Department of Printing Technology B.E. - PRINTING TECHNOLOGY Syllabus and Scheme of Instruction & Examination (for students admitted from 2017-2018 & onwards) 1 Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women Coimbatore 641 043, Tamil Nadu, India B. E. Printing Technology Revised Scheme of Instruction & Examination (For students admitted from 2017-2018 and onwards) Part Subject Name of Course/component Instruction Scheme of Examination Code periods/week Theory Tutorial/ Duration CIA CE Total Credit Practical of exam First Semester I Humanities and Social Sciences (HS) 17BEHS01 Technical English 2 0/2 3 50 50 100 3 II Basic Sciences (BS) 17BESM01 Engineering Mathematics I 3 0/2 3 50 50 100 4 17BESP01 Engineering Physics 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BESC01 Engineering Chemistry I 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BESP02 Physics and Chemistry Laboratory I - 0/3 3 100 - 100 1 III Core Courses Engineering Sciences (ES) 17BEES01 Programming using C (CSE) 2 0/3 3 50 50 100 4 17BEES02 Basic Electrical and Electronics 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 Engineering (EEE) 17BEES03 Engineering Practices Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 (Civil/Mech/EEE/Phy) IV 15BXNS01 NSS - I Total 30 22 Second Semester I Humanities and Social Sciences (HS) 17BEHS02 Business Communication & Presentation 1 0/3 3 50 50 100 2 skills 17BEHS03 Environmental Science 3 - 3 50 50 100 2 II Basic Sciences (BS) 17BESM02 Engineering Mathematics II 3 0/2 3 50 50 100 4 17BESP03 Materials Science 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BESC02 Engineering Chemistry II 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BESP04 Physics and Chemistry Laboratory II - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 III Core Courses Engineering Sciences (ES) 17BEES04 Engineering Graphics (Civil) 2 0/3 3 50 50 100 4 17BEES05 Basic Engineering Mechanics (Civil) 3 1/0 3 50 50 100 3 IV 15BXNS02 NSS -II Total 30 22 2 Part Subject Name of Course/component Instruction Scheme of Examination Code periods/week Theory Tutorial/ Duratio CIA CE Total Credit Practical n of exam Third Semester II Basic Sciences (BS) 17BESM04 Applied Statistics (S&H) 3 2/0 3 50 100 4 III Core Courses Engineering Sciences (ES) 17BEPS01 Strength of Materials (Civil) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPS02 Electrical Technology (EEE) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPS03 Electrical Engineering Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 (EEE) III Core Courses Professional Core (PC) 17BEPC01 Principles of Graphic Art Industry 3 - 3 50 50 50 3 17BEPC02 Printing Processes 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC03 Colour Reproduction 3 1/0 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC04 Image Design and Editing Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 IV 15BXNS03 NSS - III Total 30 21 Fourth Semester II Basic Sciences (BS) 17BESM06 Computer Aided Numerical Methods 3 2/0 3 50 50 100 4 (S&H) III Core Courses Engineering Sciences (ES) 17BEPS04 Fundamentals of Printing Machine 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 Elements (FPPT) 17BEPS05 Basic Electronics for Printers (ECE) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 III Core Courses Professional Core (PC) 17BEPC05 Printing Substrates 2 2/0 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC06 Offset Technology 3 2/0 3 50 50 100 4 17BEPC07 Colour Management 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC08 Colour Analysis and Reproduction - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 Laboratory 17BEPC09 Printing Machines Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 IV 15BXNS04 NSS - IV Total 30 22 3 Part Subject Name of Course/component Instruction Scheme of Examination Code periods/week Theory Tutorial Duration CIA CE Total Credits / of exam Practic al Fifth Semester III Core Courses Professional Core (PC) 17BEPC10 Web Offset Technology 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC11 Flexographic Printing 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC12 Printing and Publishing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC13 Packaging Technology 3 2/0 3 50 50 100 4 17BEPC14 Quality Control Technology 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC15 Printing and Publishing Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 17BEPC16 Quality Control Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 III Core Courses Professional Elective (PE) Elective-I (PE1/PE2) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 IV 15BXNS05 NSS-V Total 30 21 Sixth Semester III Core Courses Professional Core (PC) 17BEPC17 E-Publishing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC18 Print Finishing and Converting 1 - 3 50 50 100 3 (Self Study) 17BEPC19 Package Designing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC20 Packaging Materials 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC21 E-Publishing Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 17BEPC22 Package Design Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 17BEPC23 Mini Project - - - 100 - 100 2 III Core Courses Professional Elective (PE) Elective – II (PE1/PE2) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 Elective – III (PE1/PE2) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 IV 15BXNS06 NSS- VI Total 27 22 4 Part Subject Name of Course/component Instruction Scheme of Examination Code periods/week Theory Tutorial/ Duration CIA CE Total Credits Practical of exam Seventh Semester III Core Courses Professional Core (PC) 17BEPC24 Digital Printing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPC25 