Offered by Champlain Regional College in Sherbrooke, Canada, Diploma in Arts, lettres et communication : option Arts is a diploma in Visual Arts programme. The programme runs for 2 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
The Arts option of Arts, lettres et communication (Arts, Literature and Communication, DEC 500.A1) is a two-year pre-university diploma offered at Champlain College Lennoxville as its Creative Arts profile. Coursework combines studio work in music, visual arts and cinema with analytical courses in creative development, art criticism, history and theory, giving students both a hands-on and a critical grounding in the arts. Alongside these specialized courses, students take the general education requirements common to all DEC programs, along with complementary language options, and the program culminates in an independent integrative project presented to a panel through an oral presentation and question period as part of the comprehensive assessment. The profile suits students who enjoy communicating with others, are curious and creative, value the arts in their many forms, and have a particular interest in theatre and film. Graduates typically continue to university study in fields such as film studies, cultural studies, creative writing, education or art history. Admission follows the college's general Diplôme d'études collégiales entry requirements.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Creative Arts profile of Arts, Literature and Communication states no programme-specific academic prerequisites on its own page; general Lennoxville campus requirements apply, from Champlain Regional College's Fees and Admission Requirements page. Domestic applicants need a Secondary School Diploma (DES), or a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DEP) with the required Secondary V subjects, and apply through SRAM with a $30.00 non-refundable fee ($10.00 if late). High-demand Lennoxville programmes are assessed on academic performance, though this profile carries no separate published portfolio or audition requirement. International applicants who attended schooling systems outside Canada need proof from Quebec's Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion (MIDI) or SRAM that their studies are equivalent to the Quebec Secondary V Diploma; the Fees and Admission Requirements page states no English or French proficiency test requirement for admission. The Fall-semester application deadline is March 1st.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
Application Deadline:Applications to Champlain College-Lennoxville go through the Service regional d'admission du Montreal metropolitain (SRAM). First-round deadlines for Fall 2027 entry are 1 March 2027 for Quebec and Canadian applicants and 15 March 2027 for international applicants; for Winter 2027 entry the first-round deadlines are 1 November 2026 domestically and 1 June 2026 for international applicants, the latter already past by this fetch date. Missing the first round is not final: SRAM opens second and third rounds with remaining seats, though spaces are very limited, and round-one decisions become available from 2 April. Admission therefore runs through successive SRAM rounds rather than a single hard cutoff, so later applicants are still considered while seats remain. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
