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Full	Trent Media Studies OUAC RAM Remove	York Film & Media Arts - Film Studies and Creative Media Industries (BA) OUAC YEB Remove	TMU Image Arts: Photography Media Arts OUAC SPC Remove	Windsor Communication, Media and Film OUAC NKM Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%	73–77%“Mid-70s”	70–75%“70-75%”	70%“70% minimum average”
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 70% calculated from best six 4U/M courses Required Courses: ENG4U with a minimum of 60%	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U 5 additional 4U/M courses	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)	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	Marks only	Marks only	Yes Non-academic requirements: Portfolio, resumé and written statement. Usually closes before January 15	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No	Available
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	200	40	65	—
What you study	Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Drama Fine Art Journalism
What it is	Media Studies teaches you how to analyze, create, and understand media — including film, television, news, social media, and advertising — and how media shapes society and culture. You'll study both the theory behind media and hands-on production skills. This program suits people who are curious about how communication works in the modern world and want to understand or work in creative and media industries.	You study how films and media are made, analyzed, and used in society. This program combines film history and criticism with hands-on creative work in video, photography, and digital media, rather than focusing only on theory or only on production. It suits people who want to understand both the artistic and technical sides of filmmaking and are drawn to creative storytelling across different media formats.	You study the art and craft of photography and film, from how to use cameras and lighting to how images shape meaning and culture. This program blends hands-on technical training with critical study of how media communicates ideas, unlike programs that focus only on theory or only on equipment. It suits people who want to create visual work and understand the bigger picture of how their images affect audiences.	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	communications	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	None published by average
Source	Trent University on OUInfo	York University on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo

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