Offered by Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Human Sciences (DEC) is a diploma in Social Sciences & Education programme. The programme runs for 2 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,943 per year (CAD 7,859 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Social Sciences & Education
Duration: 2 years
Local tuition: CAD 7,859 / year
International tuition: CAD 16,943 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This program is a two-year pre-university Diplome d'etudes collegiales (DEC) that prepares students to understand organizational, human, social, and global issues. It is organized around three profiles. The Gestion (Management) profile studies private enterprises, public organizations, and community groups with enriched mathematics, leading toward university study in business, marketing, finance, economics, or law. The Monde (World) profile examines global societies and contemporary issues such as colonialism, globalization, climate change, and migration, developing critical thinking and optional mathematics coursework. The Individu (Individual) profile analyzes human behaviour and relationships from several perspectives, with optional statistics and biology courses, and is oriented toward psychology. All three profiles are delivered full-time over two years at the college's Montreal campus and combine a common core with profile-specific coursework. The program suits students who want a broad grounding in the humanities and social sciences before continuing into university programs such as administration, law, psychology, or the social sciences, and who are looking for opportunities to develop academic and community engagement alongside coursework.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need the Quebec Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES), including Secondary 5 language of instruction, Secondary 5 second language, Secondary 4 mathematics, Secondary 4 science or technology, and Secondary 4 history and citizenship education, per Brebeuf's general Quebec-resident admission requirements. The Human Sciences programme's own page states it targets applicants with a secondary-school average of 70% or higher, calculated from compulsory Secondary 4 and 5 subjects; students choosing the programme's mathematics-focused track must additionally have completed Secondary 5 mathematics in the Natural Sciences or Technico-Sciences sequence. No language proficiency test or portfolio is required. The programme's page adds that admission is competitive at equal secondary records and that its completion rates run above the college-network average, without publishing a further admission-average trend.
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.
