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Full	Guelph Bachelor of Creative Arts, Health and Wellness (BCAHW) Honours OUAC GCA Remove	Guelph-Humber Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media & Communication Studies and Diploma in Media Communications OUAC GMT Remove	Carleton Media Production and Design OUAC CMP Remove	Windsor Communication, Media and Film OUAC NKM Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	75–80%“75 to 80%”	70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70-75%.”	75%“75% (regular and co-op)”	70%“70% minimum average”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	English (ENG4U) 5 additional 4U or 4M courses	Ontario applicants 6 4U/M courses: ENG4U (EAE4U is a recognized equivalent) 5 additional 4U/M courses Out of province applicants +5 more on the program page	English (ENG4U) 1 Math credit (4U) 4 best 4U/M courses	70% minimum average ENG4U with a minimum grade of 70% Alternative Offers To give students options, we often provide Alternate Offers of Admission when students don't yet qualify for their preferred program choices. Rest assured that we will continue to assess all applications to all program choices as we receive new information (i.e. mid-term grades from 2nd semester, night school and virtual course grades) and as space permits.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	Available	Available
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	50	—
What you study	Drama Fine Art Music	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Journalism	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Drama Fine Art Journalism
What it is	You study drama, fine art, and music together, exploring creative expression across all three disciplines rather than choosing one. This program combines artistic training with a focus on how creative practices can support mental health and wellbeing in communities. It suits people who want to make art their path but also care about its impact on people and society.	This program teaches you how media and communication work across multiple platforms — from journalism and photography to marketing and design. You'll study both the theory behind how messages reach audiences and the practical skills to create them yourself. It suits people who want to understand media industries from the inside and are ready to work across different formats rather than specializing in just one.	You study how to create and produce media across film, photography, writing, and design, learning both the technical skills and creative thinking behind what you see on screens and in print. Unlike a pure communication theory program, this one emphasizes hands-on production and design work alongside studying media's role in society. It suits people who want to make things, not just analyze them, and who enjoy combining visual, written, and conceptual work.	This program combines studies in how media, film, and communication work across journalism, photography, drama, and fine art. Unlike a general communications degree, it integrates hands-on creative production with critical analysis of how stories and images shape audiences. Co-op placements let you work in newsrooms, production studios, or media organizations while studying. It suits people who want to understand both the creative and technical sides of storytelling across different mediums.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	12 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average
Source	University of Guelph on OUInfo	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo

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