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Full	Ottawa Études des conflits et droit humains (4 ans) OUAC OFN Remove	Saint Paul Social Communication (Honours Bachelor of Arts) (4 years) OUAC OPS Remove	TMU Undeclared Arts (First Year Studies Only) OUAC SUN Remove	Ontario Tech Communication and Digital Media Studies OUAC DDC Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70–80%“70%; co-op 80%”	70%“70% min.”	70–75%“70-75%”	70–73%“Low 70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U or FRA4U	OSSD or equivalent Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including ENG4U or FRA4U	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)	Current Ontario secondary school students must complete the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with six 4U or 4M courses, including English (ENG4U). Alternative Offers If you do not meet the admission requirements, or we cannot accommodate your application, you may receive an offer to another closely related program.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No	No	Available
Degree	Bachelor of Arts (Co-op), BA (Co-op), Bachelor of Social Science, BSocSc	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	70	500
What you study	Economics Interdisciplinary Studies Politics Social Policy	Interdisciplinary Studies Journalism Marketing Media and Communication Studies	English Studies History Human Geography Interdisciplinary Studies	Business Studies Creative Writing Economics Interdisciplinary Studies
What it is	This program combines the study of conflicts, human rights law, and social policy across economics, politics, and interdisciplinary fields. You'll analyze how economic systems, political institutions, and policy decisions affect human rights and create or resolve conflicts. The co-op requirement means you'll alternate between classroom learning and paid work terms at organizations dealing with these issues, giving you practical experience alongside theory.	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 enter this program without committing to a specific major, taking first-year courses across subjects like English, history, psychology, philosophy, and sociology. This gives you time to explore different areas of arts study before declaring a focus at the end of year one, rather than applying directly to a named program. It suits students who are interested in humanities and social sciences but unsure which direction fits them best.	You study how people communicate through digital platforms, traditional media, and written content, combining journalism, creative writing, and media analysis with business and economics foundations. Unlike a pure journalism program, this combines multiple communication disciplines and requires hands-on digital media production alongside theory. It suits people who want to work in digital marketing, publishing, broadcasting, or content creation and value gaining real workplace experience during their degree.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	Saint Paul University on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo

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