Packaging Printing (5cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student • understands the purposes of the packaging printing industry and the ongoing change • understands the influence of the paradigm shift caused by changes in the market to the packaging printing industry • knows the printing processes used by industry and is able to describe their functional properties • knows materials used in packaging printing and the whole life cycle of packages • knows companies in the field of packaging printing and the way the business parameters are changing, especially by the influence of environmental goals • perceives the importance of packages and packaging printing to the society

Content (course unit)

The course is built out of following subthemes • change processes in the packaging industry • new and future technologies in the packaging printing industry • basics of the different printing processes used in the industry • sustainability and its high influence to the packaging industry • (new) solutions of the companies, new operators

Prerequisites (course unit)

The are no mandatory preceding courses, but recommended study courses are: Marketing and business economics 5 ECTS and Printing methods, materials and visuality 5 ECTS

Location and time

Course is in Metropolia's Moodle environment and can be done in own space.

Exam schedules

Can be find via course environment.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

100% online (Self-Study) course which can be done in own space.

Learning materials

Online.

Student workload

Depends on the student's starting level.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Practical training and working life cooperation

N/A

International connections

N/A

Further information

Packaging printing 5 ECTS is a web-based study course to be conducted independently in Metropolia’s Moodle Learning Platform (course management system).