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	Nipissing Bachelor of Fine Arts OUAC PFA Remove	Ottawa Pratique théâtrale en jeu (3 ans) OUAC OCC Remove	Windsor Communication, Media and Film OUAC NKM Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%“Min. 70%”	70%	70%“70% minimum average”
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 EAE4U, ENG4U	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U/EAE4U	ENG4U or FRA4U	70% minimum average ENG4U with a minimum grade of 70% Alternative Offers To give students options, we often provide Alternate Offers of Admission when students don't yet qualify for their preferred program choices. Rest assured that we will continue to assess all applications to all program choices as we receive new information (i.e. mid-term grades from 2nd semester, night school and virtual course grades) and as space permits.
More than marks?supplementary application	Yes If you are admitted to the BFA, you are required to successfully complete the BFA portfolio review by the end of your third year of study to remain in the BFA program. For more information about these admission requirements, contact the Chair of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. Alternative Offers Usually closes before January 15	Yes Auditions Usually closes before January 15	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	Available
Degree	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—
What you study	Fine Art	Drama Fine Art	Cinematics & Photography Drama Fine Art Journalism
What it is	A Bachelor of Fine Arts focuses on developing your skills in visual art — drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and related media — through studio practice and art history study. Unlike a general arts degree, a BFA is a specialized program where most of your time goes to making and critiquing art rather than surveying broader disciplines. It suits people who want to develop a strong artistic voice and portfolio, whether they're aiming toward a career as a professional artist or exploring art as a serious creative pursuit.	This program teaches you acting and performance through hands-on training in theatre. You'll spend three years developing skills in character work, movement, voice, and stagecraft through workshops, rehearsals, and productions. It suits people who want to pursue theatre professionally or seriously as performers, rather than studying drama primarily as theory or history.	This program combines studies in how media, film, and communication work across journalism, photography, drama, and fine art. Unlike a general communications degree, it integrates hands-on creative production with critical analysis of how stories and images shape audiences. Co-op placements let you work in newsrooms, production studios, or media organizations while studying. It suits people who want to understand both the creative and technical sides of storytelling across different mediums.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	9 published, 2 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average
Source	Nipissing University on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo

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