DEC in Social Sciences

at LaSalle College - Montreal Campus Canada

This intensive Residential real estate broker 2-semester training (AEC) is tailored for people interested in real estate and looking for a dynamic career.

This program trains students to execute all the tasks and functions required of a residential real estate broker. Working as intermediaries between buyers and sellers throughout all stages of the real estate transaction, real estate brokers advise, counsel and support clients.

Are you both creative and logical? Combine both sides of your brain with our new formation in Creative Industries Management! Develop your skills as a management technician in a dynamic, creative environment. Upon completing your program, you may work in places as diverse as architectural firms, festivals, video game design studios, film studios, radio, magazines, or content creation agencies.

Become a cultural project manager, entrepreneur, tour coordinator, marketing, programming, sponsorship, for example.

The creative industries include seven sectors:

• Architecture and design
• Performing arts, visual arts, musical arts, digital arts, and media arts
• Video games
• Multimedia
• Media
• Fashion
• Creative communication (advertising)

They are the result of the interaction between the arts and new technologies and involve the production of content and its enhancement.

With a core curriculum of study, the Hotel Management Technique program opens the doors to a wider array of careers in Québec, Canada or abroad. This program is unique in Québec.

This program focuses on the essential knowledge of hotel management. Teachers from the industry provide all the keys to success to enter into the labor market. The program also offers an internship, participation in several events plus practical experience including: service in La Classe restaurant dining room.

Students in this program may participate in the Job Fair organized by the International School of Hotel Management and Tourism, and eventually find a job in the industry.

This program is specifically designed for those seeking the acquisition of fundamental and versatile skills related to the human phenomenon, necessary for the pursuit of university studies.

The program provides a solid human-centered education, using disciplines such as biology and sociology, with a particular emphasis on psychology. Providing access to many university programs, the Individual and Society profile leads students to identify, analyze and deepen notions of psychology while examining contemporary, local and international social issues.

The program has three profiles: Citizenship and Civilization, International Management and Individual and Society. The first allows you to acquire solid training focused on international reality; the second is an initiation to the basic principles of management and mathematics; the third meet the university prerequisites for psychology and psychoeducation programs.

Using Cisco and Microsoft technologies, the Network Management course (AEC) will facilitate student acquisition of computer skills related to network development and management. Developed with the latest technology to meet the market’s needs, the courses of this program will provide the students with a strong competitive advantage and access to many careers in this ever-changing industry.

The networking management program teaches the skills and knowledge to install intranet hardware and the software, and specific Cisco, Microsoft and Linux technology competencies.

The frequently updated Network Management program leads to a number of certifications recognized by the job market including: Cisco (CCNA and CCNP), CompTIA (A+), Microsoft (MCSA) and LPIC.

LaSalle College’s Managing Senior-Citizen Homes program is designed to keep pace with the projected development and consolidation in the senior citizen housing network, a rapidly-growing industry.

According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, the number of people above age 65 will double over the next 20 years. Consequently, the demand for retirement homes will increase significantly. Many large-scale projects are currently in the works and there is high demand for workers. According to recent statistics*, 1000 positions per year will be added within the next 20 years.

This training focuses on a career for the future, giving graduates access to management and supervisory roles in a people-focused environment that also emphasizes service quality.

Faced with the growth of service and trade companies, a specialized workforce trained in commercial management is required on the labor market. The Business Management DEC, lasting three years, meets this need.

This program aims to train generalists (technicians) who will master all aspects of commercial management and sales force management within a retail establishment or in a company. It aims to develop three types of profiles: management of a retail business, commercial or industrial representation, and independent management of a commercial establishment.

Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to put to use the skills acquired in different types of business establishments or within a company.

In order to face the new global competition, today's companies must have highly qualified personnel in Operations and Production Management (GOP). Whether for the provision of goods or services, quality and cost parameters, as well as customer satisfaction, must be at the heart of the concerns of today's managers.

Faced with this reality, the courses of this training allow students to acquire skills such as operations and production management according to the particularities of international market trends. They acquire knowledge of production planning and scheduling; quality assurance and control; manufacturing process, etc.

In collaboration with popular cosmetic companies, LaSalle College offers a professional hairdressing training officially recognized by the ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur.

From haircuts to highlights to haute coiffure, the latest fashion trends will be yours to explore with the use of our professional hairdressing studios. You can earn a Diploma of Vocational Studies in just one year, as our classes are condensed into a four-day week schedule.

As a graduate, you will find work in the entertainment industry (television, film, fashion), spas, beauty salons, hotels, resorts and you can even open your own business! LaSalle College Beauty department is in high demand and will often outsource its students to the fashion industry in Montréal, giving them immediate industry experience.

Focused on current issues like diversity, technology and the environment, this training will give students solid general knowledge to help them analyze and understand social realities.  

This multidisciplinary Social Sciences program is the only one of its kind in Quebec. By completing your pre-university studies at LaSalle College, you will benefit from a variety of innovative education practices adapted to society’s current learning needs.  

• Practical courses where you apply theoretical concepts in the field 
• Flexible exams personalized for each student to evaluate your individual strengths 
• Custom formula so you can personalize your program by choosing from a diverse range of courses 
• Teaching and educational outings linked to Montreal and Quebec contexts 
• No textbook purchase

Throughout your DEC in Social Sciences, you will be plugged into the realities of the world and of Quebec. You will benefit from partnerships with local businesses and organizations, as well as classes where you can evolve into an informed citizen, such as:  

• Technology, Power and the Individual 
• Quebec Society: Diversity and Citizenship 
• History of the Modern World 
• International Community and Global Issues

After finishing your DEC, you will be prepared to pursue university studies in the field of your choice, such as law, communications, psychology, politics or any other related area.