At Cegep de Matane in Matane, Canada, Diploma in Human Sciences is offered as a diploma in Social & Cultural Studies programme. The programme runs for 2 years.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Social & Cultural Studies
Duration: 2 years
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This pre-university Diplôme d'études collégiales (DEC) in Human Sciences at Cégep de Matane runs over two years and introduces students to psychology, geography, history, economics, and sociology as lenses for understanding human behaviour and contemporary social issues. The curriculum builds disciplinary knowledge alongside qualitative and quantitative research methods, critical thinking, and communication skills needed for university-level work, with particular attention to global inequality, environmental issues, and minority rights. The college offers an "Enjeux humains, des sociétés et du monde" profile that lets students deepen their study of human and societal issues across disciplines, and students aiming at specific university programs can add mathematics or biology courses as prerequisites. The program is organized into four fifteen-week sessions and concludes with an integrative research project on a human-sciences issue. It suits students interested in analyzing social and political questions from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Documented university pathways include law, education, administration, psychology, social work, criminology, communications, geography, history, and economics or business for students who complete the mathematics option.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Sciences humaines follows Cegep de Matane's general collegial admission conditions (a Quebec DES, an equivalent DEP with the required French, English and mathematics units, or equivalent training/experience) plus one program-specific prerequisite: mathematiques CST de 4e secondaire. The page notes that students planning university programs with heavier math or science prerequisites (administration, psychology, counselling) can add mathematiques TS or SN de 5e secondaire to their plan by notifying their academic advisor at enrolment. International applicants are admitted on a recognised eleventh-year credential, such as a completed Premiere in the French system. No minimum grade or average, English- or French-language test score, portfolio, or interview is stated for this program beyond the DES and the one mathematics prerequisite.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRACQ (sracq.qc.ca): for the Fall 2027 (August) intake the college holds four admission rounds closing 1 March, 1 May, 1 June and 1 August 2027, later rounds admitting only while seats remain, and for Winter 2027 (January) entry rounds close 1 November, 1 December 2026 and 1 January 2027. International applicants for the Fall 2027 intake must apply by 1 February 2027 if they hold a citizenship other than French, or by 1 May 2027 if they are French citizens; a Winter 2027 start is open only to French citizens in select programmes, with applications due 15 October 2026. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
