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Rows marked with a dot are where these differ. Everything is each university’s own published wording; the “your average” row is yours, calculated the way each program does it.

	Waterloo Environment and Business (Co-op Only) OUAC WEB Remove	Carleton Industrial Design OUAC CD Remove	York (Markham) Creative Technologies (BFA, Co-op available) OUAC YME Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	77–80%“High 70s”	75–77%“75-77% (regular and co-op)”	73–77%“Mid-70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	MHF4U SPH4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Any Grade 12 U English (min. 70%)	Advanced Functions (MHF4U) Physics (SPH4U) 4 best 4U/M courses	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U 5 additional 4U/M 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
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Yes Application deadline March 1. Portfolio deadline March 5. Alternative Offers Find more information about alternative offers Usually closes before January 15	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	Available
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	54	60	50
What you study	Business Studies Entrepreneurship Environmental Studies Others in Business & Administrative Studies	Business Studies Design Others in Business & Administrative Studies Production & Manufacturing Engineering	Design Entrepreneurship Fine Art
What it is	You study how to run and launch businesses while learning environmental science and sustainability principles. This combines business skills with ecological knowledge, so you understand both profit and environmental impact. The co-op requirement means you alternate between classroom and paid work terms, giving you real workplace experience in green business and sustainability roles. It suits people who want to work in business but care about environmental problems.	Industrial Design teaches you how to plan and shape physical products — from phones to furniture to medical devices — so they work well, look good, and can actually be made. You'll combine design thinking with engineering and manufacturing knowledge to understand both the creative and practical sides of bringing products to life. The co-op term lets you work in industry while you study, so you apply what you learn to real projects.	Creative Technologies is a visual arts and design degree that combines fine art, graphic design, and digital media with entrepreneurship skills so you can develop creative work and understand how to turn ideas into projects or businesses. Unlike a straight fine arts program, it emphasizes the practical and business side of creative work. It suits people who want to make art or design but also care about how creative work reaches audiences and generates opportunity.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average
Source	University of Waterloo on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	York University — Markham on OUInfo

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