Introduces the external forces in the business environment and the resulting implications for organizations. Examines the place of business in BC and Canada. Focus is on the issues arising from government policies, economics, ethics, social environment, forms of businesses, and the basic components of business operations.

COMM 1100 is designed to give students basic listening, writing and speaking skills that will allow them to prepare written and oral reports for BCIT courses and to proceed to more advanced communication courses.

Covers the accounting function and the services it provides to the manager. Topics include how to interpret statements, reports, budgets, etc., in managerial decision-making. The Associate Certificate in Financial Planning is a Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC®) pre-approved Core Curriculum program and meets Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) program academic requirements. For further information about earning the CFP designation, please visit https://www.fpsc.ca/earn-certification.

This course introduces students to the printing industry, its terminology, production processes, and trends and provides for some first-hand knowledge and experience through guest lectures, visits to modern production facilities, and an opportunity to work through the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation Print Scape audio visual program.

This course identifies and describes the main functioning parts of small printing presses in the offset printing industry. Students set-up and adjust presses to print their projects and use basic bindery procedures to achieve professional results. Students will prepare printing plates and operate the presses under supervision to produce a variety of printed material. Students are shown different paper characteristics, such as formation, color brightness and grain direction which all help give a better printed product. Safety and environmental issues, within the printing industry, are covered including process and pressroom chemistry, inks and toners.

This course teaches the fundamental principles of page layout design. Basic type measurement and terminology will be explained. Students will construct single and multi-page documents with imported text, graphics and images. Students will examine good and bad typography and learn prepress terminology. Using page layout software, students will prepare industry standard documents that incorporate the rules and practices of high quality typesetting. Files will then be exported to PDF format which bridges the gap between paper and the digital workflow.

This course begins by reviewing the Photoshop toolbox and customizing a work area. Students begin by using the File Browser to sort images and then explore different ways of creating selections and masks. Students will create a series of projects including painting, collages, retouching and filters, all used to alter and enhance images. The course also provides an opportunity to see how Photoshop manages colour modes between RGB, CMYK and LAB. Student will use a variety of tools to adjust color casts and hues.

This course introduces the Mac System X and Windows XP operating systems. Emphasis is placed on operating, maintaining, troubleshooting systems and procedures required for working with the BCIT network, including FTP file transfers, hybrid CD burning and network printing. The course also covers common methods used to build networked print production work-flows. Emphasis is placed on the design and implementation of automated work-flows, pre-press databases and the Internet.

This course provides further instruction and practice in the principles taught in COMM 1100. It concentrates on more sophisticated forms of written communication: the job application package, indirect correspondence, and reports. The course might also include modules on graphics, questionnaires, telephone techniques, and organizing and running meetings. Prerequisites: COMM 1100

This course introduces the mechanisms and protocols of electronic prepress production through the workflow application 'Prinergy'. It focuses on the requirements for setting work up in Prinergy and exposes the student to the Refine and Trapping functions that produce single page PDFs. Fundamentals of imposed form work for printing production is also covered through industry standard applications Preps and Prinergy. Students will have an opportunity to process a project from input through to plate ready status.

Working in teams, the students are required to produce five products which are all parts of an integrated design campaign. The students are provided with high resolution files, created by a professional designer. The files will require last minute changes and file editing. Each team's project will have a unique look. Prerequisites: GTEC 1364, GTEC 2150, GTEC 2180, MDIA 2325, GTEC 2005, GTEC 2160, GTEC 2364, GTEC 2363, GTEC 2365, GTEC 3110, and MDIA 2140.

This course begins by reviewing and practising Illustrator's many tools and customizing a work area. Students will learn the fundamentals of drawing with a variety of tools used for creating smooth Bezier curves. In addition to the drawing process, students will explore how to fill and stroke objects, transform objects, use Pathfinder operations, create layered artwork, create blends, masks and gradient meshes, work with type, including area type including advanced formatting with OpenType.

