1. Title: Screen Process Printing
2. Catalog Description: This course explores the screen printing process and the screen printing industry. It will utilize the Internet as a course presentation medium. Teaching methodology will utilize email assignments, video and CD presentations, and Internet research, questions and answers from the text and assigned readings, Visits to local screen printers, and a case study. Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor
3. Purpose: The purpose of the course is to introduce the participant to the intricacies of all aspects of screen printing and its impact on the world of graphic communication. The course is designed for students, artists, entrepreneur, and printing buyers who wish to better understand the process.
4. Course Objectives:
   1. To introduce participant to screen printing practices.
   2. To explore the development and expansion of screen printing.
   3. To understand the screen processes.
   4. To explore screen pre-press procedures.
   5. To understand and discuss the screen framing process.
   6. To understand and discuss the types of screen presses.
   7. To understand the environmental implications of screen printing.
   8. To understand the safety procedures which must be practiced in screen companies.
   9. To understand the worker safety regulations
   10. To become familiar with local, state, and national EPA regulations.
   11. To understand the training requirements of screen printing employees
   12. Learn how to own and manage a screen printing company.
5. Content Outline:
   1. An introduction to the screen printing process.
   2. Screen printed products and substrates.
   3. Producing films for screen printing.
   4. Review of the types of screen fabrics.
   5. Fabric tension and frames
   6. Types of stencil systems
   7. Types of Squeegees
   8. Screen printing inks
   9. Screen printing presses and dryers
   10. Environmental issues of screen printing
   11. Management of the screen printing facility
   12. Starting a screen printing company
   13. OSHA regulations
       1. Safety practices and regulations
       2. Training of the screen industry workers
6. Instructional Activities:
   1. Email, multimedia presentations, CD-ROMs
   2. Internet research
   3. Reading and writing assignments
   4. Field trips
   5. Tests
   6. Case Study
7. Field and Clinical Experiences: Students will be encouraged to make field trips to companies that are involved in screen printing. They will be encouraged to attend trade shows, conventions, and seminars, which exhibit and demonstrate the latest screen procedures and technologies available.

    

8. Resources: Libraries, personal computers, the Internet, multimedia presentations.
9. Grading Procedures:
   1. Grades will be based on student performance on tests and text question, assignments. Test and assignment scores will be totaled to obtain the final grade.
   2. For the purpose of this class, grades will be assigned as follows:
      1. A = 94 to 100%.
      2. B = 82 to 93%.
      3. C = 70 to 81%.
      4. D = 60 to 69%.
      5. E = less than 60%.
10. Attendance Procedures: Online classes are non-traditional classes offered as a convenience for students who cannot attend a class on-campus. Although class roll is not taken, students are expected to put as much time and effort into an online class as is expected in a traditional class offered on-campus. A high level of scholarship is expected from students enrolled online, which can only be demonstrated if an adequate amount of time is devoted to the class. Students are expected to correspond via email with the instructor at specific times agreed to by the instructor and the student. Students are strongly advised to make a timeline of their activities during the first week of participation in this course.
11. Honesty Policy:  Students are expected to do their own work. Written work, which is submitted by a student, must follow accepted practice regarding documentation of sources of information. (APA or other form that is acceptable to the instructor) A bibliography and footnotes should accompany all written research materials submitted for a grade. (N.B. All material will be returned to participant if not documented) In instances where it is obvious that a student has plagiarized the work of others or cheated in order to gain a grade advantage, no credit will be awarded. Guidelines printed in the University catalog will be followed in such cases.
12. Text and References: Hoff, Samual, A. Screen Printing: A Contemporary Approach.
13. Prerequisites: GAT-151 Introduction to Graphic Arts Processes or consent of instructor.

ABOUT THE TEXTBOOK

Hoff, Samual, A.. Screen Printing: A Contemporary Approach. Delmar Publishers, 1997.

Written by a professor of printing at Rochester Institute of Technology with extensive experience in the screen printing process.

REFERENCES:

Ingram, Samual. (1999) Screen Printing Primer, Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Pittburg: GATF Press. Second Edition,.

Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Association International. Selected papers and articles. 1996 - 1999.

Dennis. E.A. & John D. Jenkins (1991) Comprehensive Graphic Arts, Glencoe. Illinois. Third Edition

Email: steve.horwood@murraystate.edu