Douglas College offers Academic Foundations for Potential Psychiatric Nursing Applicants Certificate, a certificate in Health Sciences programme in New Westminster, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,600 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Health Sciences
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,600 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
If you plan on applying to the Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing (BSPN) at Douglas College, you will need to first complete the one-year Certificate in Academic Foundations for Potential Psychiatric Nursing Applicants. You'll take 10 university-transferable courses (30 credits) in the sciences and liberal arts that will prepare you for entrance to the BSPN program.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: PUBLISHED ENTRY: the general college admission requirements plus a minimum grade of B in each of English 12, English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12; Biology 11 or 12, Life Sciences 11 or Anatomy and Physiology 12; and Foundations of Math 11 or 12, with university-transfer coursework in those subjects usually accepted instead. IMPORTANT CURRENT VARIANCE: Education Council approved a temporary variance on 18 November 2024 and extended it on 19 January 2026 to run to November 2028, under which applicants are eligible on the general college admission requirements alone — so the three subject grades above are not being enforced while that variance stands. A seat here brings priority registration and earlier access to the courses needed for the Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing, but it does not guarantee admission to that degree; you may apply to the BSPN for the Fall or Winter semester after finishing the 30 credits set out on the programme's curriculum tab. Note that many mathematics and statistics courses require Foundations of Math 11 or Pre-calculus 11 at C or better, and some lab courses require Biology 12, Chemistry 11 or 12, or Physics 11 or 12. On EducationPlannerBC this entry is listed under the Psychiatric Nursing Academic Foundations name, and Douglas restricts it to students intending to pursue psychiatric nursing. This programme page shows no international application block, so international applicants should confirm with Douglas International Admissions that it is open to them before applying; where it is, the college's separately published international academic and English standards apply on top of anything listed here.
Application Details
Start Date:Douglas runs three fifteen-week semesters a year: Fall from September to December, Winter from January to April and Summer from May to August. The programme page lists intakes in Fall (September) and Winter (January). The Fall 2026 semester began on 8 September 2026 and Winter 2027 classes begin on 4 January 2027.
Application Deadline:Douglas publishes college-wide application windows rather than a single date for every programme, and the domestic and international timetables are different. DOMESTIC APPLICANTS apply on EducationPlannerBC. Applications for a semester open about eleven months ahead, at 9:00 a.m. on the first business day of the opening month: 1 October for the following Fall, 1 February for the following Winter. Douglas labels this a limited-enrolment programme, so it sets no single fixed closing date: the round shuts when the intake fills, and the college’s own test is whether the programme still appears in the EducationPlannerBC drop-down list. Applicants are acknowledged in writing about two to three weeks after applying, and qualified applicants are then ranked against the programme’s published criteria. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS: this programme page carries no international application block, so confirm with Douglas International Admissions that the programme is open to you before applying. The college-wide international dates are 30 September 2026 for Winter (January) 2027 and 31 January 2027 for Summer (May) 2027; the Fall (September) 2026 intake closed on 31 May 2026. Read from the programme page and the college deadline pages on 6 September 2026; Douglas had not yet published Summer 2027 domestic closing dates.
