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	Ottawa Criminologie et études féministes et du genre (Bidisciplinaire – 4 ans) OUAC OFZ Remove	Ottawa Criminology and Feminist and Gender Studies (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) OUAC OXU Remove	Ontario Tech Communication and Digital Media Studies OUAC DDC Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%	70%	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
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U or FRA4U	ENG4U or FRA4U	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
Co-op	No	No	Available
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	320	500
What you study	Interdisciplinary Studies Law & Criminology	Interdisciplinary Studies Law & Criminology	Business Studies Creative Writing Economics Interdisciplinary Studies
What it is	This program combines the study of crime, criminal justice systems, and law with an in-depth focus on feminist and gender theory. You'll examine how gender shapes crime, victimization, and the justice system itself, rather than treating criminology as separate from gender analysis. It suits students interested in understanding crime through a social and political lens, particularly those drawn to questions of power, inequality, and justice involving gender.	You study how crime, justice systems, and law are shaped by gender and power — examining questions like why certain groups are overrepresented in prisons, or how gender affects who gets treated as a criminal. This joint honours program combines criminology with feminist theory more deeply than either subject alone would, so you analyze crime through a lens focused on inequality and social structures. It suits students interested in criminal justice, social advocacy, or policy who want to understand how gender and identity factor into the systems that define crime and punishment.	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	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo

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