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Full	Waterloo Environment and Business (Co-op Only) OUAC WEB Remove	Windsor Visual Arts and the Built Environment (VABE) OUAC NFB Remove	York (Markham) Creative Technologies (BFA, Co-op available) OUAC YME Remove	Carleton Architectural Studies – Conservation and Sustainability OUAC CRC Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	77–80%“High 70s”	75%“75% minimum average”	73–77%“Mid-70s”	78%“78% (regular and co-op)”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U MHF4U SPH4U	ENG4U	ENG4U MHF4U SPH4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Any Grade 12 U English (min. 70%)	75% minimum average ENG4U with a minimum grade of 70% SPH4U MHF4U MCV4U is recommended +3 more on the program page	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	English (ENG4U) Physics (SPH4U) Advanced Functions (MHF4U) 3 best 4U/M courses
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Yes Application deadline: March 1 Portfolio deadline: March 5 Alternative Offers Usually closes before January 15
Co-op	Available	No	Available	Available
Degree	—	Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA, Bachelor of Science, BSc	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	54	—	50	—
What you study	Business Studies Entrepreneurship Environmental Studies Others in Business & Administrative Studies	Architecture Design Fine Art Materials Science	Design Entrepreneurship Fine Art	Architecture Design Environmental Studies History
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.	This program combines studio art, architectural design, and materials science to explore how buildings and spaces are created and experienced. You'll study drawing, design principles, and the physical properties of construction materials alongside art history and theory. It suits students who want to work creatively with built environments — whether designing buildings, creating installations, or working in architectural practice — rather than pursuing fine art or architecture alone.	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.	You study how to design and restore buildings while minimizing environmental impact, combining architecture, history, and ecological design. This program emphasizes conservation of existing structures and sustainable materials and methods, setting it apart from general architecture programs that focus mainly on new construction. It suits students interested in heritage preservation and green building who want hands-on experience through co-op placements.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	architecture	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	None published by average	None published by average	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Waterloo on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo	York University — Markham on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo

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