3 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.

	Ontario Tech Communication and Digital Media Studies OUAC DDC Remove	TMU Undeclared Arts (First Year Studies Only) OUAC SUN Remove	Laurentian Concurrent Education with Arts – Junior/Intermediate OUAC LAK Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70–73%“Low 70s”	70–75%“70-75%”	75%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	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.	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)	1 grade 12 English U/M course (ENG 4U) 5 other grade 12 U/M courses A minimum overall average of 75% in the 6 best grade 12 U/M courses Alternative Offers BA Interdisciplinary Studies
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No	No
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	500	70	—
What you study	Business Studies Creative Writing Economics Interdisciplinary Studies	English Studies History Human Geography Interdisciplinary Studies	Aboriginal Studies Economics Education Studies English Studies
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.	You enter this program without committing to a specific major, taking first-year courses across subjects like English, history, psychology, philosophy, and sociology. This gives you time to explore different areas of arts study before declaring a focus at the end of year one, rather than applying directly to a named program. It suits students who are interested in humanities and social sciences but unsure which direction fits them best.	This program trains you to teach junior and intermediate students (roughly grades 4 to 10) by combining a university degree in arts subjects with teacher education coursework. You study one or two arts subjects like English, history, or psychology while also taking education courses that teach you how to plan lessons, manage a classroom, and assess student learning. It suits people who want to teach a specific subject and earn a teaching credential in four years rather than doing a separate degree first.
The door tomajors you reach through it	communications	Applied to directly	education
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
Source	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo	Laurentian University on OUInfo

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