Associate of Commerce and Business Administration Diploma is a diploma in Business & Management programme offered by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 162 per credit for local students.
Students earn this diploma after finishing the lower-level coursework required for the Bachelor of Business Administration, which lets them save money by completing those early requirements close to home before transferring elsewhere, to institutions such as Simon Fraser University or UBC, for third and fourth year. It also acknowledges students who, because of financial, family, work, or academic circumstances, cannot finish a full four-year program in business. Topics include marketing, commercial law, financial and management accounting, principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics, mathematics, and professional writing.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This on-campus Associate of Commerce and Business Administration Diploma admits applicants who have completed Grade 12 (or equivalent) or who qualify as mature students, on top of TRU's general undergraduate entry bases (recognised secondary graduation, 12 or more transferable post-secondary credits, or mature-student status). Specific prerequisites are Foundations of Mathematics 12 or Pre-calculus 12 at a minimum C+, and English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 at a minimum of 73%, with ESAL 0570 plus ESAL 0580, or ENGL 0600/0601, accepted as English-course equivalents. Applicants short of these prerequisites may still apply through TRU's Flexible Entry pathway, which admits them and lets them clear missing requirements within their first 24 to 30 credits. International applicants otherwise meet English via TRU's published direct-entry minimums of IELTS 6.5 (no band below 6.0) or TOEFL iBT 88 (no section below 20). No GPA figure, portfolio, interview, or work-experience condition is published on the page.
Application Details
Start Date:Intakes: September (Fall) and January (Winter), 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; 1 September for the January (Winter) intake. International applicants work to a separate published set, which differs for the winter and summer intakes: 1 May for September; 1 October for January. 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.
