1Appreciate the important role that packaging plays in today's sophisticated food processing operations, its effect on final product quality and self-life, and its influence on distribution methods and marketing related decisions.

2Understand the basic packaging materials and the technology to produce food packages.

3Understand basic concepts of diffusion, permeation, and migration, especially as they relate to package properties, food quality, and product shelf-life.

4Develop general guidelines for selecting appropriate packaging materials to fit the needs of specific food products.

5Have a general appreciation of the methods used to test and evaluate packaging materials for specific properties and whole containers for integrity, suitability, and overall performance.

6Intelligently discuss current food packaging related topics (i.e. package degradability/recyclability, tamper evident/proof packaging, modified atmosphere packaging, aseptic packaging, microwaveable packaging, etc.)