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Full	TMU Fashion OUAC SFF ☆ Add to planRemove	Carleton Media Production and Design OUAC CMP ☆ Add to planRemove	Guelph-Humber Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media & Communication Studies and Diploma in Media Communications OUAC GMT ☆ Add to planRemove	U of T (Scarborough) Visual & Performing Arts, Arts Management and Media OUAC TUC ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70–75%“70-75%”	75%“75% (regular and co-op)”	70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70-75%.”	73–77%“Mid-70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)	English (ENG4U) 1 Math credit (4U) 4 best 4U/M courses	Ontario applicants 6 4U/M courses: ENG4U (EAE4U is a recognized equivalent) 5 additional 4U/M courses Out of province applicants +5 more on the program page	ENG4U
More than marks?supplementary application	Yes Non-academic requirements: Portfolio, statement of intent. Usually closes before January 15	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	Available	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	200	50	—	340
What you study	DesignMarketingMedia and Communication Studies	Cinematics & PhotographyCreative WritingDesignMedia and Communication Studies	Cinematics & PhotographyCreative WritingDesignJournalism	Cinematics & PhotographyComputer Animation and Visual EffectsDanceDesign
What it is	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.	You study how to create and produce media across film, photography, writing, and design, learning both the technical skills and creative thinking behind what you see on screens and in print. Unlike a pure communication theory program, this one emphasizes hands-on production and design work alongside studying media's role in society. It suits people who want to make things, not just analyze them, and who enjoy combining visual, written, and conceptual work.	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 the creative and business sides of art, film, design, and performance. This program combines hands-on work in fields like photography, animation, drama, and dance with classes in marketing and media studies, so you're not just making art — you're learning how to manage projects and reach audiences. It suits people who want careers in creative industries but also need to understand budgets, promotion, and how to run cultural organizations.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	4 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo	University of Toronto — Scarborough on OUInfo

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