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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 Science, Technology and Society (Co-op) OUAC DLT Remove	Ottawa Communication and Sociology (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) OUAC OVZ Remove	Saint Paul Social Communication (Honours Bachelor of Arts) (4 years) OUAC OPS Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70–73%“low 70s”	70–80%“70%; co-op 80%”	70%“70% min.”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	one of ENG4U, FRA4U
Prerequisitesas published	Current Ontario secondary school students must complete the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with six 4U or 4M courses, including English (ENG4U).	ENG4U or FRA4U	OSSD or equivalent Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including ENG4U or FRA4U
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	No
Degree	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Arts (Co-op), BA (Co-op)	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—
What you study	Interdisciplinary Studies Sociology	Interdisciplinary Studies Journalism Media and Communication Studies Sociology	Interdisciplinary Studies Journalism Marketing Media and Communication Studies
What it is	This program explores how science and technology shape society and vice versa — you study the social impacts of innovation, policy, ethics, and how people use technology in everyday life. Unlike a straight science or engineering program, you examine the human and social side of technical change rather than just the technical details. It suits students curious about how technology affects people and society who want hands-on work experience alongside their studies through the integrated co-op requirement.	You study how people communicate through media, journalism, and public discourse, combined with the sociological analysis of human behaviour and social structures. This joint honours program lets you develop depth in both fields rather than choosing one, and the co-op option embeds paid work terms into your degree. It suits students curious about why societies work the way they do and how communication shapes — and reflects — social change.	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.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average
Source	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	Saint Paul University on OUInfo

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