DCS Arts and Crafts Technology : Textile Printing

Program objectives

Covering personal expression, a chosen method of production and the realities of the market, this program is indeed an ambitious one. Using a material and technique of choice, artisans must create, fabricate and share works of produced objects. The manner in which the program is structured reflects the ongoing relationship between creation and the management of the resulting object.

Textile Printing

This specialization trains individuals to become artisans specialized in working with dyes and fabrics and capable of creating or producing original textile drawings or objects serving either a decorative or artistic purpose and produced as either as a single unique work or art or as part of a limited series.

Textile printing artisans analyze needs, conduct documentary and visual research, produce original textile drawings, estimate production costs and cost prices, plan production, prepare materials, create printing tools, apply key textile printing techniques and safely handle chemicals and dyes. They also do any finishing work and sewing on objects with printed fabric.

They also perform tasks related to managing projects, marketing products or works of art as well as starting-up and managing a personal or group workshop. In most cases, their work can be broken down into the following process: define and clarify problems, determine needs, conduct research, develop and put forth original solutions, evaluate and modify proposals, make products, increase customer awareness of these products and sell them.

The skills acquired as part of the program enable graduates to design and make creative and mass-produced products, use the tools, techniques and new technologies applied in the textile printing industry and use chemicals in compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.

Before applying to a program leading to a Diploma of College Studies (DCS), applicants who studied in Québec must meet the following three requirements:

The applicant must have a Secondary School Diploma and be in one of the following situations:
The applicant has a Secondary School Diploma (SSD)*
NOTE: a SSD holder that has not passed the following courses may be required to complete remedial courses:
Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
Secondary 5 Second Language
Secondary 4 Mathematics
Secondary 4 Science and Technology or Secondary 4 Applied Science and Technology or Secondary 4 Physical Science
Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education or Secondary 4 History of Quebec and Canada
The applicant holds a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) and has successfully completed the following subjects*:
Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
Secondary 5 Second Language
Secondary 4 Mathematics
The applicant has training deemed equivalent by the College.
The applicant has training and experience deemed sufficient by the College and has interrupted full time studies for at least 24 months.
The applicant satisfies, if applicable, the special conditions for admission established by the Minister which specify the program prerequisites*.
The applicant satisfies, if applicable, any special conditions for admission established by the College for each of its programs.


*If the applicant is enrolled in school and completing his or her secondary studies at the time of application, the grades sent by the school must demonstrate that the applicant is passing in all the courses required to complete the SSD and required to fulfill the admission requirements.