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	Saint Paul Social communication (Certificate, Part-time Only) (1 year) OUAC OHC Remove	York (Glendon) Communications (BA, iBA) OUAC YYT 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% min.”	73–80%“Mid to high 70's”	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 FRA4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U
Prerequisitesas published	OSSD or equivalent Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including ENG4U or FRA4U	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U (FRA4U for Francophone applicants) 5 additional 4U, 4M or DU courses Program-specific +5 more on the program page	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	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No
Degree	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, International Bachelor of Arts, iBA	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—
What you study	Journalism Marketing Media and Communication StudiesPublicity Studies	Cinematics & Photography Marketing Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Journalism
What it is	This one-year certificate teaches you how to create and share messages across newspapers, websites, social media, and marketing campaigns. You study journalism, marketing, and media strategy together rather than picking one path, so you learn how different communication fields overlap. It suits people who want hands-on skills in writing, promotion, or media work without committing to a full degree, or who are already working and need to upgrade their communications knowledge part-time.	Communications at Glendon teaches you how media, visual culture, and marketing work in practice and in theory. You study cinematography and photography alongside media analysis and strategic communication, rather than pure theory or business skills alone. It suits people who want to understand how messages reach audiences across platforms and are willing to study in both English and French.	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	None published by average	13 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	Saint Paul University on OUInfo	York University — Glendon on OUInfo	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo

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