Certificate in Health Foundations at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Programme overview

Provides foundational knowledge and skills for health care studies; completers may declare into years two to four of the BSN or Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing. Intakes are currently postponed.

Faculty: Faculty of Health | Duration: 32 credits | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall, Spring, Summer | Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

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Entry requirements

English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 with a minimum grade of B (or an undergraduate English course with C+); Anatomy and Physiology 12 with a B (or undergraduate Biology with C+); Chemistry 11 with a B (or undergraduate Chemistry with C+); Level D1 in the Mathematics Alternatives Table (or an undergraduate Math course with C+). Meeting these does not guarantee admission.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Three intakes: Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May).

Design programmes (Wilson School of Design) have one intake per year, in the Fall (September) semester; classes begin in September.

Domestic Fall intake: applications open October 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs March 1 (select programs may extend, space permitting); Open Intake final application deadline July 1; confirmation deposit deadline for Open Intakes June 15.

Domestic Spring (January) intake: applications open February 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs August 1; confirmation deposit deadline for Open Intakes October 15; Open Intake final application deadline November 1.

Domestic Summer (May) intake: applications open June 1; application deadline for Limited Intake programs December 1.

International Fall (September) intake: applications open October 1; Limited Intake deadline March 1; no applications accepted after July 1.

International Spring (January) intake: applications open February 1; Limited Intake deadline August 1; no applications accepted after November 1.

International Summer (May) intake: applications open June 1; Limited Intake deadline December 1; no applications accepted after March 1.

Application fee is $40 for Canadian citizen and permanent resident applicants (no charge for self-declared Indigenous applicants) and $120 for international applicants. Confirmation deposit: $250 (domestic open intake), $500 (domestic limited intake), $5000 (international).

Design programmes: applications for each Fall intake are accepted from October 1 to March 1.

Apply through the official page: https://www.kpu.ca/apply

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