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
Code | Title | Credits |
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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)
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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 | ||
or PHYS-112
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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
Code | Title | Credits |
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PITPT-102 | INTRO/GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS | 3.00 |
PITPT-111 | INTRODUCTION TO PACKAGING | 3.00 |
PITPT-119 | ADOBE INDESIGN | 3.00 |
PITPT-129 | ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR | 3.00 |
PITPT-139 | ADOBE PHOTOSHOP | 3.00 |
PITPT-211 | GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS III | 6.00 |
PITPT-229 | PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN I | 3.00 |
PITPT-230 | PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN II | 3.00 |
PITPT-281 | PACKAGING STRUCTURAL DESIGN | 3.00 |
PITPT-285 | POINT OF PURCHASE DISPLAYS | 3.00 |
PITPT-288 | PACKAGING OPTIMIZATION | 3.00 |
PITPT-289 | PACKAGING GRAPHICS | 3.00 |
PITPT-294 | INTERNSHIP IN PRINTING TECHNOLOGY | 3.00 |
Select 3 elective credits | 3.00 | |
Completion of a Technical Skills Assessment is required | ||
Total Credits | 45.00 |
Sequential Plan of Study
First Year | ||
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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
or SS-185
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HUMAN RELATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS
or HUMAN RELATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS
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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 |