GRTC 4372: Costing in Graphic Communications

Prerequisite: GRTC 3353 (recommended)
Credit: 3 semester hours

Course Description

Principles and techniques of cost estimating for graphics communications productions.

Course Goals

This course provides the student with the opportunity to learn how to determine which materials and manufacturing processes are required to produce jobs of printng and calculate the costs for those materials and processes.

Students completing the course will:

Be able to calculate paper size and cost
Be able to use standard, metric, and printers' measurement systems in estimating processes
Know how to determine the correct amount of materials needed for printing jobs
Be able to assign costs to printing materials
Know how to calculate budgeted hourly rates
Know how to use and develop production standards
Be able to predict the production time required to produce each operation in the production of a printed job
Know that a particular job's cost can change depending upon materials, equipment and processes chosen for that job
Know how to apply mark-up and profit ratios to estimated costs
Be familiar with applicable terminology
Be familiar with the role of the computer in estimating procedures

Student Work Examples from Previous Semesters

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