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	York Visual Arts - Art History (BA) OUAC YN Remove	York (Markham) Creative Technologies (BFA, Co-op available) OUAC YME Remove	Carleton Media Production and Design OUAC CMP Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid- 70s”	73–77%“Mid-70s”	75%“75% (regular and co-op)”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U 5 additional 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	English (ENG4U) 1 Math credit (4U) 4 best 4U/M courses
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	Available	Available
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	20	50	50
What you study	Fine Art History	Design Entrepreneurship Fine Art	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Media and Communication Studies
What it is	You study the history, meaning, and cultural context of visual art — painting, sculpture, photography, film, and other forms — across different time periods and cultures. Unlike a studio art program where you make art yourself, this is focused on analyzing, writing about, and understanding why artists created what they did. It suits students who are curious about art and culture but prefer research and interpretation to hands-on making.	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 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.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	York University on OUInfo	York University — Markham on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo

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