In Montco’s Baking & Pastry Arts associate's degree program, learn the fundamental knowledge and advanced skills necessary for success in the baking and pastry industry. Through hands-on instruction, we will prepare you for an entry- to mid-level position in bakeries, country clubs, hotels and resorts.

Through our immersion-style format, you will focus on one topic at a time and master the techniques of the industry. Our flexible program offers both part-time evening and full-time day tracks.

Program outcomes

• Demonstrate core concepts in baking theory and execute fundamental techniques to a variety of classical and contemporary baked goods, products, and desserts;
• Demonstrate cost control measures to track goods and services, and to evaluate revenue and expenses and their effect on profitability;
• Apply professional communication and teamwork skills while exhibiting effective decision-making skills with respect to individuals and diverse team settings;
• Apply appropriate problem-solving techniques relating to professional, ethical, and profitability in a business environment;
• Apply appropriate safety and sanitation principles to products, tools, and equipment within the foodservice industry

Students Occupationally and Academically Ready (SOAR)

If you have attended a career or technical program during high school, you may be eligible to earn college credits towards the baking & pastry degree. Find out how through the Students Occupationally and Academically Ready (SOAR) program.

Program Curriculum

• ^A Satisfies Aesthetic Sensibility
• ^C Satisfies Cultural Awareness & Diversity
• ^E Satisfies Ethical Perspectives
• ^I Information Literacy is Reinforced
• ^O Satisfies Oral Communication
• ^Q Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning
• ^S Satisfies Scientific Reasoning
• ^T Satisfies Technological Fluency
• ^W Satisfies Written Communication