Offered by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada, General Program: Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) is a bachelor's degree in Arts, Design & Architecture programme. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 216 per credit for local students.
Thompson Rivers University's Bachelor of Arts, General Program is a 120-credit Open Learning degree for distance students who want to study two subject areas in some depth rather than declare a single major. The program requires 24 credits of breadth coursework across English, humanities, mathematics or science, and social sciences, 45 upper-level credits, of which 30 are split evenly between two chosen areas of specialization (15 credits each) and 15 are upper-level electives, and 51 elective credits that may be lower- or upper-level, completed to a minimum 2.00 GPA. Students can apply Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition credit toward some program requirements. Admission is open, residency requires a minimum of 15 TRU credits by distance or on-campus study, and TRU offers program advising and financial aid eligibility to students working toward the degree.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Thompson Rivers University's Open Learning page for the Bachelor of Arts General Program lists open admission as the entry requirement: no required courses, minimum grades, prior credential, GPA or English-language test score (IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL) is published for entry. The only condition tied to the credential is residency: a minimum of 15 TRU credits, completed through distance or on-campus study, must count toward the degree. The page states no portfolio, interview, work-experience, age or fixed intake-date condition, and directs applicants to its multi-step online application and registration process rather than listing separate entrance criteria here.
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.
