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+ Add a program	BU Brock Film Studies OUAC BF ☆ Add to planRemove	Ottawa Communication and Political Science (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) OUAC OVY ☆ Add to planRemove	Ontario Tech Communication and Digital Media Studies OUAC DDC ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid 70s”	70–80%“70%; co-op 80%”	70–73%“Low 70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U Alternative Offers You will receive an offer of admission to only 1 program. Your highest listed choice is considered first when you indicate more than 1 Brock program on your application. If you are not eligible for your first choice, your subsequent choices will be considered in your indicated order of preference. In most cases: If you apply to only 1 Brock program but do not qualify, you will be considered for an alternative or related program. If you apply but are not admitted to a co-op program, you will automatically be considered for the regular, non-co-op program.	ENG4U or FRA4U	Current Ontario secondary school students must complete the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with six 4U or 4M courses, including English (ENG4U). Alternative Offers If you do not meet the admission requirements, or we cannot accommodate your application, you may receive an offer to another closely related program.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	Available	Available
Degree	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Arts (Co-op), BA (Co-op)	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	500
What you study	Cinematics & PhotographyMedia and Communication Studies	Interdisciplinary StudiesJournalismMedia and Communication StudiesPolitics	Business StudiesCreative WritingEconomicsInterdisciplinary Studies
What it is	Film Studies teaches you how to analyze movies, television, and visual media critically, plus how to create your own films and photographs. You'll study both the technical and artistic sides of filmmaking, from cinematography to storytelling. This program suits people who want to understand how media shapes culture and who are interested in working behind or in front of the camera.	This is a four-year degree combining the study of political systems and institutions with media, journalism, and how people communicate messages to audiences. Unlike studying either subject alone, you examine how politics and communication shape each other — analyzing political campaigns, news coverage, and public persuasion. It suits students interested in policy, political reporting, campaign work, or understanding how information flows in democratic societies.	You study how people communicate through digital platforms, traditional media, and written content, combining journalism, creative writing, and media analysis with business and economics foundations. Unlike a pure journalism program, this combines multiple communication disciplines and requires hands-on digital media production alongside theory. It suits people who want to work in digital marketing, publishing, broadcasting, or content creation and value gaining real workplace experience during their degree.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	Brock University on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo

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