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Full	Saint Paul Social Communication (Honours Bachelor of Arts) (4 years) OUAC OPS ☆ Add to planRemove	Ottawa Conception multidisciplinaire - apprentissage expérientiel (4 ans) OUAC OMB ☆ Add to planRemove	Saint Paul Social communication (Certificate, Part-time Only) (1 year) OUAC OHC ☆ Add to planRemove	TMU Fashion OUAC SFF ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%“70% min.”	75%	70%“70% min.”	70–75%“70-75%”
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
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	one of ENG4U, FRA4U one of MCV4U, MHF4U one of ISC4U, SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	OSSD or equivalent Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including ENG4U or FRA4U	ENG4U or FRA4U MHF4U or MCV4U One of the following: SBI4U, SCH4U, ISC4U, SPH4U Students who do not have the 4U Math prerequisite can take the replacement course at the University either the summer before or during their first year.	OSSD or equivalent Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including ENG4U or FRA4U	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Yes Non-academic requirements: Portfolio, statement of intent. Usually closes before January 15
Co-op	No	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—	200
What you study	Interdisciplinary StudiesJournalismMarketingMedia and Communication Studies	Computer ScienceDesignInterdisciplinary StudiesOthers in Technology	JournalismMarketingMedia and Communication StudiesPublicity Studies	DesignMarketingMedia and Communication Studies
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.	You study computer science and design together in a hands-on, project-based way rather than as separate subjects. The program emphasizes learning through real problems and experimentation, so you'll build working projects alongside traditional coursework. This suits people who want to understand how technology and design connect and prefer learning by doing.	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.	This program teaches you how to design clothing and accessories, market fashion products, and communicate fashion ideas through media. Unlike a pure design program, it combines creative skills with business and communication strategy, so you learn both how to make fashion and how to sell it. It suits people who want to work in design, branding, styling, or fashion media rather than just one of those areas.
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	None published by average	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	Saint Paul University on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	Saint Paul University on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo

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