Culinary Arts

The curriculum presented here applies to students who started the major in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023. If you enrolled as a matriculant prior to that, please see the College Catalog for the year you started the major as a matriculant for the curriculum requirements that apply to you.

Consultation with the Program Advisor is required.

Upon successful completion of the Culinary Arts degree program requirements, graduates will:

1. demonstrate proper selection and use of equipment in a commercial kitchen setting

2. demonstrate their understanding of food service management tools, (menu, recipe detail cost cards, specification sheets, inventory, prep sheets, production sheets) and the ability to use them successfully

3. learn safe food handling for the foodservice and demonstrate their ability to strategize their approach to food safety in a commercial foodservice setting

4. develop the ability to identify appropriate cooking techniques for a menu item and demonstrate competency in deployment of those techniques

5. develop the ability to scan a variety of foodservice styles (American/Russian and French) for the appropriate balance of colors, textures, proportion and nutrition

6. develop their ability to discuss appropriate food and beverage pairing

7. demonstrate an understanding of wine, beer and spirits service

8. demonstrate an understanding of management structures for front and back of house operations

9. have the ability to identify a food business opportunity and develop a plan for creation of that business

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Culinary Arts Concentration Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Culinary Arts Concentration requirements, graduates will:

1. gain familiarity with proper procedures for preserving and presenting proteins

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Baking and Pastry Concentration Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Baking and Pastry Concentration requirements, graduates will:

1. demonstrate their understanding of and an ability to succeed in an array of career tracks within the Baking and Pastry field