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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.

Full	Windsor Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (Drama)/Bachelor of Education OUAC NX Remove	Carleton Media Production and Design OUAC CMP Remove	Guelph-Humber Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media & Communication Studies and Diploma in Media Communications OUAC GMT Remove	York Concurrent Education: Arts, Media, Performance & Design (BEd) OUAC YQ Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	75%“75% minimum average”	75%“75% (regular and co-op)”	70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70-75%.”	77–87%“High 70s to mid-80s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	75% minimum average ENG4U Note: Admission to first year only.	English (ENG4U) 1 Math credit (4U) 4 best 4U/M 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	In this concurrent program, graduates receive a Bachelor of Education as well as a Bachelor's degree in their chosen subject of major interest. Students must apply by selecting both the York Faculty that they are applying to and +4 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Yes An interview is required for Concurrent General BA Drama/BEd. Contact Dramatic Art at ext. 2804 or Usually closes before January 15	Marks only	Marks only	Yes Note: Many Arts, Media, Performance & Design programs require a subsequent supplementary evaluation (questionnaire, interview, portfolio and/or audition).Find out more at ampd.yorku.ca/apply. Usually closes before January 15
Co-op	No	Available	No	No
Degree	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education, BA/BEd	—	—	Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education, BA/BEd, Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Education, BFA/BEd
First-year intakewhere published	—	50	—	—
What you study	Drama Education Studies Fine Art	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Journalism	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Drama Education Studies
What it is	You earn two degrees at once: a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and a Bachelor of Education. Instead of studying drama for four years and then doing teacher training separately, you complete both programs together in four years, taking drama courses alongside mandatory education and teaching practicum work. This path suits students who want to teach drama or theatre in high schools and want to integrate their subject expertise with education training from the start.	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 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 an arts or media subject like drama, creative writing, fine art, or music while simultaneously completing teacher training. Unlike a regular arts degree followed by separate teacher certification, you earn both your subject degree and your teaching credential in one integrated program. This suits people who know they want to teach their artistic passion and want to combine the two paths from the start.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	None published by average	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Windsor on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo	York University on OUInfo

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