At Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Arts, Letters and Communication (DEC) is offered as a diploma in Communication Studies programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,943 per year (CAD 7,859 per year for local students).
This program is a two-year pre-university Diplome d'etudes collegiales (DEC) aimed at students interested in culture and media, combining a common core with a chosen area of specialization. All students take shared courses in art history, cinema, photography, and communication, then select a track from Art, Design and Architecture; Cinema; Communications; Letters and Theatre; or Digital Media. It is delivered full-time at the college's Montreal campus using studio facilities and technical support alongside standard classroom instruction. The program suits students who are creative and curious about culture and want to build writing, visual, and digital-media skills across more than one discipline before choosing a university path. Graduates commonly continue into university programs such as cinema, communication or journalism, graphic design, environmental design, education, literature, psychology, architecture, animation, law, or theatre, reflecting the program's function as a broad pre-university preparation for creative and communication-related fields rather than training for a single specific career.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Arts, Letters and Communication programme's own page states no admission requirements of its own beyond a link to Brebeuf's general admission process, so this passage summarises that general Quebec-resident requirement, which the programme page cites. Applicants need the Quebec Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES), showing success in Secondary 5 language of instruction, Secondary 5 second language, Secondary 4 mathematics, Secondary 4 science or technology, and Secondary 4 history and citizenship education. Brebeuf's general admission page states no minimum average and no programme-specific note for Arts, Letters and Communication, though it flags that further prerequisite conditions specific to each programme are set out in a separate document; no such document is linked from the programme's own page. No language test, portfolio or interview requirement is stated.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants to Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf may apply directly to the college or through SRAM. As published on the college's own site, Automne 2026 admissions are now closed, and Hiver (Winter) 2027 admissions open on 15 September 2026 at noon; the college's FAQ separately recommends applying before 1 March each year since spots are limited, though no year is attached to that recurring advice and Automne 2027 dates are not yet posted. International candidates cannot apply for the Winter session unless they already hold a CAQ and study permit, and no fixed international deadline is published for the Fall intake. Admission is not stated as fully rolling; places are limited and early domestic files are favoured. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
