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Full	York Communication & Media Studies (BA, iBA- Co-op available) OUAC YFF ☆ Add to planRemove	Western Media & Communications Studies OUAC EI ☆ Add to planRemove	Queen's Computing OUAC QD ☆ Add to planRemove	Ottawa Computer Science and Mathematics (Joint Honours – 4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) OUAC ORA ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid-70s”	80–87%“Low to mid 80s”	83–87%“Mid 80s”	80%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4UMCV4UMHF4U	MCV4UMHF4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—	one of ENG4U, FRA4U
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	ENG4U MHF4U MCV4U 3 additional 4U/M courses	ENG4U or FRA4U MHF4U MCV4U A combined minimum average of 70% is required for all prerequisite courses in mathematics. Meeting these minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	Available	Available
Degree	Bachelor of Arts, BA, International Bachelor of Arts, iBA	—	—	Bachelor of Science, BSc, Bachelor of Science (Co-op), BSc (Co-op)
First-year intakewhere published	125	300	400	—
What you study	Media and Communication Studies	Information SystemsInformation TechnologyMedia and Communication StudiesOthers in Technology	Artificial IntelligenceComputer ScienceInformation SystemsInformation Technology	Computer ScienceGeneral or Integrated EngineeringInformation TechnologyInterdisciplinary Studies
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.	This program combines the study of media, communication, and information technology — learning how messages are created, shared, and understood across digital and traditional platforms alongside practical IT skills. The co-op requirement means you alternate between classroom terms and paid work placements in media, tech, or communications companies, giving you real industry experience alongside your degree. It suits students interested in how technology shapes storytelling and public conversation, who want hands-on workplace experience before graduating.	Computing at Queen's covers the theory and practice of building software, managing information systems, and developing artificial intelligence. You'll study programming, algorithms, data structures, and mathematics that underpin these fields. The program includes a co-op option, letting you alternate between classroom and paid work terms at tech companies, which sets it apart from a standard degree and gives you real industry experience alongside your studies. It suits people who like solving problems with code and want hands-on exposure to how software gets built in actual workplaces.	You study computer science and mathematics together as equally important subjects, rather than taking one as your main focus. This joint honours program lets you combine theoretical math with practical computing skills in ways a single-subject program cannot. It suits students who enjoy both fields and want to understand how mathematics powers computational problem-solving.
The door tomajors you reach through it	communications	communications	computer sciencesoftware engineering	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	None published by average	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	York University on OUInfo	Western University on OUInfo	Queen's University on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo

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