At Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada, Associate of Science Degree is offered as an associate's degree in Natural Sciences & Mathematics programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 515 per credit (CAD 216 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Associate's Degree
Field:Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 216 / credit
International tuition: CAD 515 / credit
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Thompson Rivers University's Associate of Science is a 60-credit transfer credential built from first- and second-year science, math, and arts coursework, offered through TRU Open Learning for students studying at a distance. Requirements include six credits of English, six credits of arts electives outside English and lab science, eighteen credits split across natural science, math, and engineering science, six credits of math that must include a calculus course, and a further eighteen credits of second-year science, math, or engineering coursework, plus six credits of general electives; at least one completed course must include a hands-on laboratory component. Admission is open, students need a minimum 2.00 GPA to graduate, and only nine TRU credits are required for residency, leaving room to bring in transfer credit from other institutions before finishing the degree at TRU.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Thompson Rivers University's Open Learning Associate of Science degree admits on an open-admission basis, with the program page stating no required high-school courses, minimum grades, GPA threshold, or English-proficiency test score for entry. Once enrolled, students work toward the credential's own completion standard: 60 credits of first- and second-year coursework with a cumulative GPA of 2.00 across all courses applied to the degree, including at least one first-year science course with a hands-on laboratory component. As an Open Learning program, admission is not gated by TRU's on-campus secondary-graduation, transferable-credit, or mature-student bases, nor by its IELTS/TOEFL minimums for direct entry; applicants register directly for individual courses. No portfolio, interview, work-experience, or age condition is published on the page.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply directly to TRU: for the September (Fall) intake the deadline is 1 May, for January (Winter) it is 1 September, and for the May (Summer) intake it is 1 January; applications for most programs open 1 October, and a deadline falling on a weekend or statutory holiday moves to the next working day. International applicants follow the same intake structure with deadlines of 1 May (September), 1 October (January) and 1 February (May); TRU still reviews later applications where space remains, though high-volume programs can close early, so admission runs on a rolling basis around these published cut-offs for the 2027 entry cycle. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
