Thompson Rivers University offers Adventure Guide Diploma, a diploma in Tourism & Leisure programme in Kamloops, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 875 per credit (CAD 162 per credit for local students).
This diploma is a fast-paced program built around field trips, hands-on outdoor skills instruction, and student-led expeditions, with courses spanning a broad mix of adventure activities and theoretical subjects. Field-based classes make use of BC's wide recreational resources for both whitewater and ocean activities, climbing, and skiing. This same diploma carries into Adventure Studies concentrations within the Bachelor of Tourism Management or the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies for students who want to complete a full degree.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry is competitive and applications are screened to confirm an adequate level of outdoor recreation experience before entry, and applicants normally come in on technical skill and experience in at least one adventure sport. REQUIREMENTS: you must be 19 years of age at the start of the program and have completed the Adventure Guide Certificate. You then apply to the second year in writing, enclosing a personal resume and a cover letter explaining why you want to move into the diploma and how it will help you meet your goals; briefly outlining the skills and experiences you gained in the Adventure Guide Certificate and how they affected your learning, leadership, professionalism, peers, instructors and the program; and setting out your summer work practicum plans and how they fit your educational and career goals. You also submit a completed Outdoor Experience Log covering all outdoor experience outside course time during the past year. The department reviews your transcripts and GPA for the last year. Finally you must attend a departmental orientation session, either in person or by phone, hand in the completed Adventure Guide Diploma application form, and sit an admissions interview. TRU lists the program as open to international applicants.
Application Details
Start Date:September (Fall) intake only, as listed on TRU's program page.
Application Deadline:No separate date is published for this program, so TRU's general undergraduate deadlines apply. Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents): 1 May for the September (Fall) intake. International applicants are given the same date for the September intake on TRU's separate international deadline page: 1 May. Applications for most programs open 1 October. A deadline falling on a weekend or statutory holiday moves to the next working day, and TRU keeps accepting applications after the date where space remains, though high-volume programs can close early.