This course commences with the basics of digital printing, including the principles of xerography and other related technologies. There will be a review of different manufacturer's equipment, their capabilities and quality. Media issues will all be discussed as well as printer's speeds and job costing features. Students will practice troubleshooting different media and calibrate the printer to ensure consistent colour reproduction. The course also covers many of the other considerations for reproducing files correctly on a digital printer.

Students will gain a general knowledge of bindery and binder processes. This intermediate course in small press operation stresses press maintenance, problem solving and troubleshooting techniques. Students' skills are improved by printing more complex projects, projects consisting of more than one piece, multi-coloured projects with proper registration and working in teams to produce a program newsletter. Students prepare specific ink colours and gain confidence by printing projects of their own creation and preparation from other classes. Prerequisites: GTEC 1364

This course provides students with an orientation to bindery and finishing. Students will learn how to do basic set-up and running of the cutter, folder and stitcher. Students will also learn to read job dockets, plan work processes, run machines to production standards, and consistently monitor work quality. Students will gain hands-on bindery and finishing experience and learn basic set-up and running of a Perfect Binder, including the 3-knife trimmer. Students will also set-up and run more complex folding, cutting and stitching jobs.

Working at a commercial printers, the student will be required to work as assigned in one or more departments including office work for creating a job docket and estimating, assembling and pre-flighting files in prepress, pressroom for loading plates and wash-up and post production for folding and stitching processes.

This course begins with the fundamentals of printing estimating, estimating processes and the development of production standards. Students will work with EFI Print Management Solution software to create printing project cost estimates. Topics covered in this course will include the scope and function of printing estimating; production standards; print order processing - sale through invoice; estimating paper, ink and buyouts; estimating prepress; estimating sheet fed offset; estimating post-press; and the completion of a number of basic estimates.

This course is an exploration of the models and systems used to communicate colour information in graphic arts. Students will work with industry standard measuring devices and applications to create and apply colour profiles with the intent of achieving colour fidelity through the various stages of the print production process.

Presents the influential concepts of both micro and macroeconomics and, in a student-based learning environment, assists you in applying these notions to your career. A professional economist will work with you in discovering the laws of supply and demand, consumer decision-making, producer profit maximization, competition and monopoly regulation in microeconomics. Use of fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policy to influence unemployment, inflation and economic growth is also covered. Familiarization with spreadsheets is strongly recommended for those intending to register in the Internet delivery section.

This course builds on the foundations taught in Electronic Prepress 1 and provides an overview of output devices fed by electronic prepress workflows. Students are taught to evaluate and apply the required attributes to transform electronic files into tangible output. Prerequisites: GTEC 2005

This course focuses on moral issues arising in the world of business, including businesses' responsibilities to employees, employees' responsibilities to employers, honesty in business and environmental responsibility. Emphasis will be placed on practical skills to assist in improving moral decision-making in the workplace. The importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability will also be communicated.

This course is an introduction to the many opportunities presented by E-commerce and online connectivity in the printing industry. It will prepare the student to devise, select, implement, maintain, and grow an online presence for a print company. Emphasis will be on using web technology successfully.

Printing multi colour and four-colour process jobs using single-colour and mid-size two-colour sheet-fed offset presses are the focus of this advanced printing course. Students identify press systems, adjust the press for optimum operation, perform maintenance, incorporate troubleshooting techniques, and consider quality control issues, as well as prepare and install dampeners and mix printing inks. Emphasis is placed on job scheduling and planning to maximize production and complete finishing operations. Prerequisites: GTEC 2364

This course concentrates on learning about the different types of plotters (medium, large and grand) as well as the applications of each including: inks (dye, pigment, solvent and eco solvent); the relationship between file, application, ink, media and resolution; how the finishing affects the printing; indoor and outdoor applications; how to tile large outputs; and, how to print on two sides. Students will gain a basic understanding of digital plotter technology and produce a colour managed contract proof to large signage. Topics also include Drop On Demand (DOD) inkjet technology, how inkjet printers work and how to select equipment.

This course introduces an advanced page layout workflow with features like nested frames, anchored objects, smart text handling, snippets and libraries for moving items of a page between documents and dragging and dropping external design elements on a page. The course focuses on integrating advanced features into page design while working with multiple applications with bridge software. Students will create a series of projects complete with a set of packaged files ready for output to different postscript devices.

