4 programs, side by side
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.
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| Published rangetheir exact wording | 70%“70% min.” | 70–80%“70%; co-op 80%” | 70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 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 | No course codes parsed — see prerequisites | ENG4U |
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| More than marks?supplementary application | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only |
| Co-op | No | Available | No | Available |
| Degree | — | Bachelor of Arts (Co-op), BA (Co-op), Bachelor of Social Science, BSocSc | — | — |
| First-year intakewhere published | — | — | — | — |
| What you study | Interdisciplinary StudiesJournalismMarketingMedia and Communication Studies | Interdisciplinary StudiesJournalismMedia and Communication StudiesPolitics | Cinematics & PhotographyCreative WritingDesignJournalism | Business StudiesCinematics & PhotographyComparative Literary StudiesCreative Writing |
| What it is | 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. | This program combines the study of how people and organizations communicate with the analysis of politics and power. You'll take courses in media, journalism, persuasion, and political systems, learning how communication shapes politics and vice versa. It suits students curious about how messages, news, and public opinion influence policy and elections, especially if you want to alternate between classroom and work placements. | 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 how organizations and individuals use digital platforms and media to communicate with audiences, drawing from business strategy, creative writing, design, law, and sociology. Unlike a straight marketing or media studies program, this one explicitly connects social media tactics to broader social impact and strategic business goals. It suits people who want to understand both the creative and analytical sides of digital communication, and who benefit from hands-on co-op work experience. |
| 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 | 22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them |
| Source | Saint Paul University on OUInfo | University of Ottawa on OUInfo | University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo | Ontario Tech University on OUInfo |
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