Bachelor of Science, Major in Graphic Communications with Emphasis in Print Media and Packaging Design

Pittsburg State University

USA,Kansas

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48 Months

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CAD 19,744/year

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CAD 60

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USA, Kansas

Type: University

Location Type: Rural

Founded: 1903

Total Students: 6,398 +

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1701 S Broadway St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, United States

Bachelor of Science, Major in Graphic Communications with Emphasis in Print Media and Packaging Design

Program Overview

The B.S.T. in Graphic Communications is a 120-credit Graphic Communications Degree that can be completed in four years of full-time study. Students are asked to declare one of the following areas of emphasis: Digital Media, Graphic Design, Graphics Management, Print Media, Packaging Graphics, or Web/Interactive Media.

All six areas of emphasis within the Graphic Communications program share a core curriculum, classes necessary for the field of graphic communications. In addition to these classes, each of the six distinct areas have specific emphasis and support courses, to round out the major, as well as elective graphics classes, allowing students to customize their degree.

The curriculum offered by the GIT department is under constant review and is always updated to ensure students get exposure to contemporary changes in this dynamic field.

Print Media - Emphasis
The Print Media emphasis features the latest methods and practices of today’s industry. With this emphasis, students will learn all facets of graphics input, manipulation, and output as applied to modern print products and the larger scope of the graphics industry.

The core curriculum within the Department of Graphics and Imaging Technologies (GIT) includes courses common among all of our six emphasis areas. These courses are primarily introductory classes that provide students with the basic information needed to succeed in the graphics industry. Within the core curriculum, there are also two upper-division classes, an internship and a capstone class.

Print Media Emphasis Courses:

  • Introduction to Packaging Technologies
  • Print File Preparation and Preflight
  • Printing Technologies
  • Specialty Graphics
  • Publication Graphics
  • Digital and Variable Data Technologies
  • Graphics Cost Analysis and Estimating
  • Color Reproduction