Discussion on Knowledge System and Structure of Packaging Engineering Subject (Part Two)

According to the international research on the packaging discipline system architecture, modern packaging disciplines include packaging sociology, packaging science and packaging technology science three major branches. The framework of the packaging social science system mainly includes courses or contents such as packaging management, packaging marketing, packaging psychology, packaging standards and regulations, packaging logistics, and packaging environment. From the knowledge structure of packaging engineering disciplines, we can see:
a. The basis of packaging engineering disciplines is mathematics, physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, and fine arts. Opponents of undergraduate education to cultivate advanced packaging technology talents are equally important in all aspects. Ignoring any aspect of teaching will bring about a congenital defect. If neglecting mechanics teaching, it will bring difficulties to students' development and development of packaging equipment; neglecting chemistry teaching will affect students' research and development of packaging materials, neglecting art teaching, and will affect students' packaging and decoration and design.
b. Packaging courses have a wider range of professional courses. It includes packaging structure design and manufacturing, packaging machinery, packaging technology, packaging materials science, packaging and printing, transportation packaging, art design, and packaging social sciences. Every knowledge can be developed in a more in-depth and broader direction.
The students trained must not only have the ability to select packing materials, package machinery and equipment, but also have the ability to research and develop them. Therefore, we should pay the same attention to each basic course, but at the same time it brings up the situation of not enough class time. Therefore, in the current education mode, there are various and very different course settings.

3 Characteristics of Curriculum Settings in the Current Education Model

Recently, most packaging universities adopted a method of cultivating by direction. The main directions are:
a. Packaging equipment and container manufacturing direction. The foundation focuses on mechanics and machinery. b. Packaging material direction. The foundation focuses on chemistry, polymer chemistry and physics;
c. Packaging design direction. The foundation focuses on art courses;
d. Packaging printing direction. The foundation focuses on sub-physics and chemistry.
The advantage of this course setting is that it avoids the shortcomings that are not highlighted due to cross-subjects, and overcomes the shortcomings of “like everything and everything” in previous years. It enables students to gain knowledge in the packaging engineering system while gaining knowledge of the packaging engineering system. However, there are still some problems:
In order to balance the knowledge of other disciplines and be subject to academic restrictions, the basic emphasis is insufficient, and the knowledge is not scientific enough. For example, the direction of packaging equipment does not open a tolerance course; the direction of materials does not open machine chemistry, inorganic chemistry and direct polymer chemistry and physics; design direction is not set up color and sketch, three major components. From the perspective of knowledge structure and system, this is undoubtedly a kind of congenital deficiency.
The direction is still not prominent enough. Due to the incomplete course design in one direction, a competition dominated by machinery but mechanical specialty was formed. However, materials-based competition, but chemical materials specialized, and packaging-based competition was not the only one for the art profession. From the investigation, the units that should have employed packaging engineering graduates, such as food processing, beverages, brewing, cigarettes, and even packaging equipment manufacturing, are cautious about packaging engineering graduates. It is not that they do not need talents in this area, but the current packaging engineering education does not fully achieve the expected training objectives.
The division of the direction is too fine, which has made it more difficult for the students of packaging engineering majoring in narrow employment. Packaging schools in coastal and developed areas may not have this phenomenon, but for inland and underdeveloped regions, this is a practical problem facing packaging education.
There is a great disparity in the curriculum setting among packaging schools, which is unmatched by any major. The same packaging engineering profession has such a big difference, which brings difficulties to the society in understanding and understanding the packaging project. Some companies do not know what packaging engineering students can do, and some students do not know what they will do in the future.
Therefore, in order to solve these problems, there should be a corresponding education model.

4 The idea of ​​a five-year education model

At present, there are only five years of medical and architectural education in China's higher education. In recent years, there has been a five-year double-degree education model. Such as: Harbin Institute of Technology this year set up a foreign language + a - professional (five-year system). From the perspective of professional characteristics, architecture and packaging engineering are comparable. The reason for the implementation of the five-year system of architecture major is related to the arts, and the packaging engineering profession involves more disciplines than architecture. The difference lies in the fact that architecture has a long history and strong artistic appeal. The packaging works are very small, pale and powerless in the face of buildings, and their artistry is also greatly reduced. This is obviously unfair. Therefore, it is necessary and feasible to implement the five-year dual degree teaching in some packaging institutions. This will enable students to master comprehensive basic knowledge, systematic packaging engineering theory and professional knowledge, as well as packaging system design and management capabilities. Become a solid, knowledgeable, engineering and technology in a "composite" modern packaging talent.

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