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	York Communication & Media Studies (BA, iBA- Co-op available) OUAC YFF Remove	Carleton Media Production and Design OUAC CMP Remove	TMU Graphic Communications Management OUAC SGO Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid-70s”	75%“75% (regular and co-op)”	70–75%“70-75%”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	one of MCV4U, MDM4U, MHF4U
Prerequisitesas published	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) 1 Math credit (4U) 4 best 4U/M courses	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred) Grade 11 U or M or Grade 12 U mathematics (one of MCF3M, MCR3U, MHF4U, MCV4U, MDM4U)
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	No
Degree	Bachelor of Arts, BA, International Bachelor of Arts, iBA	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	125	50	125
What you study	Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Media and Communication Studies	Business Studies Design Management Studies Marketing
What it is	You study how media works — television, film, social media, news, advertising — and how people communicate through it. The international version lets you spend time studying abroad, and you can choose a co-op stream to do paid work placements with media companies alongside your courses. This program suits students curious about how messages spread, media influence society, and who want hands-on experience in the industry before graduating.	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.	Graphic Communications Management teaches you to manage the creative and business sides of visual design projects. You study design principles alongside marketing, business strategy, and media production so you can lead teams that create everything from branding to advertising campaigns. It suits people who want to combine artistic thinking with management responsibility, rather than focusing only on design or only on business.
The door tomajors you reach through it	communications	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	York University on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo

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