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	York Digital Media (BA) – Lassonde School of Engineering OUAC YRA Remove	TMU Creative Industries OUAC SCD Remove	Guelph-Humber Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media & Communication Studies and Diploma in Media Communications OUAC GMT Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–80%“Mid to High-70s”	70–75%“70-75%”	70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70-75%.”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U
Prerequisitesas published	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U (Francophone applicants may present FRA4U, FEF4U or FIF4U) 4U Math (minimum grade of 75% required) 4 additional 4U/M courses 4M Arts (or similar arts training) recommended	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)	Ontario applicants 6 4U/M courses: ENG4U (EAE4U is a recognized equivalent) 5 additional 4U/M courses Out of province applicants +5 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No	No
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	45	245	—
What you study	Computer Animation and Visual Effects Computer Games Computer Science Design	Creative Writing Design Journalism Media and Communication Studies	Cinematics & Photography Creative Writing Design Journalism
What it is	This program combines computer science, design, and visual storytelling to teach you how to create digital content like animated films, video games, and interactive media. Unlike a pure computer science degree, it balances technical coding skills with creative design and artistic principles. It suits people who want to build things on screen and understand both the programming and visual art sides of digital production.	Creative Industries is an interdisciplinary program that brings together writing, design, journalism, and media studies so you can understand how creative work actually gets made and distributed in the real world. Rather than studying each of these fields separately, you learn how they connect and influence each other across publishing, advertising, broadcasting, and digital platforms. It suits people who want to work in media, publishing, or design but aren't sure yet which specific role fits them best.	This program teaches you how media and communication work across multiple platforms — from journalism and photography to marketing and design. You'll study both the theory behind how messages reach audiences and the practical skills to create them yourself. It suits people who want to understand media industries from the inside and are ready to work across different formats rather than specializing in just one.
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	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	York University on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo

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