Bachelor of Arts in Applied Creative Arts Major

About this programme

For the 2020-2021 school year, the federal and provincial governments have significantly expanded grants and loans and made them easier to access. Visit the Kamloops campus, sit in on lectures, take a campus tour, have lunch with a current TRU student — and more! » Register now Get creative through writing, acting, directing and design. In this progressive and flexible program, learn and practice these roles and focus on where your passion lies. For more than 25 years, we’ve offered a full range of university-level theatre and creative writing courses where imagination, creativity, collaboration and discipline come together. Hone your skills through a wide variety of projects. Write the script, direct it or perform in it as part of the Directors Festival, the final show of the Actors Workshop Theatre season. Push yourself into the writers’ room, the performance spotlight or behind the scenes. You’ll develop into an accomplished writer, director, actor, set or lighting designer through the challenging yet rewarding theatre and creative writing course options. Our curriculum is a training ground for you to thrive in the many facets that publishing, modern theatre and live performance take on today. From first to fourth year levels, acting, writing, directing, theatre history and technical theatre courses offer you a full range of options linked to both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Education degrees. In addition, you can acquire credit through participation in several major high-calibre productions staged by our department each year.