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 | 70–73%“Low 70s” | 70%“70% min.” | 70–75%“70-75%” | 73–78%“73% minimum average; 78% minimum average for Co-op” |
| Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below | ENG4U | No course codes parsed — see prerequisites | ENG4U | ENG4UICS4UMDM4UMHF4U |
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| More than marks?supplementary application | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only |
| Co-op | Available | No | Available | Available |
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| First-year intakewhere published | 500 | — | — | — |
| What you study | Business StudiesCreative WritingEconomicsInterdisciplinary Studies | Interdisciplinary StudiesJournalismMarketingMedia and Communication Studies | Business StudiesEconomicsEntrepreneurshipHospitality, Recreation and Leisure | AccountingBusiness StudiesEconomicsFinance |
| What it is | 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. | Social Communication is an interdisciplinary program that teaches you how to craft and spread messages across different media and audiences. You study journalism, marketing, media analysis, and publicity techniques together rather than in separate streams, so you understand how these fields overlap in real-world communication work. It suits people who want to communicate for organizations, media outlets, or campaigns and prefer a broad foundation over specializing in just one area early on. | You study the fundamentals of running businesses and organizations, covering topics like marketing, human resources, economics, and entrepreneurship. The co-op option lets you alternate between classroom semesters and paid work terms at real companies, giving you practical experience alongside your degree. This program suits students who want a broad business foundation with flexible entry points into different industries, and who value learning by doing. | You study core business subjects like accounting, finance, marketing, and human resources, alongside economics and psychology. This program includes a co-op stream, meaning you alternate between classroom terms and paid work terms at companies, giving you real workplace experience alongside your degree. It suits people who want practical business skills and prefer learning by doing, not just theory. |
| The door tomajors you reach through it | communications | Applied to directly | commerce/businessmarketing | accountingcommerce/businessfinancemarketing |
| Entrance awardsat this campus, by average | 3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them | None published by average | 2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them | None published by average |
| Source | Ontario Tech University on OUInfo | Saint Paul University on OUInfo | Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo | University of Windsor on OUInfo |
Also compare with
Same subject area and a similar published range, at a campus you have not got in the table yet.
- Bachelor of Business Administration70%+
- Business - International Dual Degree (Thunder Bay and Orillia)70%+
- Business (Thunder Bay and Orillia)70%+
- Business Administration (BBA 4 year)70%+
- Concurrent Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Education Intermediate/Senior70%+
- Concurrent Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Education Primary/Junior70%+
Ranges are what each university publishes, not guaranteed cutoffs, and limited-enrolment programs often admit above them. Confirm anything you are about to act on with the university; each column links to its source.