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TMU

Fashion

OUAC SFF

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OCAD

Digital Futures

OUAC HDF

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Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording70–75%70-75%Not publishedN/A70%70% min.70–73%Low 70s
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row belowENG4UENG4UNo course codes parsed — see prerequisitesENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it
  • one of ENG4U, FRA4U
Prerequisitesas published
  • English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)
  • OSSD with an overall academic average of at least 70% in six 4U/M courses, including English 4U with a minimum final grade of 70%
  • OSSD or equivalent
  • Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including ENG4U or FRA4U
  • 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 applicationYes
  • Non-academic requirements: Portfolio, statement of intent.
Usually closes before January 15
Yes
  • Admission based primarily on your portfolio assessment. All offers of admission are conditional on meeting the minimum academic requirements.
  • Alternative Offers
  • There are no alternative offers.
Usually closes before January 15
Marks onlyMarks only
Co-opNoNoNoAvailable
DegreeBachelor of Design, BDes, Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA
First-year intakewhere published200500
What you studyDesignMarketingMedia and Communication StudiesComputer Animation and Visual EffectsDesignFine ArtInformation SystemsInterdisciplinary StudiesJournalismMarketingMedia and Communication StudiesBusiness StudiesCreative WritingEconomicsInterdisciplinary Studies
What it isThis 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.Digital Futures is a design and fine arts program where you study visual storytelling through digital tools and media, combining animation, graphic design, coding, and art. Unlike traditional design or fine art streams, it's built around interdisciplinary collaboration and real-world projects that blend artistic creativity with digital technology and communication. It suits people who want to create visually, think critically about media, and work across both artistic and technical domains.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 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 itApplied to directlyApplied to directlyApplied to directlycommunications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See themNone published by averageNone published by average3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
SourceToronto Metropolitan University on OUInfoOCAD University on OUInfoSaint Paul University on OUInfoOntario Tech University on OUInfo

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