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	UOF Urban environments (Hon) OUAC ZC Remove	Ontario Tech Communication and Digital Media Studies OUAC DDC Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%“A minimum grade of 70% is required”	70–73%“Low 70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of FEF4U, FIF4U, FRA4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	Successfully completed at least six 4U or 4M level courses with a minimum grade of 70%; Obtained a minimum grade of 70% in the following prerequisite course: FRA4U, FEF4U or FIF4U; and Completed a minimum of 3 years of study at a secondary school where French is the primary language of instruction.	Current Ontario secondary school students must complete the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with six 4U or 4M courses, including English (ENG4U). Alternative Offers If you do not meet the admission requirements, or we cannot accommodate your application, you may receive an offer to another closely related program.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	Available
Degree	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	30	500
What you study	Environmental Studies Interdisciplinary Studies International DevelopmentPlanning	Business Studies Creative Writing Economics Interdisciplinary Studies
What it is	This program examines cities and the environmental, social, and economic forces that shape them. You study planning, sustainability, and development through multiple disciplines — ecology, sociology, economics, and policy — rather than focusing on one subject alone. It suits students interested in how cities work and who want to understand urban problems from many angles at once.	You study how people communicate through digital platforms, traditional media, and written content, combining journalism, creative writing, and media analysis with business and economics foundations. Unlike a pure journalism program, this combines multiple communication disciplines and requires hands-on digital media production alongside theory. It suits people who want to work in digital marketing, publishing, broadcasting, or content creation and value gaining real workplace experience during their degree.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	communications
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	None published by average	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	Université de l'Ontario français on OUInfo	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo

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