Packaging Design AAS

The Packaging Design AAS comprises 60 credits of coursework that prepares students for entry-level employment in the multi-billion dollar packaging and display industry. It also provides workers who want to update their skills in this discipline the opportunity to do so.

Students are required to own a laptop computer and purchase specified software. Please review full program requirements at Graphic Communications Laptop Policy (pdf). Students must earn at least a C grade or better in all program courses to continue in the Graphic Communications/Packaging Design program. *NOTE: Students entering the Graphic Communications/Packaging Design program must own or have access to a camera (digital SLR or phone) capable of shooting in RAW format.

General Education Requirements

Written Communication  
ENGL-101 WRITING AND RHETORIC I 3.00
Oral Communication  
Select one from the following: 3.00
FUNDAMENTALS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION  
SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION  
PUBLIC SPEAKING  
Mathematical Ways of Knowing  
Select one of the following: 3.00-5.00
MATH IN MODERN SOCIETY  
FINITE MATHEMATICS  
COLLEGE ALGEBRA  
COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY  
STATISTICAL REASONING  
CALCULUS I  
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE SCIENCES  
MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS II  
FINITE MATHEMATICS  
MATH FOR TECHNOLOGY  
STATISTICAL REASONING  
Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing  
HRPT/SS-185 HUMAN RELATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS 3.00
Additional General Education Courses  
Select one of the following: 3.00-5.00
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY  
WORLD PREHISTORY  
INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES  
RACE AND ETHNICITY  
INTRODUCTION TO ART  
INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS  
CONCEPTS OF BIOLOGY  
PLANTS AND PEOPLE  
BIOLOGY IN FILM  
HUMAN BIOLOGY  
HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I  
CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY  
GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY  
PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY I  
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION  
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE  
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS  
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS  
WRITING AND RHETORIC II  
COLLEGE WRITING AND RESEARCH  
LITERATURE AND IDEAS  
WORLD CLASSICS  
INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE  
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE  
MYTHOLOGIES  
NATIVE AMERICAN WRITTEN LITERATURE  
INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE  
INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY  
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY  
INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SYSTEMS  
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS  
THE ART AND HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE  
INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTS  
WORLD HISTORY I  
WORLD HISTORY II  
UNITED STATES HISTORY I  
UNITED STATES HISTORY II  
DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS  
ID-300A - ID-300Z (see course descriptions for options)
 
INTEGRATED SCIENCE II  
HELLS CANYON INSTITUTE  
SOCIAL-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF SPORTS  
SURVEY OF MUSIC  
MUSIC IN AMERICA  
WORLD MUSIC  
HISTORY OF MUSICAL THEATER  
HISTORY OF JAZZ AND POPULAR MUSIC STYLES  
NEZ PERCE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE  
NEZ PERCE LANGUAGE AND HISTORY  
INTEGRATED SCIENCE I  
INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL SCIENCES  
NATURAL SCIENCE FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATOR  
GENERAL PHYSICS I  
GENERAL PHYSICS II
PHYS SCIENCES FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATORS  
DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY  
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I  
AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT  
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS  
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT  
INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY  
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY  
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY  
SOCIAL PROBLEMS  
ELEMENTARY SPANISH I  
ELEMENTARY SPANISH II  
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I  
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II  
SURVEY OF THE THEATER  
Total Credits 15.00-19.00

Program Requirements

PITPT-102INTRO/GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS3.00
PITPT-111INTRODUCTION TO PACKAGING3.00
PITPT-119ADOBE INDESIGN3.00
PITPT-129ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR3.00
PITPT-139ADOBE PHOTOSHOP3.00
PITPT-211GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS III6.00
PITPT-229PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN I3.00
PITPT-230PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN II3.00
PITPT-281PACKAGING STRUCTURAL DESIGN3.00
PITPT-285POINT OF PURCHASE DISPLAYS3.00
PITPT-288PACKAGING OPTIMIZATION3.00
PITPT-289PACKAGING GRAPHICS3.00
PITPT-294INTERNSHIP IN PRINTING TECHNOLOGY3.00
Select 3 elective credits3.00
Completion of a Technical Skills Assessment is required
Total Credits45.00

Sequential Plan of Study

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall Credits
CORE Mathematical Ways of Knowing 3.00
CORE Oral Communication 3.00
ENGL-101 WRITING AND RHETORIC I 3.00
PITPT-102 INTRO/GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS 3.00
PITPT-111 INTRODUCTION TO PACKAGING 3.00
  Credits 15.00
Spring
HRPT-185 HUMAN RELATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS
or HUMAN RELATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS
3.00
PITPT-119 ADOBE INDESIGN 3.00
PITPT-129 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 3.00
PITPT-229 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN I 3.00
PITPT-281 PACKAGING STRUCTURAL DESIGN 3.00
  Credits 15.00
Second Year
Fall
CORE Additional General Education Course 3.00
PITPT-139 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 3.00
PITPT-289 PACKAGING GRAPHICS 3.00
PITPT-329 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN II 3.00
Elective Elective Credits 3.00
  Credits 15.00
Spring
PITPT-194A INTERNSHIP IN PRINTING TECHNOLOGY I 3.00
PITPT-211 GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS III 6.00
PITPT-285 POINT OF PURCHASE DISPLAYS 3.00
PITPT-288 PACKAGING OPTIMIZATION 3.00
  Credits 15.00
  Total Credits 60.00
  • Structural Designer
  • Graphic Designer
  • Sales Representative
  • Production Personnel
  • Plant Manager