4 programs, side by side

Full	Trent Criminology OUAC RAG ☆ Add to planRemove	U of T (Mississauga) Communication, Culture, Information & Technology OUAC TMC ☆ Add to planRemove	York Business & Society (BA - Co-op available) OUAC YFD ☆ Add to planRemove	Ontario Tech Communication and Digital Media Studies OUAC DDC ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	75%“75% minimum”	73–80%“Mid to high 70s”	73–77%“Mid-70s”	70–73%“Low 70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Minimum 75% calculated from best six 4U/M courses Required Courses: ENG4U with a minimum of 60%	ENG4U Digital Enterprise Management also recommends one 4U math.	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U Five additional 4U or 4M courses Alternative Offers If you are inadmissible to the original degree program you have applied to, you may be +3 more on the program page	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	Marks only
Co-op	No	Available	Available	Available
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	200	275	200	500
What you study	Law & Criminology	Creative WritingInformation ServicesMedia and Communication StudiesOthers in Technology	Business StudiesOthers in Business & Administrative StudiesSociology	Business StudiesCreative WritingEconomicsInterdisciplinary Studies
What it is	Criminology is the study of crime, criminal behaviour, and the justice system that responds to it. You'll examine why people commit crimes, how laws are enforced, and the social and psychological factors behind criminal activity. This program suits people interested in understanding crime from an academic angle rather than pursuing law or direct policing careers.	This program combines the study of how people create, share, and interpret information across media and cultures. You'll choose from areas like creative writing, media studies, publishing, and information technology, rather than specializing in just one. The co-op option lets you work in communications or tech roles while you study, which suits people who want real-world experience alongside their degree and flexibility in choosing which communication field interests them most.	You study business and organizations through both management and sociology lenses, examining how companies operate in society and affect people. This program blends traditional business topics like accounting and strategy with the social sciences, so you explore not just profits but also ethics, inequality, and community impact. It suits students interested in business who also want to understand the human and social dimensions of commerce, and the optional co-op lets you test this approach through paid work terms.	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	criminology	communications	Applied to directly	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	4 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 90%See them	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	Trent University on OUInfo	University of Toronto — Mississauga on OUInfo	York University on OUInfo	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo

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