Printing Technology Computer - - 1 - 100 100 2 Based Test (CBT) 17BEPC26 Print Pack Internship - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 17BEPC27 Print-on-Demand Laboratory - 0/3 3 50 50 100 1 17BEPC28 Industrial Training - - - 100 - 100 2 17BEPC29 Project Work I - 0/4 100 - 100 2 III Core Courses Professional Elective (PE) Elective – IV (PE1/PE2) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 Elective – V (PE1/PE2) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 Elective – VI (PE1/PE2) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 Core Courses III Open Electives (OE) 17BEVO01/ 17BEOO01/ 17BELO01/ Elective (OE) - I 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEFO01/ 17BEBO01 17BEVO02/ 17BEOO02/ 17BELO02/ Elective (OE) – II 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEFO02 17BEBO02 Total 32 26 Eighth Semester III Core Courses Professional Elective (PE) Elective VII (PE1/PE2) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 Elective VIII (PE1/PE2) 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 III Core Courses Open Elective( OE) 17BEVO03/ 17BEOO03/ Elective (OE) - III 17BELO03/ 3 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEFO03/ 17BEBO03 III Core Courses Professional Core (PC) 17BEPC30 Project Work II & Dissertation 10 - 0/20 - 100 100 200 Total 32 19 Total Credits 175 5 Semester Course Code Name of Course/Component Instruction Hours Scheme of Examination /week Theory Practical CIA CE Total Credits Part – IV Components (Mandatory) A. Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC) I. Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) 5 16BECS01 Communication Skills 3 - Remarks 2 6 17BESS01 Soft Skills 3 - Remarks 2 II. Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) 3 Value Added Course (from a basket of choices offered) 40 hrs. duration Remarks 2 4 Co-curricular Courses Add on Certificate/ Quantitative Aptitude/ Certificate Courses– Gandhian Studies/ Women’s Studies/ Ambedkar Studies/GK/ Varied duration Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning/ Remarks 2 others as per list B. Extra-curricular Course 1-6 15BXNS01-06/ NSS/ NCC/Sports - - Remarks 6 15BXNC01-06/ (Representing the University) 17BXSP01-06 Total credits 14 Total credits required to earn the degree Part I, II & III Components : 175 Other courses offered by the Department Open Elective I - 17BEPO01 Multimedia Development Open Elective II - 17BEPO02 Augmented Reality Concepts Open Elective III - 17BEPO03 3D Printing Methods Value Added Course - 17BEPV01 Screen Printing 6 PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVES (PE1) Printing Technology domain Part Subject Name of Course/component Instruction Scheme of Examination Code periods/week Theory Tutorial/ Duration CIA CE Total Credits Practical of exam III 17BEPE01 Screen and Textile Printing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE02 Gravure Printing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE03 Surface Preparation 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE04 Printing Inks and Chemicals 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE05 Digital Pre-Press and Printing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE06 Scheduling and Planning for Print Production 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE07 Industrial Engineering and Professional Ethics 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE08 Speciality and Security Printing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE09 Print Plant and Layout Design 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE10 Printing Machine Maintenance 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE11 TQM for Graphic Art Industry 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE12 Cost Estimation for Printers 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVES (PE2) Allied Printing Technology domain Part Subject Name of Course/component Instruction Scheme of Examination Code periods/week Theory Tutorial/ Duration CIA CE Total Credits Practical of exam III 17BEPE21 Visual Programming 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE22 Microprocessor and 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 Microcontroller 17BEPE23 Multimedia for E-Publishing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE24 MIS for Graphic Art Industry 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE25 Web Technology 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE26 Image Processing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE27 Cross Media Publishing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE28 Digital Media Management 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE29 Nano Technology 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE30 3D Printing 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE31 Printed Electronics 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 17BEPE32 Augmented Reality 4 - 3 50 50 100 3 7 Technical English Semester I Hours of instruction/week : 2T + 2P 17BEHS01 No. of credits : 3 Objective To help learners achieve proficiency in the effective use of language in various authentic career- related situations. Unit I Language through Reading 12 Skimming, scanning, and predicting the content of a given passage, identifying the lexical and contextual meanings, note making (guided & unguided) cloze reading, drawing inferences, separating facts from opinions. Unit II Focus on Language 12 Word formation with prefixes and suffixes, synonyms and antonyms, Impersonal passive voice, Tenses, use of prepositions, ‘if clauses’, use of words as nouns and verbs, concord, nominal compounds, Editing, British and American English.