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	Guelph-Humber Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media & Communication Studies and Diploma in Media Communications OUAC GMT Remove	Ottawa Communication and Sociology (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) OUAC OVZ Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70-75%.”	70–80%“70%; co-op 80%”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	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
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	ENG4U or FRA4U
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	Available
Degree	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Arts (Co-op), BA (Co-op)
First-year intakewhere published	—	—
What you study	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Journalism	Interdisciplinary Studies Journalism Media and Communication Studies Sociology
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 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.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo

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