4 programs, side by side
Rows marked with a dot are where these differ. Everything is each university’s own published wording; the “your average” row is yours, calculated the way each program does it.
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| Published rangetheir exact wording | 80–82% | 75% | 83–87%“Mid-80s” | 80–83%“Anticipated admission average of low-80s” |
| Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below | No course codes parsed — see prerequisites | ENG4U | ENG4U | ENG4U |
| Choose one ofany of these satisfies it | — | — | — | — |
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| More than marks?supplementary application | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only |
| Co-op | Available | Available | Available | No |
| Degree | — | — | — | — |
| First-year intakewhere published | — | — | 974 | 480 |
| What you study | International DevelopmentMedia and Communication StudiesOthers in Business & Administrative StudiesPolitics | African StudiesAnthropologyComparative Literary StudiesEconomics | Aboriginal StudiesClassical Greek StudiesClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies | African StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies |
| What it is | You study how governments, organizations, and institutions make decisions and solve public problems, combining politics, policy analysis, and communication. The program lets you focus on areas like international development, social policy, or media's role in public discourse, and you can pair it with a communication degree if you want. It suits people interested in working in government, non-profits, advocacy groups, or international organizations where understanding policy and public issues matters more than technical expertise. | This program lets you study how societies, economies, and cultures interact across borders, drawing from fields like history, anthropology, economics, and international development. You'll examine global issues through multiple lenses rather than specializing in one discipline. It suits students curious about world affairs and international problems who want flexibility to explore different approaches before deciding on a deeper focus. | Queen's Arts offers a broad, self-directed undergraduate degree spanning humanities, social sciences, and languages. You choose your own combination of subjects — from English and economics to classical studies and environmental issues — rather than following a set curriculum. The co-op option lets you alternate study terms with paid work placements in your field of interest, which suits students who want real-world experience alongside their degree and flexibility in how they structure their time. | Humanities I is your first year of study in the liberal arts, where you explore human culture, language, history, and society through subjects like English, history, drama, and linguistics. You take a range of courses across these fields to discover what interests you before specializing in a particular discipline in later years. This suits students who are curious about how people think, communicate, and organize themselves, but aren't yet certain which humanities subject to focus on. |
| The door tomajors you reach through it | Applied to directly | Applied to directly | communicationscriminologyenglishgeographyhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical science | communicationsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophy |
| Entrance awardsat this campus, by average | 16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | None published by average | 5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them |
| Source | Carleton University on OUInfo | Carleton University on OUInfo | Queen's University on OUInfo | McMaster University on OUInfo |
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