Offered by Cegep de Thetford in Thetford-Mines, Canada, Diploma in Arts, Literature and Communication is a diploma in Liberal Arts programme. The programme runs for 2 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,575 per semester.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Liberal Arts
Duration: 2 years
International tuition: CAD 7,575 / semester
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Arts, lettres et communication (500.AE) is a pre-university Diploma of College Studies (DEC) at Cégep de Thetford spanning four semesters. The program brings together three areas of study — visual arts and cinema, literature and languages, and communications — allowing students to explore creative and analytical work across film, photography, theatre, journalism, and digital content. General education courses run alongside the specialized curriculum, and Spanish-language instruction is built into the later semesters. Students complete a capstone project in their final semester that draws together research, critical analysis, and creative production developed over the program. The college describes the DEC as a pathway into a wide range of university programs in cinema, literature, communications, media studies, and cultural studies, with an emphasis on building a portfolio and analytical skills useful for those applications. It suits students with an interest in creative expression, language, and media who plan to continue into university-level arts, communication, or humanities programs. Being pre-university in orientation, the program does not include internships or work-study placements.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Arts, lettres et communication states only that applicants must 'répondre aux conditions d'admission du collégial' (meet the Cégep's general college admission conditions), with no additional course prerequisite of its own. Those general conditions, set on Cégep de Thetford's admission page, require a Secondary School Diploma (DES) or Diploma of Vocational Studies (DEP), including Secondary 5 French (language of instruction), Secondary 5 English (second language) and Secondary 4 Mathematics; a DES holder missing those units may be assigned upgrading courses, and the Cégep can admit a candidate up to six DES units short if all other requirements are satisfied. No minimum grade average, language test, portfolio or interview is stated for this program.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service regional d'admission au collegial de Quebec (SRACQ) in successive rounds: for Fall 2027 entry the first-round deadline is 1 March 2027 (with later rounds on 1 May, 1 June and 1 August), and for Winter 2027 entry the first-round deadline is 1 November 2026 followed by rounds on 1 December and 1 January. International applicants apply directly to the college for Fall entry only, with a hard deadline of 1 February 2027; applications are processed on a continuous basis between September and February of the intake year, and French nationals may be eligible for later dates. Domestic admission proceeds through rounds so later applicants are still considered while seats remain, while the international Fall deadline is firm. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
