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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Packaging, B.S. Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

Note:

Students must take particular care to ensure they satisfy Global Perspective (GLP) and Racial & Ethnic (RES) requirements within the Gen Ed Elective categories.
Co-op/Internship to be taken as early as possible. Attend career conference every semester until you secure your first co-op. Must be done at least two semesters before taking PKG 490 or PKG 495 .
All Packaging students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher. Students beginning the program after August 15, 2015 must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.6 or higher.

First Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PKG-150 Packaging Fundamentals (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
CHEM-135 College Chemistry I (5 cr.)
MATH-153 Calculus I (4 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

PKG-210 Packaging Materials: Paper, Wood, Adhesives, and Metal (3 cr.) or
PKG-220 Packaging Materials: Polymers and Glass (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)
STAT-130 Elementary Statistics (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)
GCOM-141 Graphic Communications (3 cr.)

Second Year (32-33 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PKG-220 Packaging Materials: Polymers and Glass (3 cr.) or
PKG-210 Packaging Materials: Paper, Wood, Adhesives, and Metal (3 cr.)
ENGL-435 Writing Technical Manuals (3 cr.) or
ENGL-320 Professional and Technical Communication (3 cr.)
ETECH-201 Communication of Engineering Design I (3 cr.)
LOG-301 Introduction to Logical Thinking (3 cr.)
ECON-210 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr.) (Social and Behavioral Sciences recommended)

Spring Semester (17-18 credits)

INMGT-201 Quantitative Methods in Production Operations Management (3 cr.)
ETECH-251 Fundamentals of Plastics Materials and Processing (3 cr.)
BIO-111 Science, the Environment and Sustainability (4 cr.) (Recommended Cross-disciplinary Issues)
PHYS-241 College Physics I (5 cr.) or
PHYS-281 University Physics I (5 cr.)
PKG-250 Consumer Packaging Systems (4 cr.) or
PKG-260 Distribution Packaging (3 cr.)

Third Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PKG-335 Packaging Machinery (3 cr.)
INMGT-325 Quality Management (3 cr.)
ETECH-342 Thermoform and Blow-Molding Technology (3 cr.)
BUMKG-330 Principles of Marketing (3 cr.)
PKG-250 Consumer Packaging Systems (4 cr.) or
PKG-260 Distribution Packaging (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

BUSCM-338 Principles of Logistics (3 cr.)
INMGT-300 Engineering Economy (2-3 cr.)
INMGT-365 Project Management (3 cr.)
PKG-350 Protective Packaging Design, Testing and Evaluation (4 cr.)
PKG-385 Medical Device Packaging (4 cr.)

Fourth Year (27 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

INMGT-400 Organizational Leadership (3 cr.)
PKG-495 Packaging Seminar (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Emphasis Component Selective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Arts and Humanities (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Arts and Humanities (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

PKG-490 Packaging Development (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Emphasis Component Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)

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