Designed to provide the student with an overview of the marketing concept and how it can be applied to any type of organization or service. Includes the controllable and uncontrollable elements of marketing, strategic planning, market characteristics, marketing research techniques, market segmentation, and target market selection.

Educates the student on the importance of managing operations across all industries by presenting the fundamentals in productivity improvement based on a systematic, scientific problem solving methods. Includes economic feasibility, recording techniques, assembly and analysis of data, critical examination, the development and selection of alternative solutions. Case materials explore applications to manufacturing, warehouse, office, materials management and general management. Students uncomfortable with basic algebra applications are encouraged to take OPMT 0199 prior to the course.

This senior-level course provides students with advanced bindery and finishing skills. Students will learn how to do complex (e.g. working with diverse materials) set-up and running of a Perfect Binder. Students will continue to build on previously learned machine operating and specialty skills and learn to handle plant floor organization. Prerequisites: GTEC 2365

The student will be expected to develop a multi-page four colour process brochure. The student will scan original high resolution scans, either from continuous tone prints or shoot high resolution images from a digital camera. The students will design and layout the project using software skills previously taught. Trapping considerations must be accounted for. When the job is assembled and checked the students will create a pdf-x file ready for page imposition. The student should produce a black and white set of separations plus a final colour composite proof.

This course will examine the relationship between the print buyer and printer. Using the industry's most common MIS (Management Information Systems) software, students will be exposed to sales fundamentals, account management, job specifications and project management. The basics of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) will also be covered. Students will be exposed to contractual issues, trade practises and copyright law.

This course concentrates on checking documents before they are printed by application programs used for preflighting including native application and PDF files. Students will also setup CMS settings within the application programs using ICC profiles to help ensure consistent colour reproduction from the monitor to final digital output. Students will perform all of the tasks using a high capacity digital printer including setting up routines for running calibration and registrations tests. Students will impose a four colour brochure with bleeds and trim marks and produce final output. The final exam will be to produce a complex job from creation through to completion. Prerequisites: GTEC 2363

Advanced production procedures are followed in this hands-on course designed to increase the student proficiency in press operation, troubleshooting and independent decision making skills. Printed documents include individual and teamwork projects and actual print documents for program promotion. Emphasis is placed on four colour process, evaluating registration and consistency for accurate and predictable results. Students consider the importance of planning and scheduling and the finishing techniques to professionally complete a live project. Prerequisites: GTEC 3364

This course provides a solid understanding of web offset printing, flexographic printing and silkscreen printing. It will be a combination of in-class theory, take home assignments, investigative assignments (plant tours, evaluating suppliers) and evaluation by the management in the industry. A heavy emphasis is placed on practical evaluation and a good understanding of all technical issues to lead the industry in the future. Prerequisites: GTEC 3366

Students will gain a basic understanding of several digital technologies and produce colour managed contract proofs for large format signage and variable data digital print work flows. Students will get hands on implementation of several Process controls to integrate all the digital equipment in the facility. Particular attention will be paid to digital print as a proofing technology for offset and flexographic print workflows. Prerequisites: GTEC 3367

A practicum is designed to provide the student with practical experience in the printing and associated industries. A secondary objective is to enable students to establish contacts in the industry. Students should note that practicum's will vary in the range of experiences the student can expect. Some employers have formal practicum's that include exposure to many departments within the company. Some companies have a less formal approach. Preferred companies include printers, finishing trades, in-house production facilities, design studios and suppliers of consumables to the trade. Obtaining a practicum is the responsibility of the student. BCIT provides assistance in terms of the Advisory Board, BCIT Job Fair, and industry associations such as the Craftsmen Club and the BC Printing and Imaging Association.

Provides basic training for the sales aspirant or person with no formal sales training. Develop selling techniques through practical applications and role playing. Ideal for people in sales who require or desire to brush up on their sales skills. To be successful in this course, students must be able to communicate well in English.