At John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada, Diploma in Histoire et civilisation is offered as a diploma in History programme. 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).
Histoire et civilisation is the French title John Abbott's own site uses for its Liberal Arts program, an honours-level, two-year pre-university DEC tracing Western culture and civilization from Ancient Greece and Rome to the modern period. The program page describes coursework in history, philosophy, literature, and art, with students pre-registered together into four reserved classes each semester so the same cohort studies as a close-knit group throughout the program. It states Liberal Arts offers a wider range of option courses than any other program at the college, letting students branch into subjects such as psychology, business, science, ceramics, photography, or a new language while completing an extensive independent research project of their choosing. Admission carries a specific secondary-school mathematics prerequisite, the Cultural, Social and Technical option. The page frames the program as building transferable skills in critical thinking, reading, and written and oral communication, and cites graduates who went on to study at universities including Queen's, the University of Toronto, and the American University in Paris. It suits students who are passionate about ideas, history, and literature, want a small, discussion-driven learning community, and are drawn to an interdisciplinary humanities education rather than a single-subject focus.
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. This program (SRAM code 700.B0) additionally requires Secondary IV Mathematics Cultural, Social and Technical Option. 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. Prerequisites older than five years should be discussed with the Admissions Office. Applications go through SRAM by March 1 for a Fall start.
Application Details
Start Date:September
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.
