Packaging

NAME OF THE COURSE

Packaging

Code

KTD216

Year of study

Course teacher

Prof Nataša Stipanelov Vrandečić

Credits (ECTS)

4.0

Associate teachers

Type of instruction (number of hours)

P	S	V	T
30	0	30	0

Status of the course

Mandatory

Percentage of application of e-learning

0 %

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course objectives

To provide an understanding of basic functions of packaging in accordance with the characteristics of the product and market requirements.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After the successfully passed exam student should be able to:
- define the main functions of packaging
- identify the characteristics of different kind of goods and its sensitivity on external influences
- describe and identify various packaging materials for goods
- describe the manufacturing of packaging
- identify the interactions in food - packaging system
- design packaging solution
- perform analysis of packaging materials in laboratory and to interpret collected data
- participate in team work and to present seminar essay

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

1st week: Introduction.
2nd week: Classification of packaging
3rd week: Functions of packaging
4th week: Types and characteristics of foodstuff
5th week: Packaging materials: wood; paper; paperboard; metals
6th week: Polymeric materials: characteristics and classification; cellulose materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, vinyl polymers
7th week: Polystyrene, polyesters, polyamides, polyurethanes; biodegradable polymeric materials
8th week: Manufacturing of polymer packaging.
9th week: Multilayer packaging materials. Glass.
First test.
10th week: Packaging forms
11th week: Interactions between food and packaging materials. Packaging for cereals, bakery and confectionery goods
12th week: Packaging for fruits and vegetables; meat and fish;
13th week: Packaging for milk and diary products, alcoholic and soft beverages
14th week: Packaging waste and environment
15th week: Presentation of students seminar essays
Second test.
Laboratory exercises:
1. Analysis of packaging material dimensions
2. Analysis of paper
3. Analysis of metal packaging materials
4. Analysis of polymeric packaging materials
5. Analysis of multilayer packaging materials
6. Analysis of complex packaging

Format of instruction:

Student responsibilities

Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course):

Class attendance	1.0	Research	0.0	Practical training	0.0
Experimental work	0.7	Report	0.0
Essay	0.0	Seminar essay	1.0
Tests	1.3	Oral exam	0.7
Written exam	0.7	Project	0.0

Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION
The complete exam can be passed through two partial tests during semester.
Attendance on lectures, A1(successfulness =70 -100 %), share in grade, k1 =0,1
Laboratory exercises, A2(successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k2 =0,15
Seminar essay +presentation , A3(successfulness =50 -100 %), share in grade, k3 =0,15
1st test, A4 (successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k4 =0,30
2nd test, A5 (successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k5 =0,30
GRADE (%) = 0,10A1+0,15A2 + 0,15A3+ 0,30A4 + 0,30A5
FINAL EVALUATION
Students who did not take or pass partial tests have to attend to written and oral exam in the regular exam periods.
Activities A1, A2 and A3 are evaluated in the same way as indicated above.
Written exam, A6 (successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k6 =0,20
Oral exam, A7 (successfulness =60 -100 %), share in grade, k7 =0,40
GRADE (%) = 0,10A1+0,15A2 + 0,15A3+ 0,20A6 + 0,40A7
FINAL GRADE: successful (60% – 70 %), good (71% – 80 %), very good (81% – 90 %), excellent (91% – 100 %).
In the case that student passed only one test during continuous evaluation, he/she have to attend to written and oral exam in the regular exam periods. The passed test will be recognized by the end of the academic year as a part of the written exam.

Required literature (available in the library and via other media)

Title	Number of copies in the library	Availability via other media
N. Stipanelov Vrandečić: Ambalaža, recenzirana interna skripta, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Split, 2010.	1	web knjižnica KTF-a
I. Vuković,K. Galić i M. Vereš: Ambalaža za pakiranje namirnica, Tectus, Zagreb, 2007.	1

Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal)

Pravilnik o ambalaži i ambalažnom otpadu (NN/2005)
Pravilnik o zdravstvenoj ispravnosti materijala i predmeta koji dolaze u neposredni dodir s hranom (NN/2008)
Z. Janović: Polimerizacije i polimeri, Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa, Zagreb, 1997

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences

Quality assurance will be performed at three levels:
(1) University Level;
(2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee;
(3) Lecturer’s Level.

Other (as the proposer wishes to add)