Overview
Arts, Literature and Communication (ALC) is a two-year pre-university program that prepares you for advanced studies in Communication Studies, Media Production, the Arts, Education, Social Studies, Cultural Studies, Literature, or Languages.
ALC provides an excellent opportunity for creativity and the development of critical thinking skills. You will also cultivate your artistic, technical, and communication skills using an innovative multimedia and multidisciplinary approach.
ALC teachers are professionals in their field and our facilities are fully equipped to allow the student to work on video projects, film animation, podcasts, digital art, darkroom, and digital photography. Skills in Spanish and Italian can be developed in up-to-date language labs. Access to creative writing classrooms, a fully equipped and newly renovated theatre, and an auditorium with a large screen for film and media studies is also available.
What distinguishes the program offered at JAC from others like it?
As a student, you will register in one profile. ALC’s concentration courses allow you to build solid foundational knowledge in many artistic, cultural, and pedagogical fields. There are four (4) required concentration courses (Cultural Connections; Culture and the Environment in the Digital Age; Arts & Cultures of Quebec; Graduating Exhibition Project). You will also take eleven (11) concentration elective courses of your choice.
Take a look at the list of exciting ALC concentration courses usually offered. Click here!
Graduating Exhibition Project
In your graduating semester, you will be given the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and the abilities that you acquired within the ALC program by pitching, developing, and creating a creative project. Your finished project will become part of our bi-annual graduating exhibit which is open to family, friends, and the college community. This project can take the form of a film, a podcast, a photo series, a creative writing project, a screenplay, an essay, a book of poetry, an animation project, a theatrical performance, and so much more! It can even include some of the world languages you learned along the way! The possibilities are endless!
Specialization:
ALC students who successfully complete five ALC elective courses in one of the three areas of specialization (Media & Communications, Literature & Theatre Arts, and Culture & Multilingualism) can apply for a letter of recognition from the Program Dean, acknowledging their achievement.
Where Arts, Literature & Communication can take you!
This program will prepare students for university studies in fields related to the arts, communication studies, education, law, journalism, visual and performing arts, film studies, film production, English, creative writing, political science, foreign languages, public relations, art history, cultural studies, translation, linguistics, interpretation, theatre and many others.
Check out examples of University programs and career paths that ALC can help you achieve! Click here!
This program is for you if…
- You enjoy a hands-on approach to your education in a creative environment.
- You are open-minded and curious.
- You want to express yourself creatively.
- You are interested in the study of arts, media, and culture.
- You enjoy making videos, animation films, photography, digital art.
- You like to write short stories, poems, news articles, screenplays, research papers, a novel.
- You want to learn different languages.
- You yearn to be part of a play.
- You aspire to produce a podcast or a sound art project.
- You long to learn about literature from Canada and abroad.
- You are interested in the study of world languages and cultures.
- You enjoy learning about contemporary and popular culture and its history.
Student Work:
The Ram (2024)
Amy Doyle – 2024 Graduate
Multimedia / Poetry
2 min. 45 sec.
Red Line (2025)
Liam Fallon – 2025 Graduate
Fiction
3 min. 45 Sec.
Google Map (2025)
Heather Low – 2025 Graduate
Digital Art
Follow the link below to see what our Alumni students are up to!
Admission Requirements
CEGEP Requirements
A Secondary School Diploma which includes:
- Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
- Secondary 5 Second Language
- Secondary 4 Mathematics
- Secondary 4 Science and Technology
OR Secondary 4 Applied Science and Technology - Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education
Program Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required for this program.
OR a Secondary School Vocational Diploma which includes:
- Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
- Secondary 5 Second Language
- Secondary 4 Mathematics
Please Note
Applicants who have not studied in Québec must have education deemed equivalent by the College.
How To Apply
John Abbott College is affiliated with the Service régional d’admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM) and uses its online application service.
The application deadline is March 1 (Fall semester) and November 1 (Winter semester).
Warning: The documents and payment must be submitted by the deadline.
Program start: Fall and Winter
To apply:
- Complete the online SRAM application
- Select John Abbott and the program of your choice along with the corresponding SRAM program number
- Upload any necessary documents directly to your online SRAM application
Students whose prerequisites are more than five years old should contact the Admissions office.
Admissions Office
514-457-6610 x5358, 5355 & 5361
admissions@johnabbott.qc.ca
Arts, Literature & Communication Department
alc@johnabbott.qc.ca
Student for a Day Program
You are interested in John Abbott College and would like spend a few hours on campus?
Please follow this link to fill out the form Student for a day, and someone will contact you to set up a time for you to come to JAC and discover our campus.
During the tour, you will visit our newly renovated library, our sports facilities, the campus store, the cafeteria, etc. You will also be shown all the services offered on “Main Street”. If you have questions about application and programs, you can speak to someone in Admissions.
