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	Guelph-Humber Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media & Communication Studies and Diploma in Media Communications OUAC GMT Remove	Saint Paul Social Communication (Honours Bachelor of Arts) (4 years) OUAC OPS Remove	Saint Paul Social Innovation (Honours Bachelor of Arts) (4 years) OUAC OPM Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70-75%.”	70%“70% min.”	70%“70% min.”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of EAE4U, ENG4U	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	one of ENG4U, FRA4U
Prerequisitesas published	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	OSSD or equivalent Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including 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	Yes An interview may be scheduled as part of the evaluation process. Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation will communicate with the candidates directly with more information. Usually closes before January 15
Co-op	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—
What you study	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Journalism	Interdisciplinary Studies Journalism Marketing Media and Communication Studies	Anthropology Business Studies Entrepreneurship Interdisciplinary 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.	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 how to create practical solutions to social problems by combining ideas from business, politics, and social sciences. Unlike a straight business or political science degree, this program intentionally blends entrepreneurship, policy thinking, and community understanding so you can design and launch initiatives that address real needs. It suits people who want to work on social change but also need to understand how organizations, money, and systems actually work.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average	None published by average
Source	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo	Saint Paul University on OUInfo	Saint Paul University on OUInfo

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