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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.

	Laurentian Psychology (B.A.) OUAC LPY Remove	Saint Paul Social Communication (Honours Bachelor of Arts) (4 years) OUAC OPS Remove	Lakehead Interdisciplinary Studies (Orillia Campus) OUAC AZ Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%	70%“70% min.”	70%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	1 grade 12 English U/M course (ENG 4U) 5 other grade 12 U/M courses A minimum overall average of 70% in the 6 best grade 12 U/M courses Alternative Offers B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies	OSSD or equivalent Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including ENG4U or FRA4U	ENG4U Alternative Offers If you do not meet the admission requirements for your program of choice but do meet the General Admission Requirements of Lakehead University, you will automatically be considered for an alternate program.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—
What you study	Psychology	Interdisciplinary Studies Journalism Marketing Media and Communication Studies	Anthropology Chemistry English Studies Entrepreneurship
What it is	A Bachelor of Arts in Psychology teaches you how people think, behave, and interact with each other. You'll study topics like memory, personality, mental health, and human development through lectures, lab work, and research. This broad arts degree gives you flexibility to combine psychology with other subjects, unlike professional programs that lead directly to licensed practice like clinical psychology.	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.	This program lets you design your own degree by combining courses from multiple fields — anthropology, chemistry, English, history, philosophy, law, media studies, and others — rather than following a single major. You choose which subjects to focus on and how much depth in each, creating a customized path that suits your interests. It works well if you're curious about several areas and want flexibility to explore across disciplines before committing to one specialization.
The door tomajors you reach through it	psychology	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	None published by average	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
Source	Laurentian University on OUInfo	Saint Paul University on OUInfo	Lakehead University on OUInfo

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