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| Published rangetheir exact wording | 70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70-75%.” | 70% | 70–73%“Low 70s” | 70%“70% min.” |
| Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below | No course codes parsed — see prerequisites | ENG4U | ENG4U | No course codes parsed — see prerequisites |
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| More than marks?supplementary application | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only |
| Co-op | No | No | Available | No |
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| First-year intakewhere published | — | — | 500 | — |
| What you study | Cinematics & PhotographyCreative WritingDesignJournalism | Cinematics & PhotographyDesignMedia and Communication StudiesOthers in Technology | Business StudiesCreative WritingEconomicsInterdisciplinary Studies | Interdisciplinary StudiesJournalismMarketingMedia and Communication Studies |
| What it is | 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 films, photographs, and media messages are made and understood, combining hands-on work in cinematography and design with analysis of how communication shapes culture. This program blends technical skills — camera work, editing, visual design — with critical thinking about media's role in society. It suits people who want to create visual work and understand the stories media tells. | 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. |
| The door tomajors you reach through it | Applied to directly | communications | communications | Applied to directly |
| Entrance awardsat this campus, by average | 7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them | 3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them | None published by average |
| Source | University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo | Lakehead University on OUInfo | Ontario Tech University on OUInfo | Saint Paul University on OUInfo |
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