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	Laurier (Waterloo) Diploma in Opera OUAC URI Remove	Carleton Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Non-Honours (3 years) OUAC CA Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid 70s”	75%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U SBI4U SCH4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	English at 60%	Programs: African Studies, Anthropology, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, Art History, Biology ,* Childhood and Youth Studies, English, Environmental and Climate Change Studies, European and Russian Studies, Film Studies, French, Geography, Geomatics, Greek and Roman Studies, History, History and Theory of Architecture, Human Rights and Social Justice, Indigenous Studies, Law, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies. You can also apply to the BA Undeclared for first year, or our new 15-credit online program in General Studies. +4 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No
Degree	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—
What you study	History Music	Aboriginal Studies African Studies Anthropology Classical Studies
What it is	You study opera performance and its history, learning singing technique, stagecraft, and the music and stories behind famous operas. This is a diploma rather than a degree, so it's shorter and more focused on practical performance skills than a full university music program. It suits singers who want professional training in opera specifically and are ready to work intensely on voice and stage presence.	A three-year Bachelor of Arts lets you choose from humanities and social science subjects like history, English, anthropology, geography, and environmental studies. Unlike an honours degree, you complete fewer credits overall and have more flexibility to explore different fields or combine subjects without specializing deeply in one. This suits students who want a broad liberal arts education or who are still deciding what to focus on.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	11 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	Wilfrid Laurier University — Waterloo on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo

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