Offered by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada, Human Services Diploma is a diploma in Social Work programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 216 per credit for local students.
The diploma prepares graduates for a helping-profession career within agencies offering support and assistance to individuals facing a range of difficulties. These include developmental, gender and diversity issues, mental health issues, economic disadvantage, and addictions, among other challenges service users may encounter.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Human Service Diploma, delivered through TRU Open Learning, requires successful completion of the Open Learning Social Service Worker certificate with a minimum GPA of 2.67, or a certificate from a TRU on-campus program in Education Assistant/Community Support or Early Childhood Education, or a similar certificate from another university or college attained at the required GPA; applicants from outside TRU must submit an official transcript. No standardised English-language test score is stated on the programme page. Applicants admitted to the program must complete a Consent to a Criminal Record Check before beginning a practicum placement, and the page notes that, because of the program's field-education requirement, there are currently no arrangements for international-student admission. A minimum of six TRU credits (distance or on-campus) is required toward residency.
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.
