-date registration information through an Academic Advisor in the Department of Advanced Specialty Health Studies. Students are permitted one re-registration in each of BIOL 1220 and 1221. That is, students are not allowed more than two (2) grades below the minimum pass in the same biology course. Students who are unsuccessful after two registrations in the same biology course will be required to withdraw from the program and will not be eligible for re-admission.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS To be eligible for graduation, students must satisfactorily complete all degree program requirements. Students must maintain an overall minimum GPA of 2.30 to be eligible for graduation. Students completing degree requirements will be awarded a Bachelor of Midwifery degree from Mount Royal. Students applying to graduate must do so by the date published in the Mount Royal University Calendar.
MDWF 1001 – Survey of Midwifery - Past and Present MDWF 1003 – Lab Sciences for Midwifery MDWF 2001 – Developing Midwifery Skills MDWF 2003 – Reproductive Physiology MDWF 2005 – Pharmacotherapeutics MDWF 2100 – Midwifery Care: Normal Childbearing and Healthy Newborns - Clinical Practice MDWF 2101 – Midwifery Care: Normal Childbearing and Healthy Newborns - Tutorial
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MDWF 2150 – Trans-cultural Clinical Placement MDWF 3001 – Pathophysiology MDWF 3100 – Interprofessional Hospital and Community Health Placements - Clinical MDWF 3101 – Interprofessional Hospital and Community Health Placements - Tutorial MDWF 3150 – Midwifery Care: Complications and Consultations - Clinical MDWF 3151 – Midwifery Care: Complications and Consultations - Tutorial MDWF 3175 – Midwifery Care: Maternal and Newborn Pathology - Clinical MDWF 3176 – Midwifery Care: Maternal and Newborn Pathology – Tutorial MDWF 4100 – Midwifery Clerkship I – Clinical Practice MDWF 4101 – Midwifery Clerkship I - Tutorial MDWF 4150 – Midwifery Clerkship II - Clinical Practice MDWF 4151 – Midwifery Clerkship II - Tutorial MDWF 4175 – Professional Practice Management WMST 2221 – Women and Health Plus one course each from GNED from Cluster 1, Tier 2 or 3; Cluster 2, Tier2 or 3; and Cluster 3, Tier 2 or 3 (mtroyal.ca/gened/courses) Note: Courses in Italics are under development. Courses are not necessarily offered in the sequence shown.
Students are responsible to ensure that all pre-requisite and co-requisite requirements are met prior to registering in a course.
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