What makes this program different?
TRU’s Gaglardi BBA combines a common business core with eight majors or a General BBA route, plus options such as minors and honours.
The program describes open admission for qualified applicants and offers optional co-op; earning the co-op designation requires three work terms.
A 120-credit BBA with eight majors, a general option, optional co-op, minors, and honours possibilities in Kamloops.
Understand the academic threshold.
Admission rules depend on the applicant category and entering year. Confirm every prerequisite and minimum on the official page before choosing courses or applying.
- Secondary credentialBC Grade 12 or an accepted equivalent; mature applicants have a separate route.
- MathematicsA qualifying Grade 12 mathematics course with at least C+ or equivalent.
- EnglishEnglish 12 with at least 73% or an accepted equivalent.
- Applicant backgroundConfirm equivalents for your province, country, or transfer studies.
Meeting admission requirements provides access to the program, but individual courses, majors, honours, and co-op can have additional progression rules.
Build the application around the official entry route.
Start with required courses and grades, then confirm whether the regular or co-op route has a separate application, threshold, or progression decision.
- Official program requirements
- Current applicant-category rules
- Degree and work-experience structure
- Published progression conditions
- Keep prerequisite courses strong
- Compare total cost and location
- Verify co-op timing and competition
- Recheck details before submitting
Treat published minimums as eligibility rules, not guaranteed admission. Use the university’s current portal and contact admissions when a course equivalency is unclear.
Foundation first. Direction next.
The degree combines a shared business foundation with later opportunities to develop depth, apply learning, and prepare for work.
Complete lower-level business study
Build skills in accounting, economics, mathematics, communication, management, and technology.
Choose a major or general route
Develop depth while preserving space for electives, a minor, or complementary study.
Integrate learning
Finish advanced business requirements, experiential work, and optional honours or co-op components.
Course sequences and academic regulations can change by calendar year.
Specializations, majors, minors, and experiential options have their own capacity and progression rules.
Experience is valuable—but never automatic.
Complete three competitive work terms to earn the co-op designation.
Choose depth in a business field or keep a General BBA route.
Add complementary academic depth when eligible.
Consider a smaller interior-BC city and its regional networks.
Co-op admission and employment are separate steps. Students must meet academic requirements and compete for roles; no university can guarantee a particular placement.
Turn the degree into a direction.
Depending on major and experience, students can explore accounting, finance, economics, entrepreneurship, HR, international business, marketing, supply chain, and general management.
A degree opens possibilities rather than guaranteeing a job title. Courses, projects, work experience, relationships, and demonstrated skills all shape outcomes.
Compare the curriculum with the work you want to explore, while leaving room for interests to change.
Budget the complete experience.
Use the university’s current tuition and fee schedule, then add housing, food, books, transit, travel, and personal costs.
Fees vary by residency and course load and can change annually. Co-op income is uncertain until a student secures paid work.
Who might thrive here?
- Want flexible academic options
- Are open to Kamloops
- May pursue co-op
- Value multiple majors
- Want a broad BBA
- Need a major downtown market
- Assume open admission means no progression standards
- Need guaranteed work placement
- Have not checked course equivalents
- Do not want to relocate
TRU’s BBA offers unusually broad customization and an optional co-op route. It is worth comparing for students who value flexibility and are open to building networks in British Columbia.
Verify before you apply.
Use the linked official sources to confirm details for your circumstances. Requirements, dates, fees, curricula, and outcomes can change.