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	Ottawa Acting (3 years) OUAC OCB Remove	TMU Creative Industries OUAC SCD Remove	Guelph-Humber Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media & Communication Studies and Diploma in Media Communications OUAC GMT Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%	70–75%“70-75%”	70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70-75%.”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U or FRA4U	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)	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
More than marks?supplementary application	Yes Audition Usually closes before January 15	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No
Degree	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	245	—
What you study	Drama Fine Art	Creative Writing Design Journalism Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Journalism
What it is	You study acting and performance, learning technique, character work, and stagecraft through classes and frequent performances. The BFA is a specialized, more intensive degree focused entirely on theatre and performance, while the BA lets you combine acting with other university subjects. This suits people who want hands-on training in acting and are ready to spend significant time rehearsing and performing.	Creative Industries is an interdisciplinary program that brings together writing, design, journalism, and media studies so you can understand how creative work actually gets made and distributed in the real world. Rather than studying each of these fields separately, you learn how they connect and influence each other across publishing, advertising, broadcasting, and digital platforms. It suits people who want to work in media, publishing, or design but aren't sure yet which specific role fits them best.	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.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo

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