包装专业结合了物理，化学，数学和材料科学的基本原理以及相关业务，为学生提供了在快速发展的消费品行业中奖励职业的准备。该计划的灵活性使学生能够利用自己的个人技能和兴趣并做出个性化的选择。选修课程为食品包装，医疗包装，分销，机器人技术，有害材料，包装和环境以及其他领域的广泛的一般准备或集中学习提供了条件。
MSU is the first higher education institution in the world to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in packaging, and is home to the top-ranked School of Packaging, whose graduates account for more than half of all packaging professionals in the nation. The packaging major combines basic principles of physics, chemistry, mathematics and materials science with a cognate in business to prepare students for rewarding careers in the fast-moving consumer goods industries. Students choose one of the following concentrations: packaging science or packaging value chain management. The program's flexibility allows students to leverage their personal skills and interests and to make individualized choices. Elective courses for the packaging major offer broad, general preparation or focused study in food packaging, medical packaging, distribution, robotics, hazardous materials, packaging and the environment, and other areas. The MSU School of Packaging is known as a leader in work on permeability and migration, shelf life, food packaging, product/package compatibility, tamper evidence and legibility.