About the course

In these exciting, highly interactive majors, you?ll explore how our everyday forms of communication create meaning and shape our perspective of the world. The majors are unique within Canada for our experience-based study of verbal, non-verbal, visual, and digital communication practices.You?ll learn to master interviewing skills, become adept at public speaking, and communicate effectively as a leader. You'll also study the dynamics of communication in your personal interactions, your classrooms, workspaces, in your use of online and digital spaces, and more broadly in media and public communication.Over the course of your degree, you?ll hone your written and oral communication skills while developing expertise in teamwork, research, visual and digital literacy, and critical analysis ? just the kind of skills that employers are hungry for. Choosing the co-op version will provide insights into possible careers and paid work experience along the way. Communication Arts and Design Practice: Enhance your knowledge and practice of effective communication with hands-on digital design projects and greater focus on visual communication and rhetoric. This major is a really good fit if you're artistic and interested in careers in digital media design. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 4 Year(s)Fees: CA$220,000

Intake	Location
Fall (September), 2024	Waterloo
Fall (September), 2025	Waterloo

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of Waterloo

Official/Unofficial High School Transcripts Required.

　　Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) - 90 Overall (25 writing, 25 speaking)

　　IELTS Academic - 6.5 Overall (6.5 writing, 6.5 speaking, 6.0 reading, 6.0 listening)

　　International Baccalaureate (IB) - HL or SL English A - minimum 4 or HL English B - minimum 5, total 27

　　Ontario students: six Grade 12 U and/or M courses including

　　Any Grade 12 U English (minimum final grade of at least 70%)

　　Admission average: Low 80s (co-op and regular)

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

　　Overall IELTS band score

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 90.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at University of Waterloo. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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