Diploma in Arts, lettres et communication : option Multidisciplinaire is a diploma in Media Studies & Mass Media programme offered by John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 13,616 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Arts, Literature and Communication is a two-year pre-university DEC that the program page describes as built around a multidisciplinary, multimedia approach spanning communication studies, media production, the arts, and cultural and language studies. Within the program, students take four required concentration courses, including a graduating exhibition project, plus eleven concentration elective courses chosen from areas such as video, film animation, podcasting, digital art, photography, and creative writing, and can study Spanish or Italian in the college's language labs. The page describes an optional letter of recognition for students who complete five elective courses concentrated in one of three specialization areas: Media & Communications, Literature & Theatre Arts, or Culture & Multilingualism. In the final semester, students pitch, develop, and present an original creative project as part of a bi-annual graduating exhibition open to the college community. The page states the program prepares students for university study in fields ranging from communications and media production to education, journalism, and foreign languages. It suits students who want a hands-on, creative education across several artistic and communication disciplines rather than a single specialized art stream, and who value flexibility in shaping their own course path.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need a Diplôme d'Études Secondaires including Secondary 5 Language of Instruction, Secondary 5 Second Language, Secondary 4 Mathematics, Secondary 4 Science and Technology (or Applied Science and Technology), and Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education, or a Secondary School Vocational Diploma with Secondary 5 Language of Instruction, Secondary 5 Second Language and Secondary 4 Mathematics, or education the College deems equivalent, with no further subject prerequisite specific to the Multidisciplinary option of this program. English is John Abbott's language of instruction; the College does not publish a separate IELTS/TOEFL minimum for general admission, and international applicants' academic credentials are instead assessed against their own country of study through SRAM's international admission service. International applicants' credentials must be assessed as equivalent by the College, and prerequisites older than five years should be discussed with the Admissions Office. Applications go through SRAM by March 1 for Fall or November 1 for Winter entry.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM: the general deadline is 1 March 2027 for Fall 2027 entry and 1 November 2026 for Winter 2027 entry, though only Nursing and a few pre-university programmes admit in Winter. International applicants apply through SRAM's international service: the Fall 2027 file-completion deadline is 14 March 2027 (window opened 15 March 2026); the Winter international window for Winter 2027 entry already closed 31 May 2026, so the current one is Winter 2028 entry, closing 31 May 2027. John Abbott publishes no separate institution-specific international deadline beyond SRAM's own schedule. Admission is not rolling beyond these SRAM rounds. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
